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The Japanese invasion of China
www.historylearningsite.co.ukThe japan-china war started in july 7,1937 when japanese troops claimed that they were fired on by chinese troops at a bridge called Marco polo near Beijing. The japanese response to the attack is to launched a full-scale invasion of china. They used the conquered land of manchuria to launched the invasion. The Japanese army meeted little organised resistance. Within 5 months of the invasion the Japanese army had control of 1 million Chinese people and all major Chinese cities. -
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Germany's invasion of Poland
learning.blogs.nytimes.comGermany's invasion of poland started on Sep,1 1939 after Germany claimed that polish troops attack a radio station in the city of Gleiwitz. The German army used a new warfare tactic called blitzkrieg or "lighting war". All hope was loss after the Soviet army invasion from the east. The polish army was destroyed within weeks. After Germany's invasion of poland France and England declared war against Germany on Sept. 3 1939. But on Oct, 6 1939 Poland surrender to Germany. -
German Blitzkrieg
www.ushmm.orgIn the beginning of World War 2 Germany sought to avoid a long war. So the German army created a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" or (lightning war). Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of weapons such as tanks, planes, and artillery along the front. First the tanks would drive a breach in enemy defenses.Then German air power prevented the enemy from resupplying or redeploying their forces. Finally german forces could encircle opposing troops and destroy them. -
Fall of Paris
www.bbc.co.uk After the invasion of Norway and Denmark in April 1940 Germany saw to take on france and Great British. Hitler was going to use the same plan the german use in World War 1 in the western front and use the new tactic blitzkrieg. The attack began on 10 May 1940, with a German invasion on Belgium and Holland. The German forces emerged from the Ardennes Forest, going around the Maginot Line. As the German army advanced in to France the British army fell back and on June 13 Paris fell to the German. -
Operation Barbarossa
www.ushmm.orgOperation "Barbarossa"or the invasion of the Soviet Union started on June 22, 1941. Adolf Hitler reason to invasion the Soviet Union was to elimination the Communist threat to Germany and the seizure of land within Soviet Union for German settlement or "Lebensraum".The invasion began with three army groups, three million German soldiers strong, supported by 650,000 troops from Germany's allies Finland,Romania,Italy, Croatia, Slovakia and Hungary. They push until being stop at the gate of Moscow. -
Pearl Harbor
www.history.comOn Dec 7,1941 the Japanese navy attack the US Navy base on Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor was to destroy the US Navy in the Pacific. Without the US Navy in the Pacific the Japanase were free to conquer it. The attack destroyed 18 American ships and nearly 300 airplanes. Also almost 2,500 men were killed and another 1,000 were wounded.But the most important Pacific Fleet’s carriers were away from the base on December 7.On December 8, Congress approved Roosevelt’s declaration of war. -
Wannsee Conference
www.ushmm.orgOn Jan 20,1942 the Wannsee Conference took place in villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee.The Conference was to talk about the implementation of the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question."The Final Solution was the code name for the killing of all Jew in Europe. The National Socialist regime already had Nuremberg laws against Jews. Hitler authorized the mass killing of Jews in work camps or in death camps.The aim of the Wannsee Conference was clear, the destruction of Europe's Jewish people. -
Battle of Midway
www.historylearningsite.co.ukThe Battle of Midway was fought on June 4, 1942 near the islands of Midway. The Battle of Midway was one of the most important battle in the Pacific because it destroyed the Japan’s naval strength in the Pacific.The Battle of Midway was a decisive battle for the American Navy because the Japanese lost four vital aircraft carriers and the Americans lost one. The Battle of Midway was the battle that stop the Japanese expansion in the Pacific. -
Battle of Stalingrad
www.historylearningsite.co.ukThe battle of Stalingrad was the most brutal battle in human history. The battle of Stalingrad took place on Aug 23,1942 to the winter of 1943. The main reason the German army wanted Stalingrad was to secure the oil fields in the Caucasus. But Hitler also wanted to destroy the city that had Stalin name.That first the battle was going well for the German army pushing the Soviet to the river.But winter came in Russia and the German army were not ready for winter. The German army frozen to death. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
www.ushmm.orgThe Warsaw Ghetto uprising was an uprising in with jew people fought back police and SS troops of a month.The Warsaw Ghetto was a ghetto were all of Poland Jewish people lived after the German invasion Poland. On April 19,1943 German police and SS Troops try to kick out the people in the ghetto but they were meeted with gunfire and fought back for a month. But on May 16, 1943 the fighting stop and the uprising ended. After kicking out the people of the ghetto they were send to concentration camp -
Operation Gomorrah
www.historylearningsite.co.ukOperation Gomorrah is the Allied bomding of Hamburg on July 1943.The bombing of German cities was leaded by Bomber Harris. Operation Gomorrah is the bombing of Germany's cities so the Nazis might have to call for peace and end the war faster. The Allied bomding of Hamburg killed 30,000 in this raid and destory the citiy.The bombing also created one of the largest firestorms. After the bombing people started thinking if it was ethical to bombed civilian cities to win the war. -
Allied invasion of Italy
www.shmoop.comAfter the successes in North Africa and Sicily the Allied were ready to launch the invasion of Italy and liberate the Italian people. On the 3 September 1943 British and American forces landed in Italy and quickly pushed up. A new Italian government signed a secret agreement with the Allied, neutralize the Italian forces. But the German army quickly seized military positions of the Italian to defend Italy's Fascist government. The fighting in Italy became slow and entrench for most of the war. -
D-day (Normandy Invasion)
www.history.comEarly in the morning on June 6, 1944, about 156,000 Allied soldiers stormed a handful of beaches along the coast of Normandy, France. But in the night of June 5,1944 13,000 airborne troops landed behind enemy lines. D-Day was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The Normandy beaches was divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword Beach. By the first Day the Allied had taked the beaches, but the Allied lost 4,414 men on the first Day. -
Battle of Bulge
www.ushmm.orgOn Christmas 1944 the German army launched its last offensive in the Western Front.The offensive was to recapture the important harbor of Antwerp and to split the American and British forces.The Germans advanced as much as 50 miles in some areas make a Bulge in the front getting the battle name. Many of the US units fighting in the Bulge had taken heavy casualties in the Hürtgen Forest fighting in the winter of 1944. By the end of January 1945 the American advance eliminating all German gains. -
Operation Thunderclap
http://ww2today.com/Operation Thunderclap is the bombing of eastern German cities at the start of 1945. Operation Thunderclap also was to help the Soviet offensive in to eastern Germany. It was believed that the best way to end war faster is to area bomb cities. But the area attack on cities killed thousands of people. The best example is the bombing of Dresden. The bomding started a firestorm that destroy most of the city. The bomding made the way for the Soviet army to march on the city of Berlin. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/The battle of Iwo Jima was fought on Feb 19,1945. The battle was an invasion of a Japanese island for a air base to launched bombers to Japanese. The island was control by 22,000 Japanese troops. After days of bombing of battleships at sea 70,000 US Marines landed on the island.But fighting was hard and the Marines were taking heavy casualties on the island.The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloody battle in the war.The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the reason for the use of the A-bomb. -
Battle of Okinawa
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/The Battle of Okinawa was fought on Apr 1,1945 on the the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa. Okinawa was 400 miles south from the main Japanese Island. The Japanese controlled the island with 130,000 Japanese troops and also the island happen 450,000 Japanese civilians. The Allied invaded the island with 180,000 men. The battle prove to be very bloody because the Japanese used tactic like Kamikaze attacks and suicide charges. The Battle of Okinawa was the final reason for the uses of the Atom Bombs. -
VE Day
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Victory in Europe Day or VE Day is the officially announced the end of World War Two in Europe. On May 8,1945 Winston Churchill announced to the world that the war was over. After the Soviet armys entered Berlin on the 16 of April and the suicide of Adolf Hitler the new German leader General Jodl signed the unconditional surrender document ending the war in Europe. As people party in cities like London, New York, and Moscow, a new war (the cold war) what is right around the corner. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
http://www.history.com/Recent battles in the Pacific like Iwo Jima and Okinawa made the Allied command believed an invasion of the Japanese islands would be too deadly. The Allied command believed a secret weapon may make the Japanese surrender. The secret weapon is a atomic bomb. The blast of a atomic bomb is equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT. After test the bombs in the desert, the first Atom bomb nickname "Little Boy" was droped on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. -
VJ Day
www.history.comAfter the first atomic bomb was dropped on Japan,the Japanese government still did not want to surrender. A second bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. After the second bomb on August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies ending the Second World War. On September 2, 1945 the Japanese formally surrendered board the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. After years of war the world was finally at peace.
