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Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, (also known as the Nazi–Soviet Pact), named after the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, officially the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,[a] was a non-aggression pact signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in Moscow on 23 August 1939. -
Japense invasion of of China
Japan invaded a small country in China called Manchuria on September 18, 1931. The Japanese created a puppet government in 1932. The puppet government was soon pushed into North of China. One of the generals, Chiang Kai-shek was held captive by local military force. A clash started outside of Beijing on July 7, 1937. This clash started full warfare. Shanghai was attacked and fell very badly. -
Rape of Nanking
The Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking or Rape of Nanjing, was an episode during the Second Sino-Japanese War of mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (then spelled Nanking), then capital of the Republic of China. The massacre occurred over six weeks starting December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanjing. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Hitler and his soldiers invanded Poland on September 1st 1939.On September 3 1939 Great Britian declared war with Germany.This is the start of World War II.About 3 weeks later Poland has gave into Hitler war tactics.According to the holocaust, there were 3.3 million Jew there were also about 10% in the Polish Population.Approximately one week before the invasion Hitler and Joseph Stalin signed a secret pact the Molotov-Ribbontrop.The European countries were added to German Reich also Soviet U. -
German Blitzkrieg
Germany used the German Blitzkrieg tactic towards Poland.They also attacked in September 1939, Denmark April 1940, Norway April 1940, Belgium May 1940, the Netherlands on May 1940, Luxembourg May 1940, France May 1940, and Yugoslavia April 1941.
Works Cited
"Blitzkrieg (Lightning War)." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 13 Apr. 2016. -
Fall of Paris
On June 14, 1940, British prime minister Winston Churchill had tried for days to convince the French to wait before proposing peace with Germany because he thought America would come to help them. To German tanks came into Paris, two million Parisians had left already. In little time, the Germans took over Paris. They arrested people and interrogations -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor A little bit before 8 a.m. Japanese came over Pearl Harbor with their airplane and started to attack the American soldiers. This attack lasted for about 2 hours which was very destructive and horrible. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes(A&E Television Networks). It killed over 2,000 American soldier and sailors, which left 1,000 wounded. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was held January 20, 1942. The 15th highest powered Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a Villa in a Berlin surburb. This meeting was held because, they were discussing the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” -
Battle of Stalingrad
On July 17 Soviet Union fought over the city Stalingrade in WW2. Russians belived that it is the greatest battle even historians thinksm its trhe greastest war. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies(history). Batlle of Stalingrade was conseried one of the bloodiest wars -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
April 19 , 1943 the Ghetto Uprising began. After the German police and troops entered the ghetto. -
Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied had launched an invasion at Italy on September 3 1943. It all started when the British had went across Strait of Messina to Calabria. There was a small secret agreement betweeen the iltialin goverment that was led by Peitro Badoglio, and was signed on September 3, which neutralize the agreements between the Iltialian forces and had left ("Germany division had offered resistance. The germans had captured the ilitialin military and fired there ships at the ilitians. -
D-Day
June 6,1944 about 160,000 allied troops landed on the 50 miles stretch on the French coastline,to fight German Nazi on the beaches of Normandy. More than 5,000 and 13,000 people supported the D-Day invasion. About 9,000 Allied soldiers died, Works CItied "Home | D-Day | June 6, 1944 | The United States Army." -
Battle of the Bulge
On December 1944 Adolf Hitler wanted to split the allied armies in North west of Europe. As the Germans had drove deeper to into the Ardennes in attempt to secure the vital bridge heads the allies took on an appearance of a large bulge, giving power to battle’s name. On December 19 three of German armies there was more than a qauter million of troops had launched the most deadlist war in the west in Forested Ardennes. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. -
Operation Thunderclap
‘Operation Thunderclap’ had been under discussion within the Allied Command for some time. The proposal was to bomb the eastern cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure behind what was becoming the Eastern front. The plan was reconsidered in early 1945, to be implemented in coordination with a Soviet advance, but was again rejected as impractical. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast(A&E Networks). Three of the U.S marines landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations(A&R Networks).After a month of fighting the marines defeated and earned a place in American,it also showed the U.S flag being raised in victory. -
Battle of Okinawa
The battle of Okinawa was the final battle in the Pacific island.the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June 22, 1945) involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army(A&E Networks).On June 22 1945 Japan had llst more than 77,000. The allies suffred 65,000 causilties -
VE Day
On 1945 this is the victory of Europe that was celebrated by the United States and Great Britain. On may in Prague, the Germans had surrendered to the soviet antagonists, right after the latter had lost more than 8,000 soldiers. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
August 6, 1945, World War II the American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over the Japenese city of the Hiroshima. The Atomic Bomb ended WWII. Many people believed that this bomb also led to the Cold War.
Works Cited
"Atomic Bomb Dropped on Hiroshima." History.com. A&E Television Networks. Web. 28 Apr. 2016. -
VJ Day
Also known as "Victoryover Japan Day," they have been called "V-J Day," since September 2. Japan's surrender place was usually in U.S.S Missouri, anchored beside Tokoyo Bay. It took 6 years of hostiles for Japanese to surrender (History.com Staff, 2009, History).