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Japanese Invasion Of China
On July 7, 1937 Japan and China clashed Peiping North China, this was the first act of war between China and Japan. This was caused because Japan had long wanted to control China. This was meet by the rise of Nationalism among the Chinese. Following the Marco Polo Bridge incident Japan controlled many parts of China. Historians believe after the fall of Nanjing almost 300000 civilians were massacred. With the advancement of Japanese military this made it very easy to achieve. -
Rape Of Nanking
The Raping Of Nanking followed the invasion of Shanghai. Almost 300,000 out of 600,000 soldiers and civilians were massacred within a six week period. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is the term for lightning warfare. This was created to create disorganization among the enemy. They first tried this in Poland in 1939. The reason behind this was to save and preserve human life and artillery. -
Germany's Invasion Of Poland
The Germans invaded on September 1st, 1939. The polish army was defeated within weeks. They sent in over 2000 tanks and 1000 planes that breached through the polish line. -
Fall of Paris
On this day German tanks rolled into Paris. Already 2 million Parisians already fled. As soon as the Germans came they started to interrogate and spy. They then flew a giant swastika under the Arc de Triomphe. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was a US Naval Fleet Base that was destroyed by the Japanese. They only attacked because they foresaw the US entering World War 2 soon so they wanted to weaken them before it was to hard. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March consisted of 75,000 American and Filipino troops. They were made to march 65 miles to a prison camp. They were subjected to harsh treatment from the Japanese captors. -
Battle of Midway
After Pearl Harbor the U.S defeated Japan in the most decisive naval battle of WWII. Because of this victory it allowed the U.S to take more of a defensive position turning the tide of the war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The battle of Stalingrad was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad. Russian's believe its the greats battle of the great patriotic war. This battle was considered one of the turning points of the war by preventing the Nazi's to advance. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
When the Germans started deporting The Jews from Warsaw, they started a underground army and armed themselves. Eventually the German police came and destroyed Warsaw and all the survivors. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
They started invading on July 10, 1943. Within a few days 150,000 allied troops were on the island of Sicily. On September 3 the invasion of the Italian main land occurred. This would prove to be a slow and costly invasion. -
D-Day
D-Day was the first day of invasion for the fight of Normandy. It was over a 50 mile stretch. 156,000 Americans, British, and Canadian forces landed on beaches.This was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history. -
Liberation Of Concentration Camps
Soviet Soldiers were the first to liberate a camp. On January 27, 1945 they liberated Auschwitz finding hundreds of sick and hundreds of thousands belongings. The American, British, and French all liberated camps also. The Nazis tried to hide the atrocities they have committed. But they still saw thousands of bodies stacked in piles. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The main reason there was a battle was because the Americans wanted a base close to Japanese cost. 23,000 Japanese soldiers were protecting this base. They fought using Gorilla tactics like using caves, dug outs, and many more. After a month of fighting the American Marines wiped out all remaining forces on the base. -
Operation Thunderclap
This operation was meant to disrupt the infrastructure behind the eastern front. And to prove how weak the Nazis air defenses were. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle involved 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 Japanese Thirty-Second Army. Air Bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. After 82 days Japan lost more than 77,000 soldiers, and Allies suffered 65,000 casualties including 14,000 dead. -
VE Day
VE Day represents the day all Germans laid there arms down in Europe. It represented the defeat of the Nazis. Cities in both nation flew Flags to show this. -
Dropping of The Atomic Bomb
To bring the war to a quick end, President Truman decided to use the new weapon called the atomic bomb. They started making it in the 1940 after Albert Einstein warned them that German was making efforts to make nuclear weapons. They dropped two bombs. One on Hiroshima and another on Nagasaki. In total killing almost 120,000 Japanese soldiers and civilians. -
VJ Day
VJ Day represents victory over Japan. This overall ended WWII. The full surrender took place on the U.S.S Missouri on September 4, 1945. -
Battle Of Bulge
Adolf Hitler launched a blitzkrieg against the American Troops attempting to split the allied troops. They started to drive back into the Ardennes. The US 106th division was almost annihilated. But they gave time for Brigadier General Bruce C. Clarke's time to prepare.
