World War II

Japanese invasion of china

Sep 7, 1937

This war was fought between the republic China and The empire of Japan. It was the result of decades long imperialist policy aimed at expanding its influence politically and militarily.

Rape Of Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

'>http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm</a>I he begining of the summer of 1937, Japan and China wnt into battle at Shangni. Japan thought it would be and easy win but the war ended up lasting through the summer into lat fall. Although they won, because of how long it tokk the Japanese went out to seek "revenge. In December o 1937, Japans soldiers marched into chinas capitol,
Nanking,and killed 300,000 civilians and soldiers. people wee shot ,
stabbed ,and raped.

Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact

Aug 23, 1939

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Nazi Germany and Soviet Union signed the German-Soviet nonaggression pact, even though they were enemies. This agreement meant that either country won't take military on eachother for the next 10 years. Soviet leader thought that this would give him some time to build an army. Hitler used this to let Germany invade Poland unopposed. The pact fell apart in 1941 when the nazis invaded tne Soviet Union.

Germanys Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

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Hitler believed that poland would become living space. They germnas bombed polish airfields and german warships and u-ships attacked polish naval forces. They used a military strategy known as blitzknieg or "lightning war". The nazis staged a phony invasion. They damaged several minor buisnesses and left several dead concentration camp prisioners in polish uniforms as evidence of the supposed invasion.

Fall of Paris

Jun 14, 1940

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The French asked for a public declaration of help and hiler took this as a prelude to a fomal declaration of war. When the Germans arrived 2 million parisians had already fled the country. The Germans arrested, interigated and spied. Candian troops came to the city offering hope for freedom and president Rosevelt froze the american assets of the axis of power; Germany and Itay.

German Blitzkrieg

Sep 1, 1940

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There is no specific date for when this method was used. It was. used in september through may. This method method is used to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces locally and concentration firepower. It preserves human life and limits expenditure of artillery. It was the body of doctrine to prevent another world war.

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

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Adolf Hitler launched 3 armis eastward for a massive invation of the soviet union. 3 thousand tanks and over 3 million soldiers went across the frointer into soviet territory. This was the crutial turning point in World War II. The germans were determined to enslave the slavic populaion and exterminate the entire jewish race. in early december soviet countr attacks stopped the germans. Barbarossa had failed.

Pearl Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

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Japan suprised the United states with a 2 hour long attack at Pearl Harbon in Hawaii. The Japanese destroyed 200 planes, 20 naval vessels and 8 enourmous battle ships. More than 2000 ameerican soldiers and silors where killed and 1000 were injured. the day after president Rosevelt declared war on japan.

Wannsee Conferance

Jan 20, 1942

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Nazis met to discuss the final solution of the 'jewish question". They discussed things like deportation and a mass sterlization. It was suggested that jews simply be moved to concentration camps in poland and have them be worked to death. They felt as if this would be too time consuming so there soulution was to put a mass number of people into gas chambers. This method killed 1000 people a day.

Batoon Death March

Apr 9, 1942

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After the surrender of the Batoon penninsula, around 75,000 Philipino and American soldiers wer forced to walk 65 miles to prison camps. This took about 5 days. The captors starved, beat, and bayoneted those to weak to walk. Amrica avenged its defeat with inasion of the island of Leyte. Luitenant General Homma Masaharu, commander of japanese invasion forces, was charged with the deaths by the march and war crime, and was executed by a fire squad.

Operation Gomorrah

Jul 24, 1943

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British bombers raided germany by night and Americans bombed it by day. This resulted in 167 civilian deaths. on July 24 british dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Hamburg, Germany. US eighth air force began bombing twice a day in daylight. Attacks on Hamburg coninued until november. 17,000 bomber sorties dropped more than 9,000 tons of explosives, killing more than 30,000 people and destroying 280,000 buildings

D-Day ( Normandy Invasion)

Jun 6, 1944

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156,000 British, American, and Canadian forces landed on 5 beaches on the coast of Frances normady region. This invasio was one of the largest military assults in history. D-Day was made to throw off the germans about th intended invasion target. The landings have been called the begining of the end of war in europe.Paris was liberated and the Germans had been removed from northwestern France. Hitler had committed suicide a week earlier

Operation Thumderclap

Jan 13, 1945

Operation Thunder clap was a code for raids. Germany thought these raids would make a total surrender.

Battle of Okinawa

Apr 1, 1945

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This was the last and biggest of the island battles. There were 287,000 American troops and 180,000 Japanese troops. Air bases vital to the invasion of Japan were at stake. The commanding generals on both sides died. They attacked planes by a one way suicide.

Battle of Iwo Jima

Apr 19, 1945

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This stemmed from the need of base near the Japanese coast. It was defended by nearly 23,000 navy and army troops. It was attacked by 3 marine divisions. 5,900 were dead and 17,400 were injured.

VE Day

May 8, 1945

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This was the United States and Great Britian Victory day. The Germans surrendered to the Soviet anatgonists. Germans main concern was to grasp the soviet forces.more than 13,000 British POWs were released and sent back to Great Britain. The war was over.

Dropping the atomic bombs

Aug 6, 1945

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An American B-29 dropped the worlds first atomic bomb in Hiroshima. 80,00 civilians are killed and 35,000 are injured. by the end of the year because of the fallout another 60,000 will die. Tyhe bomb was dropped to end the war and prevent a much greater loss if the US would invade japan. Many doctors and nurses died and only few were left.

VJ Day

Aug 15, 1945

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On August 14 Japan Had surrendered. The Us dropped 2 atomic bombs on jaopan forcing them to surrender. Allied supreme commander General Douglas MacArthur, Japanese foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, and the chief of staff of the Japanese army, Yoshijiro Umezu, signed the official Japanese surrender aboard the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri. This Ended World War II.

Battle Of The Bulge

Dec 16, 1945

The purpous was to split the allied armys in the norrthwest by surprising blitzkreig thrust throuh the ardeenes to antwerp. German armies launched the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in Ardennes. There were over 1000,000 deaths.