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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg, or Lightning War, was a tactic the German military used durring the second World War. This idea utilized spearheading the enemy possition with a front of armored vehicles/mobile infantry and close air support. This allowed the German forces toquickly break through enemy defences and separate/scatter enemy troops while surrounding them. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the name of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. All went well in the beginning of the operation, the Germans quickly defeated the Soviets at every battle, but what they didn't yet realize is that as the Red Army retreated they burned all the crops and other necessities making it to where as the Nazis made their advance further to Moscow they would be low on supplies and unable to get more in a timely manner, causing counteroffencives in the winter of 1941. <a href= -
"The day of Infamy"-- Pearl Harbor
SourcePictureOn December 7, 1941, Japan launched a suprise attack on the US naval base of Pearl Harbor since this port was an ideal military possition due to being a great fueling station between Asia and North America. This invasion "woke the sleeping giant" as some Japanese admirals, very wisely, stated afterward. This day of imfamy is what actually convinced the US to join the war. -
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Bataan Death March
After the US surrender of the Bataan peninsula to the Japanese Imperial Army, the tens of thousands of Filipino and Amercian troops had to march 65 miles to Japanese prison camps. The march took place durring extremely hot weather accompanied by hash treatment by the Japanese soldiers, the result was thousands of casualties. Source <a href='http://www.itstactical.com/centcom/memorial/the-history-of-the-bataan-death-m -
Battle of Midway
This battle, a major turning point in the Pacific front, was a fairly easy one for the Allies. This being because a little before said battle the US and it's allies managed to crack the Japanese fleet's code and thus knew the exact plans they had. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway Picture -
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Battle of Stalingrad
The turning point of the European war occured in southern Russia while Germany invaded the USSR. The Soviet Army held their ground until winter started setting in and the Germans supplies ran thin. Then they circled the German 6th Army and the fighting continued like this until the commander of the 6th Army surrendered to the Soviets. This engagement made Hitler lose a considerable amount of trust in his generals. <a href='http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad' >http: -
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Allied Invasion of Italy
Starting with Sicily, the Allies moved up through Axis contoled Europe. The Allies hit very little resistance from the Sicilians, and a lagrge amount of the Italian population was plotting to overthrow Mussolini anyway. On September 3rd, the Allies made it into Italy and Italy surrendered.
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D-Day
The day of June 6, 1944 held the largest amphibious invasion in miliraty history as more than 160,000 allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy France, also known as Operation Neptune. This day also held many other operations to assist in the invasion of Normandy such as the Airborne assault right before by the name of Operation Overlord. http://www.army.mil/d-day/ <a href='http://heavy.com/social/2015/06/d-day-june-6-1944-quotes-from-soldiers-eise -
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Battle of the Bulge
The German counter-offencive after the Allied invasion of Normandy as a hope to split the allied forces.This suceeded at first, but in the long run it failed due to lack of supplies as well as US gallantry. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Operation Thunderclap
On February 13, 1945, the Royal Airforce (RAF) conducted a bombing raid on Dresden Germany with the use of 796 Lancasters (British heavy bomber) and 9 Mosquitos (British multi-role combat aircraft). http://www.raf.mod.uk/history/bombercommanddresdenfebruary1945.cfm Picture -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was on February 19, 1945 was an amphibious invasion of the island of Iwo Jima by the US Marine Corps. The US suffered about 17,400 casualties where as the Japanese lost almost 23,000 men. This battle was the site of the famous flag raising picture. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima Picture -
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Battle of Okinawa
The last of many battles for the Pacific Islands took place in this span of time, This battle was both at land and sea. The commanding Generals of both the US and the Japanese died as a result of the battle. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
Victory in Europe
VE Day was here! Germany had surrendered to the Allies and released the prisoners they had taken throughout the war, but the Soviet Union still hunted the surrendered Nazi's and took more than two million prisoners after the war had ended. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe Picture -
Splitting the atom... Twice
[Source](<a href='http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima)' >Source</a>[Picture](<a href='http://www.falloutfacts.com/other/fallout-vault-boy-history.html)' >Picture</a>By the time the US had sucessfully created atomic weapony the European war was over, but the war in Pacific was a much different story. After being warned what the projected casualties would be in an invasion of Japan Truman decided to end the war quickly by using these new weapons. Thus giving the green light to drop the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima then the second on Nagasaki three days later. -
The End
[Picture](<a href='http://www.wired.com/2015/07/physicist-solved-mystery-iconic-photo/)>' >Picture</aIn the wake of the atomic bombs came many things, The surrender of Japan being the most prominent (VJ Day). On this day Japan announced its unconditional surrender to the Allies with the reason given to the Japanese people being that if they continued fighting, this new weaponry (the atomic bomb) would be used until Japan no longer existed, or human civilization ceased to exist.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
