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Japanese invasion of China
source Japanese and Chinese soldiers exchanged fire in the are of the Lugou ( bridge, a crucial access to Beijing. What started off as confused, firing soon escalated into a full battle, in which Beijing and Tianjin fell to Japanese soldiers. CHina fought japan with help from germany, the soviet union and the U.S. -
Rape of Nanking
sourcein December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and mutilated more than half of the civilians and soldiers in the city. The six weeks of mutilation would become known as the Rape of Nanking and represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II period. -
Germany invasion of Poland
sourceWithin days of the Nazi-Soviet agreement, Hitler was ready to invade Poland. To provide an excuse, Hitler had a German criminal dressed in a Polish uniform. The man was taken to the German-Polish border and shot. The next morning, Germany claimed it had been attacked by Poland. using the dead criminal as proof. German troops the sought to invade Poland. The well trained Germans used the Blitzkrieg to devastating effect in Poland, although the polish fought bravely, the could not withstand. -
German Blitzkrieg
sourceThe german blitzkrieg wastheir battle technique. Bombers struck at cities, transportation systems etc. Next came the tanls and motorized forces, stabbing deep into the enemy country side. After the tanks came german foot soldiers, fanning out across the land. they destroyed remaining forces. -
Fall of Paris
sourceOn this day, Paris citizens woke up to the sounds of German voices over a loudspeaker. The Germans had entered Paris, and now paris was in the hands of the Germans. Many had already fled beforehand. -
Operation Barbarossa
sourceBefore the invasion, germany and russia made a pact not to attack each other. Of course, they were both lying at the start. Hitler launched his attack on 22 of june. the Germans won great victories and occupied some of the most important economic areas of the Soviet Union, mainly in Ukraine, while sustaining heavy casualties. Despite these successes, the German offensive stalled on the outskirts of Moscow and was then pushed back by a Soviet counter offensive without taking the city. -
Pearl harbor
sourceOn this day, Japanese forces sent out air fighters and bomber to attack pearl harbor. This came asa huger surprise to the U.S. as they were not expecting this. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed; 2,403 Americans were killed and 1,178 others were wounded. The following day, the U.S. declared war on Japan. -
Wannsee Conference
sourceIt was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference, was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the action of the final solution to the Jewish. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
sourceIn response to the deportations made by germans , several Jewish underground organizations created an armed self-defense unit known as the Jewish Combat Organizatio equiped with small arms and explosives. To their dismay, their efforts were in vain as the fermans deported everyone in the ghetto. -
Battle of Stalingrad
sourceThe Battle of Stalingrad is thought to many historians to have been the turning point in World War Two in Europe. The battle at Stalingrad had dealt an immeanse deal of damage to Germany in Russia and after this defeat, the Germany Army was in full retreat. -
Operation Gomorrah
sourceOn this day in 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day.British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. The explosive power was the equivalent of what German bombers had dropped on London More than 1,500 German civilians were killed in that first British raid.the U.S. Eighth Air Force began a more comprehensive bombing run of northern Germany -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
sourceThe Normandy Landings is the largest seaborn invasions in history.operation began the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, led to the liberation of France from Nazi control, and contributed to an Allied victory in the war.The water landings were followed by air craft attack. Allied troops and armour landed at the coast of france The men landed under heavy fire from gun fire looking to the beaches, and the shore was mined and covered with obstacles such as wooden stakes, metal tripods -
Battle of the Bulge
sourceBattle wchich intended to recapture an important harbor. It was a great german campaign directed through the forested regions. It caught the allies by surprise and left great casualties for the U.S. air force and the german armored forces. -
Operation Thunderclap
sourceOperation thunderclap was intended to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt transport that what was becoming the Eastern front.. It was planned by the allies -
Battle of iwo Jima
sourceThis had started from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Iwo Jima was attacked by three marine divisions after a preparatory air and naval bombardment. The Japanese fought from an complex network of caves, dugouts, tunnels, and underground installations that were hard to find and destroy -
Battle of Okinawa
sourceThe battle of okinawa was the last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II.Using pillboxes and strongpoints, caves, and also some ancient castles, the Japanese defense positions supported one another and often resisted even the most ofensive artillery fire or air strikes. -
VE Day
sourceOn this day in History, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, celebrating in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Postdam Declaration
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The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. THis was enacted after the japanese had suffered the superb damadge done so by the atomic bombs -
Dropping of the Atomic bombs
sourceThe United States was the first nation to use atomic bombs in wartime. it droped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima and then three days later, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasak. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War -
VJ day
sourceOn August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” After the dropping of the atomic bombs, japan then surrendered
