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Japanese invasion of China
Japan invades China to get Manchuria's natural resources to build up Japan.Japan later withdrew from League of Nations. That gave more militarismto japan.And it kept taking more and more from japan. -
rape of nanking
During the Sino-Japanese War, Nanking, the capital of China, falls to Japanese forces, and the Chinese government flees to Hankow, further inland along the Yangtze River.the Japanese butchered an estimated 150,000 male. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany and Russia agree to split up poland.Hitler's troops invade Poland, using a very swift and effective warefare tactic called blitzkrieg, or lightning war. This officially starts WW2 in Europe.Germany did this to prevent fighting another two front war. officially starts WW2. -
German Blitzkrieg
blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. the germans tried the blitzkrieg in poland 1st before successfully empolyig the tactics in Belgium, Netherland and france in 1940.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Fall of Paris
winston churchill tried for days to convince the french to hang on untill the americans would come and aid them.by the time german tanks rolled in paris, 2 million parsions had already left. when the canadians troops came in paris , the rest of the parisains cheered them on. -
attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a suprise from the japanese. the attack was supposed to destroy the United states Navy ships but most of them wernt there. United states declares war on japan. -
bataan death march
after the date on the main philippian of luzon to the japanesse, the 75,000 Filipino and American troops captured on the Bataan Peninsula begin a forced march to a prison camp near Cabanatuan. -
battle of midway
6 months after the attack on pearl harbor, the united states deafeted the japanesse in one of the most importantest battle in the pacific. an importining turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
operation barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union.The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. this battle was the bloodist in modern history and it ends with 2 million casualties.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa -
Wannsee conference
on this day Nazi officailsmeet to talk about what is the final solutions for the jewish questions. wannsee was at the edge of berlin, Germany.heydrich wanted to get every jew in Europe at the time and transport them to a concentration camp in poland and work them to there death. -
Operation Gomorrah
(<a href='http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched')After Britian being boombed by Nazi planes, they dicied to get revange by booming the germans back.More than 1,500 German civilians were killed in that first British raid.Britain lost only 12 aircraft in this raid out of 791. -
allied invasion of italy
the Invasion of Italy was the Allied landing on mainland Italy on 3 September 1943, by General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group during the Second World War. -
D-DAY
<a href='http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day'>also called Normandy Invasion and Operation overlord,when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The allies took controle of France on Augest 25, 1944 which let to a victory in Europe. -
Battle of the bulge
On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive.an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.This was the largest fought on the Western front. -
Operation Thunderclap
('https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ap3LyYe4l4') thundrclap was a booming operationto destroy Drezden.That was planned from british commanders. there no known reason why they did boom it. the operation accured after the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese.Despite the difficulty of the conditions, the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting, and the battle earned a place in American lore with the publication of a photograph showing the U.S. flag being raised in victory. -
battle of okinawa
this battle was last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II. it involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army.By the end of the 82-day, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties including 14,000 dead. -
VE Day
On this day in 1945, 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, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
dropping the atomic bomb on japan
on Aug. 6 was the day of hiroshima's bombing.Aug 9 , 1945 was the day of Nagasaki's bombing .On this day in 1945, a second atom bomb is dropped on Japan by the United States, at Nagasaki, resulting finally in Japan’s unconditional surrender. -
VJ day
(http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day</a>)on this day it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II.when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.
