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Japanese invasion of China
the Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. It followed the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95. -
German Blitzkrieg
the lighting war. the tactic overwhelmed poland. First appeared in the form of elite infantry units known as Sturmtruppen. -
Germany's invasion of Poland.
also known as the september campaign. Defensive war in Poland and alternativly the polarnd campaign. -
Operation of Barbarossa
was the code name nazi germany invasion of the sovite union during the world war 2. the operation was driven by adolf hitlers ideological desire to conqure soviet territory as outlined in his manifesto. -
Pearl Harbor
100's of jap fighter planes attacked the american navel base. At Pearl Harber Honolulu Hawaii. -
Wannsee Conference
A meeting of senior officals of Nazi Germany,held in Berlin suburb of Wannsee. -
Operation Gomorrah
It was a joint british-american venture. Many of the attacks on Germany up to Gomorrah had been seperate british(at night) and american (at day) attacked. -
Normandy Invasion
the western allies of the world war 2 launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assulted norman+dy, located on the northern coast of france. -
Battle of the bulge.
The battle of the bulge was amajor german offensive German campain lauched through the densly forsted ardennes region of wallonia -
Battle of Ima Jima
A major battle in which the U.S. MArines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Implerial Army during WWII -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day. To mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of the WWII of Nazi GErmany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Operation Thunderclap
Was code for a canclled operation plan. THe plan was a massive attack on Berlin in the belief that would cause 2220,ooo casualties with110,000 killed,many of them german personal,whiched would shatter german morale. -
VJ Day
Surrender was announced to the world. Sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of WWII.