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Japanese invasion of China
Civil war between the communists and nationalist in 1930 -
Germany's invasion of Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
German Blitzkrieg
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
Fall of Pairis
would take such a public declaration of help as but a prelude to a formal declaration of war. While the material aid would be forthcoming, no such commitment would be made formal and public. -
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. -
Wannsee Conference
meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb -
Battle of Stalingrad
In July 1942, the Nazi Army bombs the Soviet city of Stalingrad, launching one of the bloodiest battles in history. -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers lost increased with each raid as the Germans became more adept at distinguishing between Window diversions and actual bombers, Operation Gomorrah proved devastating to Hamburg—not to mention German morale. -
D-Day
the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies had defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe. -
Operation Thunderclap
This involved the RAF and U.S. Air Force in which they bombed many German cities -
Battle of the Bulge
a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Also, Operation Detachment. The U.S. took 216 of the Japanese as prisoners and the other 18,000 were either missing or killed. This was basically a continuation of the Battle of Coral Sea. -
Battle of Okinawa
the bloodiest battle of the Pacific, and the last major battle of the war. More died here than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was a series of island hops that was intended to reach mainland Japan codenamed Operation Downfall. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
Attempt to Invade of Japan -
VJ Day
Surrender to the world that created celebrations throughout the world
