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Japanese Invasion of China
China was divided, impoverished, economically exploited and at war with ambitiously imperialist Japan. Manchuria japan seized manchuria because japanese believed that japans empire should be equal to the size of the western powers empire
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German Blitzkrieg
Method of warfare whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorised or mechanised infantry formations with close air support, breaks through the opponent's line of defence by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to encircle them -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish garrison of the Westerplatte Fort, Danzig. The descion to invade poland was a gamble. -
Operation Barbarossa
Was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. 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
Hundreds of japanese fighter planes attacked a navel base at pearl harbor. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi party and german goverment gathered in Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The aim of its confrence was clear to participants. -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week. on July 24th 1943, 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 in their five most destructive raids. More than 1,500 German civilians were killed in that first British raid. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
D-Day resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. This invasion was one of the largest military attack in history. -
Battle of the Bulge
The battle of burge was a major German offensive campegin. It was also hitlers last significant offensive operation. The Germans threw 250,000 soldiers into the initial assault, 14 German infantry divisions guarded by five panzer divisions-against a mere 80,000 Americans. -
Operation Thunderclap
It was the proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure behind what was becoming the Eastern front. This plan was a massive attack on Berlin. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
It was the first major battle of World War II to take place on Japanese homeland. The island of Iwo Jima was a strategic location because the US needed a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off when attacking Japan. -
Battle of Okinakwa
Wasa series of Battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands. It was centered on the islands of Okinakw. involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. -
VE Day
German troops finally lay down thier arms. The Soviets would lose 600 more soldiers in Silesia before the Germans finally surrendered -
Dropping of The Atomic Bombs
US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more. The bombing role in Japans surrender and their legal justification are still being debated. -
VJ Day
NEws of the surrender caused celbrations all over. "Victory over Japan.
