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World War II Period
The period when WW2 took place. -
Japanese invasion of China
On July 7, 1937 a clash occurred between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China. When this clash was followed by indications of intensified military activity on the part of Japan, Secretary of State Hull urged upon the Japanese Government a policy of self-restraint. In a conversation of July 12 with Japanese Ambassador Saito, Secretary Hull elaborated upon the futility of war and its awful consequences, emphasizing the great injury to the victor -
Raping of Nanking
A genocide that occurred over six weeks starting December 13. On this day the Japanese captured Nanking, China. Japanese soldiers murdered, raped and looted over 300,000 Chinese civilians. -
German Blitzkrieg
(Lightning War) Germany's new method of warfare, it stressed the speed a surprise in the use of tanks, troops, and planes.With this Germany conquered and invaded countries such as Poland,Denmark,Norway,Belgium,and the Netherlands. Ended in 1940. -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
A pact between Germany and the Soviet Union also known as the Treaty of Nonaggression. This pact was signed August 23. In the pact, both Germany and the Soviet Union agreed to never using military force against each other. -
Germany’s invasion of Poland
The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939, which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention.On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
The Fall of Paris
May 10 was the day Paris, the capital of France, was invaded by German forces. -
Operation Barbarossa
This was the codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which began on 22 June 1941. -
Pearl Habor
Military base where Japan surprise attacked the U.S. -
Wannsee Conference
Meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. -
Bataan Death March
Filipino and American troops were forced to walk 65 miles to prison camps. Thousands died because of the poor conditions while they were walking. -
Battle of Midway
Naval battle between the US and Japan, that occurred between June 3rd and 7th. The United States won this battle. -
Operation Gomorrah
The Allied bombing of Hamburg during World War II. Lasted the last week of July. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
The Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. -
Battle of the Bulge
This battle was a major German offensive campaign, In this period the Germans launched the last major offensive of the war. Ended the 25th of January 1945. -
Operation Thunderclap
It was the code for a cancelled operation planned in August 1944 but shelved and never implemented. The plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin in the belief that would cause 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed, many of them key German personnel, which would shatter German morale -
Battle of Iwo Jima
It was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II -
Battle of Okinawa
It's also known as operation Iceberg. It took place in April -June 1945. It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the allies -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day, was the public holiday celebrated on May 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of WWII of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
President Harry S. Truman was warned by most of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties he ordered the bomb be dropped because it would speed up the war on August 9, 1945 the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima a Japanese city. -
VJ Day
On August 14, 1945 it was announced that Japan had surrendered to the Allies effectively ending WWII, since that day both August 14 and 15 have been known as “Victory Over Japan or just VJ Day.
