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Japanese invasion of China
In 1937 skirmishing between Japanese and Chinese troops on the frontier led to what became known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incidenthis fighting sparked a full-blown conflict, the Second Sino-Japanese War.Under the terms of the Sian Agreement, the Chinese Nationalists (KMT) and the CCP now agreed to fight side by side against Japan.ecause of historic ties, China also received aid from Nazi Germany for a short period, until Hitler decided to make an alliance with Japan in 1938. -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, also known as the Nazi–Soviet Pact named after the Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov and the German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. It was a non-aggression pact signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in Moscow on 23 August 1939. -
German Blitzkreig
A military tactic that was designed to create disorganization. The tactic used mobile forces and limited firepower. It was very successful tactic. It was used on Poland in 1939 and on Belgium, France, and the Netherlands.
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Germany's invasion of Poland.
It was september 1,1939 at 4:45am that Germany invaded Polanf for the first time. about 1.5 million if German troops invaded Poland and took over 1750 mile border. Adof Hitler said the it was a defensive action. -
Fall of Paris
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. On May 10 1940, Germany makes defeated Allied forces do a series of mobile operations, eventually leading to the conquest of France, Belgium and the Netherland. Germanys plan cosists with two operatios. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a very important event in World War II. It decided whether germany was gonna have a big advantage or disadvantage for the whole war. June 22, 1941 hitler began sending his troops to soviet territory to invade. In the beginning they destroyed all in sight without out much of a challenge but due to the soviets stalling their advance as much as they could the Nazis eventually found themselves in lost the snow.
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Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. Lasted just two hours 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.President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan; Congress approved his declaration. -
Wansee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting consisting of 15 high-ranking Nazis and German government officials that took place on January 20, 1942. They discussed about the “Final Solution” a complete annihilation of all European Jews. One of the meetings participants was Reinhard Heydrich a general hand picked by hitler to lead this operation. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477 -
Bataan Death March
After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March.
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Battle of Midway
From June 3, 1942 to June 7, 1942 the Battle of Midway took place. Six months before Pearl Harbor occurred a shocking event in World War II. The Battle of Midway was an important event it gave America a huge advantage. Due to america code breaking some of Japan's messages they countered Japan's ambush. Which caused major damage to japan's navy allowing america to move to offensive positions. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
Successful defense of the city of Stalingrad, (now Volgograd) in the USSR. Considered the greatest conflict of World War II. One of the bloodiest battles with over 2 million casualities. This win marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies of World War II
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Operation Gomorrah
The allied forces of Great Britain and USA work together to bomb Hamburg, Germany. Britain bombs Hamburg by night, and USA bombs it by day. It probably happened to slow down or to stop German soldiers. They killed 30,000 people and destroyed 280,000 buildings
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D-Day
The most famous D-Day was June 6, 1944 when the biggest amphibious attack in military history took place in Normandy during World War II. The purpose of the Normandy invasion, codenamed Operation overload, was to get the Allied army onto the continent of Europe.D-Day forced the Germans to fight a two front war again just as they had in WWI. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge took place in Deceber 1944 it was germany’s attempt to split America's army. The germans planned on doing this by using a technique called blitzkrieg through Ardennes to Antwerp. The U.S. army bought enough time for reinforcements to come in and their defence line looked like a bulge leading to the battles name.The two armies fought desperately yet the American army stopped the Germans offence but America suffered many casualties. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
This understanding of the extent of Nazi brutality was considerably broadened in early 1945, after the Red Army liberated Auschwitz in south-western Poland. Auschwitz was one of six Nazi extermination camps, and was the last one still operating in the final months of the war. the estimated six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, well over three million perished in these six camps. -
Operation ThunderClap
A cancelled plan. It was supposed to kill key German personnel. Which would have shattered German morale. They cancelled it because they didn't think it would work.There were however smaller versions of this plan that was not cancelled and was used.
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Battle of Iwo Jima
The amphibious invasion of Iwo JIma by America. The 3 U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in Feburary 1945 and cleared the enemy after a month.
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Battle of Okinawa
April 1, 1945 the Battle of Okinawa began it was the biggest and bloodiest battle on the Pacific islands. America attacked Japan and instead of Japan usually fighting at water’s edge they fought and slowly retreated inward to buy as much time as they could. Japan used many suicide attacks that caused many problems for America’s army. In the end America won invading all of Okinawa. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE Day
May 8, 1945 the Allies celebrated Victory in Europe Day both nations celebrated with flags and banner for the Nazis defeat. The germans surrendered on the eighth dropping their weapons on the ground. Germans near Russia kept on fighting so they won't be taken as prisoners but they eventually go taken as prisoners. The germans completely surrendered on may ninth. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping the atomic bombs
On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, drops the world’s first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima.Apx. 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. President Harry S. Truman, discouraged by the Japanese response to the Potsdam Conference’s demand for unconditional surrender, made the decision to use the atom bomb so wouldn't be a greater loss of life were the United States to invade the Japanese mainland. -
VJ DAy
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was told to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. VJ Day was when the war between Japan and the US was over.
