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a clash occurred between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China. Happened because Japan wanted to be an imperial power. Japan quickly captured all key Chinese ports.
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To conquer and invade Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks. Ended up surrendering to the Germans.
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At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Was a defensive action.
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Attacked naval base in Hawaii. Managed to destroy lots of US resources. Were angry with the US because of many reasons including the ban they put on Japan.
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Was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany. To coordinate the final solution.
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Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet victory proved many turning points. To invade Soviet Union.
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British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah. To send a direct message to ordinary Germans that things could only get worse. It was hoped that this might break support for the Nazi regime and potentially lead to an early end to the war.
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When some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. To invade and gain land.
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the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, was an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.
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the proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure behind what was becoming the Eastern front. The Master Bomber, code name ‘King Cole’, circled the skies at 3,000-4,000 feet monitoring the bombing and giving directions to ensure the bombing stayed close to the target marking flares.
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The marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting, and the battle earned a place in American lore with the publication of a photograph showing the U.S. flag being raised in victory. To invade and take over land.
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the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June 22, 1945) involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. Prepare for invasion and go to war.
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Both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. To celebrate victory.
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an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. To kill and avenge Pearl Harbor.
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The day Japan announced it would surrender unconditionally. Calling for a day of solemn commemoration and a day “of prayer and high resolve that the cause of justice, freedom, peace, and international good-will shall be advanced. To celebrate.
