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Japanese invasion of China
In 1931, Japan was more than eager to find more natural resources in china and later on invaded manchuria and blamed it on the chinese. A outraged Japanese delegation stormed out of the League of Nations, never to return. In 1937 fighting between Japanese and Chinese troops on the frontier led to what became known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. -
German Invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, German forces invaded Poland, two days later Britain and France Declared war on Germany, World War II had begun, and the war proved to be more hirrible than anyone could have imagined. -
German Blitzkrieg
Nazi forces stormed into Poland, revealing the power of Htler's blitzkrieg, or "lightining war". It improved tank and airpower technology to strike a devastating blow against the enemy.German froces bombed airfields, factories, towns, cities, and civilians. -
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941, Japanese bombed the american afleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The attacked killed about 2,400 people and destroyed battleships and aircrafts. President Roosevelt asked the congress to declare war on Japan. -
Bataan Death March
The japanese had gained control of the philippines, killing several hundred American soildiers and as many as 10,000 Filipino soldiers during the 65-mile Bataan Death March. Many Filipino civilians risked and sometimes lost their lives to give food and water to captives on the march. -
D-Day
June 6, 1944 was known as D-Day for the invasion of France, allied planes dropped paratroopers behind enemy lines.Then thousands of ships sailed 156,000 Allied troops across the english channel. They had to fight there way through underwater mines and raking machine guns fire. American General George S. Patton helped the British and American forces break through German defenses, within a month all of France was free. -
Battle of the Bulge
Tree German armies launched the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in the west in the poorly roaded, rugged, heavily forested Ardennes. As the German armies drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads west of the River Meuse quickly, the line defining the Allied front took on the appearance of a large protrusion or bulge, the name by which the battle would forever be known. -
V-E Day
May 8, 1945, was proclaimed V-E day (Victory in Europe), Agter 12 years of Hitlers rule, it was finally over. Allies were able to defeat Axis powers in Europe, and Hitler had underestimated the power of the Soviet Union. Allies now had to take over the Japan in the Pacific. -
Atomic bomb on Hiroshima
On August 6, 1945 an american plane dropped an atomic bomb on hiroshima. The bomb flattened four square miles and instantly killed more than 70,000 people. In the months that followed, many more would die from radiation sicknes, a deadly after effect of exposure to radioactive materials. -
Atomic bomb on Nagasaki
The united states dropped a second atomic bomb but this time on nagasaki. More than 40,000 people were killed in this second explosion. On August 10th, Emperor Hirohito intervened, an action unheard of for a japanese emperor, and forced the government to surrender. -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. -
Cold War
After the world war II ended, these grievances ripened into an overwhelming sense of mutual distrust and enmity. Postwar Soviet expansionism in Eastern Europe fueled many Americans’ fears of a Russian plan to control the world.
