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Japanese Invasion On 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. -
Ribbentrop/molotov Pact
The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact was a non-aggression pact signed between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in Moscow. It was also known as the Nazi-Soviet Pact. The pact remained in force until the German government broke it by launching an attack on the Soviet positions in eastern Poland on 22 June 1941 -
Germany Invades Poland
The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. This was characterized by extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks, and artillery. Once the German forces had plowed their way through, devastating a swath of territory, infantry moved in, picking off remaining resistance. -
Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. -
Attack On Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor
was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941. -
Wansee Conference
On January, 20, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's second in command of the SS, convened the Wannsee Conference in Berlin with 15 top Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution in which the Nazis would attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, an estimated 11 million persons. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the forced transfer of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army. About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach their destination. Many prisoners blended in with the civilian population and escaped. -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. -
Operation Torch
Operation Torch was the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign of the Second World War which started on 8 November 1942. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied landing on mainland Italy that took place during World War II.The operation was undertaken by British General Harold Alexander's 15th Army Group. The operation followed the successful invasion of Sicily during the Italian Campaign. The main invasion force landed around Salerno on the western coast in Operation Avalanche, while two supporting operations took place in Calabria (Operation Baytown) and Taranto. -
D-Day Normandy Invasion
more than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a the French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the journey to defeat Adolf Hitler’s crack troops. -
Victory of Japan Day/ VJ Day
VJ Day was the day that Japan surrendered in World War 2. In Japan, August 15 usually is known as the "memorial day for the end of the war" the official name for the day, however, is "the day for mourning of war dead and praying for peace." Their surrendering resulted in the end of World War II. -
Start of the Nuremburg Trials
The Nuremburg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the Allied forces after World War II, they were most noteable for the prosecution of members of the Nazis who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in The Holocaust and other war crimes. The trials were held in the city of Nuremberg, Germany. 23 people were tried, being sentenced for: war crimes, crimes against humanity, participation in a common plan or planning crimes -
End of the Nuremburg Trials
The accusers were successful in unveiling the background of developments leading to the outbreak of World War II, which cost at least 40 million lives in Europe alone, as well as the extent of the atrocities committed in the name of the Hitler regime. Twelve of the accused were sentenced to death, seven received prison sentences (ranging from 10 years to life in prison), three were acquitted, and two were not charged.
