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German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
the German blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
Japanese Invasion of China
a conflict between china and the Japanese because china resisted Japaneses efforts to expand. japans defeat in WWII lead to them leaving china. -
Rape of Nanking
The Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 civilians and soldiers -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
it was a pact in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. the soviet leader thought of the pact as a way to keep peace with Germany. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
the German-Soviet Pact made Germany able to go after Poland without soviet intervention and because of this, within weeks the polish army was defeated. -
Fall of Paris
Britain and France declared war on Germany because Germany invaded Poland. the Germans defeated the french, taking many prisoners, and the Nazis took control of Paris. -
Operation Barbarossa
the Nazis were launched in an invasion of the soviet union spanning two thousand miles and it became a crucial turning point of the war. its failure caused Germany to fight a two-front war. -
Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japaneses planes attacked pearl harbor killing 2000 soldiers and people and injuring 1000. The next day FDR declared war on japan. Within two years, america joined WWII. -
Wannsee Conference
it was a meeting between Heydrich, Eichmann, and many other officials. A plan that would render a "final solution to the Jewish question" was descused. in the end, it was decided to transport Jews to concentration camps -
Bataan Death March
thousands of Filipinos and Americans were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps because the U.S. surrendered the Bataan Peninsula to japan. -
Battle of Midway
it was a U.S. victory against Japan. the battle of midway was a war fought by air and sea within four days. this war was considered "one of the most decisive U.S. victories against Japan during World War II." -
Battle of Stalingrad
the battle of Stalingrad was considered a turning point of the war because the soviets stopped the Germans from advancing on the soviet union. the battle of Stalingrad was also one of the bloodiest wars in history -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
it was an uprising against Jews and Germans. the Germans went into the ghettos and destroyed the town and murdered many Jews. any Jews that were left were deported to concentration camps. -
Operation Gomorrah
the Germans bombed Britain and Britain suffered many deaths so to get back at Germany, Britain bombed Germany with 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs killing more than 1,500 German civilians -
Allied Invasion of Italy
allies invaded Italy in efforts to remove the fascist regime. in the end, German and Italian troops were drove from Sicily thanks to the U.S. and Great Britain. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
Allied troops fought against Germany on the beaches of Normandy ,France. in the end, many lives were lost but the allies gained a foot-hold on Continental Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
the Germans sent 250,000 soldiers to the allied front in an attempt to push them west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
soviet soldiers went into concentration camps and released the prisoners from Nazis rule. they were disgusted in what they found behind the camps walls. -
Operation Thunderclap
it was a strategic bombing raid on a German city. the raid was put to an end when there was controversy over a raid on Hamburg. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
during World War II United States Marine Corps took Iwo Jima from the Japanese army. the U.S. marines won within only one month of fighting Japan. -
Battle of Okinawa
155,000 Japanese ground, air and naval troops fought against two United States Marine and two Army divisions after they landed on the shore of Okinawa. this war ended with the most causalities. -
VE Day
a day that great Britain and the united states celebrate the victory in Europe. they celebrate the day that the Germans surrendered to the soviets. the celebration consists of parties and banners. -
Potsdam Declaration
japan agrees to the term of the Potsdam conference and fully surrender. Truman ends dropping atomic bombs on japan. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
An American B-29 bomber dropped a bomb on Hiroshima. It destroyed the city and killed over 80,000 people -
VJ Day
it was the day World War II ended when Japan surrendered to the allies after many times the allies bombed and raided japan from air and sea.
