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Japanese invasion of China
A military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. It followed the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95.
The war was the result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aimed at expanding its influence politically and militarily in order to secure access to raw material reserves and other economic resources in the area.
Results are Chinese victory as part of the Allied victory in the Pacific War, surrender of all Japanese forces in mainland China -
German Blitzkrieg & Pearl Harbor
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. The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II.
Blitzkrieg is an anglicised term, describing a method of warfare, whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorized or mechanized infantry formations with close air support breaks through the opponent's line of defense. -
D - Day
More than 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. The cost in lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the slow, hard slog across Europe, to defeat Adolf Hitler’s crack troops. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. With the goal of capturing the entire island, including the three Japanese-controlled airfields to provide a staging area for attacks on the Japanese main islands. It led to American victory. -
Battle of Okinawa
A series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II.
Allied victory - Okinawa occupied by the United States until 1972 -
VE Day
The public holiday celebrated onto mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. thus marked the end of World War II in Europe. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It resulted end of WWII. -
VJ Day
News of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II.
