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German Blitzkreig
A German term for "lightning war" blitzkreig is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemt forces through the use of mobil forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Neterlands and France in 1940. The blitzkrieg was also used by German commander Erwin Rommel during the North African campaign of World War ll , and adopted by U.S. General George Patton for his army's European operations. -
Japanese Invasion Of China
What Happened; China fought Japan with some economic helo from Germany , Soviet Union , British Empire and the United States.
Why It Happened : The war would merge into a greater conflict of World War llas a major front of what is broadly known as the Pacific War.
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Germany's Evasion Of Poland
Germans who supported Hitler but resented the fact that Poland has received the former German provinces of West Pruissa , Poznan , Upper Silesia under the Treaty of Versailles after World War l. However , possibility of a French-Polish military alliance against Germany before Germany had a chance to rearm. -
Fall Of Paris
British prime minister winston churchill had tried for days to convince the French government to hang on not to sue for peace, that America would enter the war and come to its aid =. French premeir Paul Reynaud telegrammed President Franklin Roosevelt, asking for just such aid-a declaration of war, and if not that any and all possible. Roosevelt replied that the United States was prepared to send material aid - and was willing to have that promie published- but secretary of state cordell hull -
Atlantic Character
A joint declaration relesed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Cgurchill on a following meeting of the two heads of state in Newfoundland -
Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawi. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devestating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 Americaan naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes, More than 2,000 Americans soldiers died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. The day after theasault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked congress to declare war on Japan; congress approved -
Bataan Death March
Bataan was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and mariveles to Camp O'Deonnell by the imperial Japanese Army of 60,000- 80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war -
Battle Of Midway
Was a cucial and decisive naval battle in thePacific Theater of World War ll Between 3 and 7 June 1942 only 6 months after Japans attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the battle of coral sea , the United States Navy undr Admirals Chester Nimitz , Frank Jack Fletchers and Raymond A. Spruance decisively defeated on attacking fleet of the imperial Japanese Navy under admirals -
D-Day
On this day more than 60,000 Allied troops landed along a 50- mile strech of heavily-fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which , "we will accept nothing less than full victory' More than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day's end, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. The cost in lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers -
Battle Of Iwo Jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War ll stemmed fromt the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisons landed on the island in Feb 1945 -
Battle Of Okinawa
The battle of Okinawa, also known as Operation Iceberg, tookplace in April-June 1945. It was the largest amphibous landing in the Pacific theater of World War ll. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the allies. This article gives an account of the 80 day plus batttle for the island of Okinawa which some have described as the "typhoon of steel" -
Ve-Day
Victory in Europe Dat , generally known as V-E Day , Ve Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War ll of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender od its armed forces. -
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. -
VJ Day
This aparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War ll. On September 2,1945, a formal surrender cereminy was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declaed September 2 to be VJ Day
