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Japanese Invasion of China
China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany, the Soviet Union, and also the United States. nitially the Japanese scored major victories in Shanghai after heavy fighting, and by the end of 1937 captured the Chinese capital of Nanking. By 1939 the war had reached stalemate after Chinese victories in Changsha and Guangxi. On the 7th of December 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, and the following day the Japanese surrendered. -
The Rape of Nanking
After the capture of Nanking, mass murder and rape spread throughout China. Historians estimate that over 250,000 to 300,000 people died during this raid. -
German Blitzkrieg
Hitler's new war tactic used to try and avoid long wars. It was nicknamed Lightning Warfare, due to its speed. -
Germany Invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. Once Hitler had a base of operations within the target country, he immediately began setting up "security" forces to annihilate all enemies of his Nazi ideology, whether racial, religious, or political.Great Britain would respond with bombing raids over Germany three days later. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the name given to the invasion of Germany on Russia. The invasion was the worst and the bloodiest of WW II and had extreme reprocussions for the Russian people. -
Pearl Harbor
A naval base located on one of the Hawiian Islands was attacked by Japanese air forces. Some claimed that it had, "Awoken the beast." It was looked at as the reason America joined the war. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. They were trying to discuss the answer to "The Final Solution of the Jewish Question." -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was thousands of American and Phillipino POW's being forced to march miles to a new camp to be subjected to unspeakable torcher. Thousands died along the way. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining Ghetto population to Treblinka extermination camp. -
Opoeration Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah was an aerial bombing campaign that occurred in the European Theater of Operations during World War II (1939-1945). -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in the southwestern Soviet Union. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
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. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft supported the D-Day invasion, and by day’s end on June 6, the Allies gained a foot- hold in Normandy. -
Operation Thunderclap
Plans were drawn for an operation code named Thunderclap but it was shelved and never implemented. The plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin that would cause 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed. -
Battle of the Bulge
The German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces in a manner that would turn the tide of the war in Hitler's favor. The battle that ensued is known historically as The Battle of the Bulge. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major fight that resulted in the US forces capturing the tactical island of Iwo Jima. It was also one of WW II's most deadliest battles. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was fought on the Ryukyu Islands of Okinawa and was the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War of World War II. -
VE Day
VE Day officially announced the end of World War Two in Europe. -
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the Surrender of the Empire of Japan during World War II. -
Atomic Bombings
After trying to negotiate with Japan multiple times, The Allied forces dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. One in Nagasaki, and the other on Hiroshima. -
VJ Day (Victory over Japan Day)
Victory over Japan Day is a name chosen for the day on which Japan surrendered, effectively ending World War II.
