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Japanese invasion of china
A clash beetween chinese and japanese troops near perping his clash was followed by indications of intensified military activity on the part of Japan -
rape of Nanking
Japanese imperial Army marched into China's capital of Nanking and murdered 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city -
German Blitzkrieg
the Blitzkreig is a strategy the german used to defeat most of Europe using this military strategy took take out its opponent -
Germanys invasion of poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. -
bataan death March
Approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps. They were subjected to harsh treatments by Japanses guards -
operation Barbosa
Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. 4.5 million troops launched a surprise attack deloyed from German- controlled Poland, Finland and Romania. Hitler wanted the resources Soviet had. -
pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 December 8 in Japan. The attack led to the United States entry into World War II. -
wannsee conference
was a meeting of senior officials of Nazi Germany, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference, called by director of the SS-Reichssicherheitshauptamt was to ensure the cooperation of administrative leaders of various government departments in the implementation of the final solution to the Jewish question, whereby most of the Jews of German-occupied Europe would be deported to Poland and murdered. -
Battle of Midway
After the attack on Pear Harbor, six months later the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War 2. There was a major help in code breaking Japan's plan. -
warsaw ghetto uprising
Germans ordered Jewish police in the ghetto to round up people for deportation. About 300,000 men, women, and children wer packed into little cattle and transported to death camps -
operation gomorrah
A coordinated bombing assult on the city of Hamburg, Germany. Left over 1 million residents homeless and killing 40,000-50,000 civilians. -
Normandy invasion
Some 156,000 Americans,British, and Canadian forces landed on five on 5 beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region -
battle of iwo jima
Fight between the United States and Japan. The U.S. gained control of the islands of Iwo Jima and the airfields. The Marines raised a flag on the top of Mount Suribachi -
battle of okinawa
Two U.S. Marines and two Army divisions landed on Okinawa facing 155,000 Japanese ground, air and naval troops holding an immense island on which civilians lived. -
ve day
An official annoucment of the End of World War 2 in Europe -
potsdam declaration
U.S, president, U.K. prime minister and Chairman of the nationalist governmet of China issued a document outlining the terms of surrender for the Empire of Japan -
atom bombs
An Amerrican B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over southern Japanses city of Hiroshima. Wiping out arounf 90% of the city killing aroung 80,000 people. -
vj
Japan had surrendured unconditionally to the Allies -
battle of bulge
Germans used over 200,000 troops and nearly 1,000 tanks to break through the U.S. line. Killing thousands of American troops.