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Japanese Invasion of China
The expansion of Japan into East Asia began in 1931. The invasion Manchuria continued in 1937. On September 27, 1940 Japan signed the tripartite pact with Germany and Ital. They then entered the Military Alliance known as the “Axis”. Japan decided to attack the U.S. and the British forces of Southeast Asia. They then launched a surprise attack on the U.S. on 12/7/41at PHHI. All in all, the main reason why Japan invaded China is because they were having money troubles. -
German Blitzkrieg
Germany quickly defeated most of Europe in a short period of time. The Blitzkrieg was German Military tactic. It required the concentration of tanks, planes, and artillery along a skinny front. It drove a breach in enemy defense’s. The air force part of the war helped because it didn’t let the enemy resupply or redeploy forces. Germany used this tactic on Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. Great Britain and America took away the success. -
Germanys' invasion of Poland 1
Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3. The invasion of Poland started when Poland received Germanys’ prior land after WW1. Hitler signed a pact to ensure that Poland would not team up with France to attack Germany. This pact was a big deal because Germany was afraid that if they did team up and attack Germanys’ forces that Germany would be defeat because at that tie Germanys army was weak from WW1 and could not take on another -
Germanys' invasion of Poland 2
battle at that point. Germany invaded Poland in 1939; Germany was very “sneaky” about its attack on Poland. They signed the treaty so they could postpone the attack on Poland because they needed to grow their army to make it stronger with more power and force. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion.
Warsaw ended up surrendering to Germany on September 27th, 1939. Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3rd, 1939. The Soviet Union attacked Eastern Poland o -
Germanys' invasion of Poland 3
September 17th, 1939. The main reason why Germanys invasion of Poland, was because it was the gun that ignited WW2. -
Operation Barbarossa
a huge attack on Germany. This had a great impact because the Soviet forces put a large indent on the German army forces. They went from “indestructible” to weak, which meant they could not defend themselves as well. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the codename of the battle that started the German attack on The Soviet Union on June 22,1941. It was known as the largest military operation of World War II. Hitler thought of the German-Soviet non-aggression pact as a ploy to avoid fighting at that time. On December 18, 1940, Hitler signed the “ Directive 21” and it was then that the codename Operation Barbarossa was formed. It was the first order in the directive. On December 6, 1941 the Soviet Union launched a h -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese Army attacked the Unite States Pacific fleet in Pearl Harbor. They attacked on December 7th, 1941. The attack made a huge indent in Americans Army. It was only a short term situation. The United States declared war on Japan and Germany. All in all the effect of the invasion of Pearl Harbor was the U.S. declared war on Germany and Japan. It also broke down the United States army. Thousands of soldiers and civilians were killed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. -
Wannsee Confrence
The Wannsee Conference was held at a villa in the Berlin suburbs. The meeting consisted of 15 Nazi and German officials. They discussed ways to carry out the plan of “The Final Solution” They decided they needed a more efficient way of killing all the Jews, and they all agreed on gassing them. Gassing involved putting 30-40 Jews in one room or train boxcar and filling it with toxic gasses. All in all, the Wannsee Conference was a meeting that discussed alternative ways of killing jews. -
Opertion Gomorrah
In 1943 British Bombers attacked Hamburg, Germany. The attack on Hamburg was code named Operation Gomorrah. The British Air force dropped around 2,300 tons of bombs on Hamburg. More than 1,500 German people died in that attack. There were around 791 planes of the British air force and only 7 of those planes went down in the attack. The attack ended in November of that year. The reason why they attacked was because Germany had attacked London pretty severely so Britain wanted to take reveng -
Operation Gomorrah
The effect on Germany was that Hitler refused to go to the “burned-out” areas. -
D-Day
The motive for the attack was to liberate the continent from German control and to relieve some of the stress on the Russian Front where our soviet allies had sustained severe casualties, but managed to carry on. Overall the allied forces defeated their enemies and the end of the war was imminent. -
D-Day
D-Day or also known as Normandy Invasion started on June 6th, 1944. The U.S., British and Canadian troops where in alliance with each other. They landed on Normandy beaches; they also landed on the beaches of France and the English Channel. The Allie forces had a “Power” of 155,000. The objective was to land on the continent of Europe coordinate this attack from the west, liberate France, and the Low Countries to strike into Germany and destroy the Germans ability to continue the war. The m -
Operation Thunderclap
The bombing of Dresden in February 1945, was also known as Operation Thunderclap. It has remained one of the most controversial aspects of World War II. The Soviet allies were advancing from the west to the east. All in all, there were three waves of attacks on Dresden. There were so many bombs that it had set a firestorm. Many lives were lost in this battle. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
American and allied forces stormed the beaches along Iwo Jima on February 19th, 1945. The battle lasted until March 26th, 1945. The codename was operation Detachment. America fought for and captured the Island. Americans goal was to capture the entire island, including all of the air force fields. This battle was one of the most bloodiest battles in WWII. All in all, the Japanese forces were defeated. -
Battle of the Bulge
ppled the defense of Germany on both eastern and western fronts -
Battle of the Bulge
Nearing the end of the war, operation “Watch on the Rhine” was a tactic intended to break British and US forces in France apart. German forces attacked through the Ardennes Forest on December 16th, 1945. US forces did suffer from significant losses during this time, but they managed to hold enough strength to call for reinforcements to help stop Germanys attack. The counter offensive delayed a final allied offense against Germany for six weeks, but expending his last reserves, Hitler had cri
