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japanese invasion of china (1937)
what happend- japan and chinese troops on the front tear led to what became known as the marco polo bridge incident
why is happend- the communists had been encoraged to negotiate with the KMT by stalin, who saw japan as an increasing threat on his far eastern border, and began suppliying arms to china -
Rape of Nanking
The Nanking Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking, was an episode during the Second Sino-Japanese War of mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing, then capital of the Republic of China. -
germans invade poland
according to his plans , the "racially superior " germans would colonize the teritorry and the native salved -
operation Barbarossa
what- was a Nazi Germany invasion of the soviet union
why- they wanted to take control and unslave the slavic population and exterminate the Jews
effect- they lost -
Pearl harbor
what-was atacked by Japan against the us
why- was intended to Nutrilized the u s pacific fleet
effect- killed 2400 americans wounded 1200 -
battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
Wannsee conference
what- was a high level meeting of Nazi officials
why-to talk about the final solution
effect- many jews got killed -
opperation gomorrah
what- British bombers bomed Hamburg Germany
why-they tought that Nazi Germany would call for peace
effect-brought utter destruction of the city -
German Blitzkrieg
what happend- was a fighting tactic create disorganization
why- so they could win fast and loose less men
effect- they won many times -
operation thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was the code for a cancelled operation planned in August 1944 but shelved and never implemented. The plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin in the belief that would cause 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed, many of them key German personnel, which would shatter German morale. However, it was later decided that the plan was unlikely to work -
D-day
what-the allied powers crossed the english channel and landed on the beaches of normany -
battle of the buldge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. -
battle of okinahawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June 22, 1945) involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. -
ve day
V Day was the public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
dropping of the atomic bombs
what-america dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima the get japan to surrender then a second was dropped on Nagasaki and then they surrenderd 120000 peopled died -
VG DAY
News of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. -
fall of france
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War -
battan death march
The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer from Saisaih Pt. and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000–80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war