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Germany's strategy to avoid a long war in the first phase of WW2. A military machine used by Germany it was designed to shock and resultant disorganized in enemy forces through the use of speed and firepower. -
A surprise military strike upon the U.S. on the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu that happened on Sunday, December 7, 1941 by the Imperial Japanese Navy Service. The attack was to prevent the U.S. from interfering with their plans in Southeast Asia. -
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting help in Berlin on January, 20 1942. It was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi, Germany and Schutzstaffel leaders. The meeting was a discussion on how to elimination of the jews -
This march was a surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the island of Luzon. Troops were forced to march 65 miles to the prison camps. During this march that lasted 5- 10 days; Captives were beaten, shot, bayoneted, and also beheaded -
This was an epic fight between U.S. Navy and Japanese Navy. A major goal for Japan during WW2 was to gain territory, effectively remove U.S. dominate power.
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A brutal battle military campaign between Russian and Nazi Germany also axis power. The battle is unpopular for being one of the largest, longest, and bloodiest battles 1942-1943. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was a brutal revolt that happened between April and May of 1943. Jewish residents in Warsaw, Poland, staged the armed revolt to prevent deportations to Nazi- run extermination camps.
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The allied invasion of Normandy during WW2, which was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The goal was to push back the German military -
A German offensive campaign during WW2 on the western front which took place from December 16, 1944 to January 1, 1945. It was an unsuccessful attempt to divide the allied forces and prevent an invasion of Germany.
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Auschwitz constructed 3 concentration camps. Millions of people were deported from Europe either to be killed or worked to death. Only thousands were left. -
A grand battle between U.S. marines and the Imperial Army of Japan. The marines invaded Iwo Jima; 21,000 Japanese forces were killed also 7,000 marines.
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This was the last major battle and one of the bloodiest. On Easter Sunday Navy's fifth fleet more than 180,000 U.S. Army and Marines descended. Okinawa was a final push for Japan
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Great Britain and the United States celebrate victory. Germany surrender its military forces to allies like the United States. Marking the end of World War ll in Europe. -
President Harry S. Truman ordered the United States to drop two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 - 9 of 1945 to bring the war to a speedy end. The bomb killed between 129,000-226,000 people most civilians. This was the only time nuclear weapons were used.
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Real short; Japan surrendered ending World War 2