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Japanese invasion of China
href='http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war' >Why japan invaded China</a>The conflict began on the Lugou Bridge when the which devoloped from a small border skirmish. There was loses on both Japanese and Chinese sides. After the Marco Polo Bridge Inccident the Japanese took Tianjin and then went for the key port of Shanghai. They came across Chineses resisitance but brought in additional forces.
Japan Invaded China because they wanted the vast natural resorces and China was already weak from thier counrty being divided. -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
Non Aggression pactThis pact is also known as the non-aggression pact beteewn germany and the soviet union. This allowed germany to invade poland without fighting the aiding soviet union. They also promised to give some of poland to the soviet union. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Second warAdolf Hiter began his assault on Poland and thus began the start of world war 2. Germany had a non-aggression pact with the soviet union so they would not help the Polish army defend Poland. Adolf invaded Poland to start his quest for world domination. -
German Blitzkrieg
blitzkriegThe german Blitzkrieg stratagy is that germany used to invade multiple countries. It uses less human troops and more artilary.This would cause the enemy troops to get unorganized and make them more vunerable. -
Fall of Paris
parisGermany invade and took the city of paris. Winston Churchill begged the french goverment to hold on and what for renforcements to come but they surrenderd the city to the germans. This gave the germans more land and more ways to attack the rest of europe. -
Operation Barbarossa
BarbarossaThe Operation Barbarossa was the german plan to invade the soviet union from the east front. the plan was to launch a major land and air campain and with the help of the blitzkrieg stratagy they would take moscow. Hitler wanted to control the industial capacities in the soviet union. Germany got all the industrial Capacities to aid there troops making them bigger and stronger -
Pearl Harbor
harborJapan attacked Hawii's pearl habor by a major air attack that caught the americans off guard. They bombed the island in order to destroy americas naval fleet and keep them out of the war. instead america jonied the war and the allied powers. -
Wannsee Conference
wannsee15 Nazi officals and generals meet in Wannsee to discuss the Final solution of the jewish question. Final solution was code for the final destruction of all jews in europe. WHy it happened is because the Nazi's hatted the jewish people. Many jews were sent to labor camps and or killed. -
Bataan Death March
BattaanJapan invaded the Bataan Peninsula. The US troops there held the island for three months but then had to surrender do to starvation and diesses. The Japanese then got total control of the Philipines. The US then return to the philipines and took the island back from the island. -
Battle of Midway
MidwayThe battle of Midway was between the US and Japan. The battle of Midway was a naval battle. Japan planned to take out rthe remaining American air craft carriers but the US decoded an Japanese message and we able to defeat the Japanese at Midway. This caused Japan to lose alot of their fleet including 4 carriers. The US also determined that they were dominate on this side of the pacific -
Battle of Stalingrad
SovietThe soviet union defended one of their cities from the Nazis with minimal supplies. The Germans final attempt to take the city failed when the soviets stoped thier tanks. This caused germany to end up losing and the soviets to get more toops and supplies to push germany out. -
Operation Gomorrah
Hamburg The allied powers bomb hamburg germany. They drop 2,300 tons on incendairy bombs. They bomb hamburg in renvenge of the Nazis bombing britain. Germany lost 1,500 civillians in the first raid -
D-Day
d-day156,000 American, British, and Candian troops landed on 5 beaches in France's Normady region.This invasion was one of the biggest military assaults in history.This ivasion freed most of France and the following spring the nazi's were defeated. -
Battle of the Bulge
BulgeThe German army wanted to seperated the English, Canadian, and American troops from one another. The Germans and americans fought in the small town of Bastogne where the Americans stop the advance of german tanks with anti tank cannons. The americans held of one of the last biggest Germans advances witch helped end the war the folowing april. -
Operation Thunderclap
ww2Allied command bomb the eastern most german city. It was poorly because the Germans thought when the allied forces came in they wanted to keep one German city. The allied forces were successful in bombng Dresden and caused Germany to lose one of their last remaing cities. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo JimaThe Allied Forces needed a naval base by the coast of Japan so they could prepare for multiple air bombardments. The US fought long and hard to clear the Island of the 23,000 Japanese soldier. This gave the US total conrol of the island and could start theie air assaults on Japan. -
Battle of Okinawa
BattleThe Battle of Okinawa was the final stand for the Japanese in WW2 and was the main spot for the US to send in ground troops. The Japanese held the island for while but it ended up falling into US control. Now the US had a route for air and land to invade Japan and end the war. -
Liberation of Concentration camps
liberationWHile the Allies moved accross germany they encountered many concentration camp prisoners. They began liberating and free the prisioners at the camps. The soviets liberated Auschwitz in january. This elimiated and freed the german work force. -
VE Day
VEDAYVE-Day is Victory Day in Britain, This date marks the day the axis powers meet the surreder terms. This offically ended WW2 for Britain. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
ATomic BombThe US are the first to use atomic weaponry in the war when they dropped the atomic bomb on the japanesen city of Hiroshima. This basically marked the end of the war all together because Japan surredered soon after the bomb was dropped. The US dropped the bomb in hope to end the war in which they did. -
VJ Day
VJDAYVj day or Victory over Japan day marks the end of the war in the world. Japan surrederd on August 15. President Trumman declared september 2 to be VJ Day.
