-
German invasion of Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. -
Bataan Death March
After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), about 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands died in the Bataan Death March. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
several Jewish underground organizations created an armed self-defense unit known as the Jewish Combat Organization (Zydowska Organizacja Bojowa; ZOB). There was tension between ZOB and the Jewish Military Union. Even though the ZOB was half the size of the Jewish Military Union, on July 28th A riot started between the two organizations destroying the city of warsaw Poland. -
Allied Invasion Of Italy
The British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery begins the Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula. On the day of the landing, the Italian government secretly agreed to the Allies’ terms for surrender, but no public announcement was made until September 8. In April 1945, a new major offensive began, and on April 28 Mussolini was captured by Italian partisans and summarily executed. German forces surrendered may 1st -
D-Day
The landing included over 5,000 ships, 11,000 airplanes, and over 150,000 service men. The largest seaborne invasion in history, the operation began the invasion of German-occupied western Europe, led to freeing France from Nazi control, and contributed to an Allied win in the war. The Allied air forces lost nearly 12,000 men and over 2,000 aircraft in war but over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed. D-Day forced Germany to fight war on sll sides and could not handle the feat. -
Battle of the Bulge
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. This attack was a suprise. The battle also severely depleted Germany's armored forces on the western front which Germany was largely unable to replace. German personnel and Luftwaffe aircraft also sustained heavy losses -
Operation Thunderclap
The proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure behind what was becoming the Eastern front. Also to demonstrate to the German population, in even more devastating fashion, that the air defences of Germany were now of little substance and that the Nazi regime had failed them. - -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This five-week battle comprised some of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting of the War in the Pacific of World War II. Despite the bloody fighting and severe casualties on both sides, the Japanese defeat was assured from the start. Overwhelming American superiority in arms and numbers as well as complete control of air power, coupled with the impossibility of Japanese retreat or reinforcement, along with sparse food and supplies. -
Dropping of A-Bomb
Since 1940, the United States had been working on developing an atomic weapon. The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Some say it ignited the Cold War. -
VJ Day
It was also known as Victory Over Japan Day. Crowds all across the USA riotexd in joy. For that day, after 8 months at war, there was peace in America. The scare was over. Peace and freedom reign back into the USA.
