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Japanese invastion of China
The Japan-China War started in July 1937 when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing, The Japanese used this false claim to launch a full scale invation on china, They used the concorded mancuria as a deployment center for their troops. -
Rape of nanking
In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. This was then named the rape of nanking this was the most horific event in WW2. http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm -
D-Day (normady Invasion)
During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Germanys invasion of Poland
Around 1.5 Nazi troops invaded Poland along its 1750 mile long border on controlled German territory, Also in the baltic sea the Germans Warships and u-boats were attacking the Polish naval forces. -
German Blitzkrieg
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. -
Fall of Paris
The prime minister of britain Winston Churchill had tried to convince the Frence hthat america would soon get involved and come to their aid in this war French premier Paul Reynaud telegrammed President Franklin Roosevelt, asking for just such aid-a declaration of war, and if not that, any and all help possible. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-enter-paris -
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa -
Pearl Harbor
hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Wannsee Conference
On January, 20, 1942, Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's second in command of the SS, convened the Wannsee Conference in Berlin with 15 top Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution (Endlösung) in which the Nazis would attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe, an estimated 11 million persons. http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wannsee.htm -
Battle of midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. America was able to counter attack Japans ambush of Japans few remaining aircrafts that were trained to crash the plains into the aircraft carriers.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Operation Gomorrah
On this day in 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.”http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
allied invastion of Italy
The British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery begins the Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula, crossing the Strait of Messina from Sicily and landing at Calabria–the “toe” of Italy.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-invade-italian-mainland -
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,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderclap_plan -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Battle of jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
VE day
On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Battle of Okinawa
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. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.http://www.google.com/search?q=allied+invasion+of+italy&newwindow=1&safe=active&biw=1024&bih=674&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=tPo4VbKFO8H7oQSE4IHQDw&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAA&dpr=1#newwindow=1&safe=active&q=potsdam+declaration -
Dropping of the atomic bomb
The United states dropped the atomic bomb first on hiroshima on augest 6, 1945 and the effects were devistating it had completly levled the entire city, 3 days later on augest 9,1945 they had dropped another bomb on nagasaki to get Japan to surrender so the united states threated to drop a third bomb on Japan and they surrenderd but America never had a third atomic bomb to drop. -
VJ day
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II.http://www.google.com/search?q=vj+day&newwindow=1&safe=active&biw=1024&bih=674&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=9vY4VeqUJsn1oAT_ooHACg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAA&dpr=1
