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WW2 Events

  • Japanese Invasion of China

    Japanese Invasion of China

    On this day troops between Japan and China clashed together and they were fighting over materials. The Japanese needed the materials for their industries. This lasted 8 years Due to their invasion in China, it left China in ruins. China needed to fix so many things due to so much damage and property loss.
  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg

    This was one of the plans of Germany to wins battles but short. This one success.Germany took over most parts of Europe due to a move called "Blitzkrieg" which means lighting war. They did this to avoid any long war or battle.
  • Fall of Paris

    Fall of Paris

    The Fall of Paris was caused due to losing to the German and Italian forces.They were being invaded and out numbered. They lost power and couldn't get help since right after North Africa was also invaded. Later on three other countries were also invaded.
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor

    The battle of Pearl harbor happened because of an attack by the Japanese. They did this attack so the USA didn't make any actions towards the war. Many war ships were destroyed and have sunk all the way down along with aircraft machines.
  • Wannsee Conference

    Wannsee Conference

    In this conference, the Nazi leaders were discussing the "Final Solution." The final solution was to solve the "problem" which at the time, was the jews. The purpose of this conference was to plan out what they were going to do to the jews. Later on the jews were moved to a more suitable area. Which then were used in extreme labor or killed.
  • Bataan Death March

    Bataan Death March

    This was a march where Japanese military forces made prisoners out of those who were captured during other battles. Most soldiers were the allied soldiers.They were told to march 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula.They were told to march all the way to the prison camps. Many of these men died or were severely wounded.
  • Allied Invasion of Italy

    Allied Invasion of Italy

    On this day, the allies decided to invade Italy. There were British and American soldiers. They wanted to invade Italy so Germany didn't have any help or reliance. This would eventually lead to the fall of Mussolini's government and was forced to resign.
  • D-Day(Normandy Invasion)

    D-Day(Normandy Invasion)

    This was an invasion was by the Allies invading Eastern Europe. This was a planned invasion was to damage the defense of some German positions. This would then make the Germans fight a long war and they could not handle it.
  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge

    This was a plan made by Hitler to divide the Allies. They wanted them to split. However that failed because Germany couldn't keep the separate. This impacted Germany drastically and negatively since they couldn't even supply themselves to protect them from the winter.
  • Liberation of Concentration camps

    Liberation of Concentration camps

    Unfortunately, many did not survive long enough to make it freedom. Many were killed in gas chambers or due to harsh labor. The Allied forces moved to Germany to free those who did survive.
  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima

    The allies invaded this island. This was an attack by American soldiers. Taking place in Japan and lasted 5 weeks. The Allies wanted to invade this island to establish air bases near Japan. Since the Allies won, they were able to prepare for the next battle.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa

    This was another planned invasion. To main objective was to secure the island. This would then remove a barrier between the US Forces and imperial Japan. Both sides of the field lost many soldiers.
  • VE Day

    VE Day

    This was one of the most important dates in US history. Today was the day the Allies celebrated of Nazi Germany and the end of Hitler. This impacted people greatly with great news.
  • The dropping of the Atomic bombs

    The dropping of the Atomic bombs

    This was a result of an Allied Victory. This was the first atomic weaponry. They dropped on it on Japan. The after affect was that this bomb killed 8,000. Injuring 35,000. Then killing 60,000 people due to the harsh affect of the bomb.
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day

    This was another day of victory over Japan. This then marked the end of WW2. This impacted the world. It was the end to history's bloodiest and deadliest war.