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Japaese Invation of China
In the 1930's China was a divided country between communist and nationalists. The Japanese quickly took over Chinese cities and ports. In December of 1937, Japanese murdered 300,000 Chinese civilians and raped 80,000 Chinese women, many were killed by bombings from the japanese airforce. Due to the horrific nature of the type of warefare, an estimated 10 to 20 million civilian deaths were recorded. -
German Blitzkrieg
A German term for "lightining war". Blitzkrieg is a war tactic used to disorganize the opposite force and cause less artilleray and deaths. They used tanks, planes, ang ground troops all at the same time. Germans tried out blitzkrieg for the first time in their incation of Poland and then later used it against Belgium, Natherlands, and France. -
Germany's invation of Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland in the middle of the night on their 1,750 mile border. The Germand bombed Polish air fields at the same time, German navy attacked the Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. The German forces invaded Poland at a alarming rate because of the war tacktict known as "blitzkrieg" which means "lightening war". By September 8th Germans had already been 140 miles in the first week and were on the outskirts of Warsaw. -
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler sent his troops into the eastern part of the Soviet Union. There were three million soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks. This massive invation was a spread over a distance of two thousand miles, Barbarossa was a turning point in WW2 because the Nazis fought a two- front war against superior resources. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese forces surprise attack Hawaiian navy base with under water and sky attacks. More than 2,000 american soldiers died in this attack. The day after the attack president Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan, allies followed. -
Wannsee Conference
Was a meeting for senior officals of the Nazi Germany, help in Berlin. They discussed the "final solution" for the "jewish question", came up with the idea of internment camps in poland and to work them to death. -
Bataan Death March
U.S surrender on the Bataan Peninsla on the main island of Luzo in the Philipeeans. 75,000 Filipino and American soldiers were forced on to Bataan and march 65 miles to imprisonment camps. America avanged its defeat in the Philippeans. -
Operation Gomorrah
British bomber raid Germany, previously in themonth the Germans killed 167 civilians and they wanted the tables to turn on the Germans. More than 1,500 German civilians were killed during the first raid. This attack killed the german morale and after the raid 9,000 tons of explosives were dropped destroying everything. -
D-Day
156,000 Allied troops invade 50 mile beach of Normandy beaches. One of the largest invations in military history. The northern france forces had been liberated and the Allies had defeated the germans. The beginning of the end of the war. -
Battle of the Bulge
German soldiers going into the Ardennes surprise attack American troops, Germans defeated 101st Airborne and head deeper into the Ardennes. The Germans were short on food and gas, the Americans seemed bigger than in actuallity, hints the name "battle of the bulge". -
Battle of Iwo Jima
America decided to attack IwoJin[ma so they could have a base on the Japan coast line. Attack with naval and air strikes, Iwo Jima was being defened by roughly 23,000 Japanese soldiers but despite that America lost 5,900 soliders and won -
Battle of Okinawa
Last an biggest Pacific battle of WW2, one of the more populated Pacific islands that battle were on. One of the bloodiest and most difficult battles for both sides on land and sea. Commanding generals on both sides died, -
VE Day
Victory day in Europe for Britian and America, German troops laid down their guns, 13,000 Bristish POWs were sent back to Britian, Had flags and banners celbrating the end of the war. -
Boming of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
America drops the worlds first atomic bombs in Japan wiping out 90 percent of the city of Hiroshima. Japan had refused to surrender so America went thriugh with their Manhattan project, which was the secret of the atomic bombs. -
VJ Day
"victory over Japan" day, also used on Sep. 2 because of the formal surrender of Japan, several months later than Germany. war was finally over because of the hiroshima and nagasaki.
