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Japanese invasion of China
The Japanese invasion of China was a conflict that broke out when China began a full out resistance against Japanese expansion. This war broke out because of the attempt of Japan to expand their territory. This had a huge impact because it started a long period of war between these two. -
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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was a termed used for "lighting war" it's a military tactic used to mess up other enemy organizations. Germans tested out the Blitzkrieg against Poland in 1939 before successfully using it against Belgium in 1940. This tactic impacted world war II in different ways but it gave German men an huge advantage. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base located near Honolulu, Hawaii. Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Hundreds of U.S. Vessels and battleships were destroyed. This impacted U.S. by making forces weaker and easier to be attacked by Japanese forces. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting for the Nazi party of Germany to determine the "Final Solution" to execute the worldwide hated Jews. In July 1941, Herman Goering ordered German officials to submit a general plan to carry out this "final solution" to execute the Jews and make sure they were financially stable to buy chemicals and other life threatening products. This effected the Jewish population in a very bad way with thousands of deaths and crucial injuries. -
Bataan Death March
After the U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during WWII 75,000 troops were forced to make a extremely long walk of 65 miles to prison camps. This marchers were effected horribly many died because of intense heat and lack of water. -
Batte Of Midway
Six months after the attack n Pearl Harbor, the U.S. defeated Japan in one of the most horrific naval wars of WWII thanks to code breaking the U.S. was able to break into Japans planned attack. This affected the U.S. and allies by giving them space to move into offensive positions. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany and the Axis powers during WWII. This battle took place from 1942-1943 and is known as one of the bloodiest wars where nearly 2 million people were killed this effected the Russian civilians where tens of thousands were killed from warfare -
Allied Invasion of Italy
The Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula started under the 8th army leader Bernard L. Montgomery also, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini building Italy into a new roman empire, but military defeats in WWII held him back. On July 10,1943 the allies began their invasion of Axis-controlled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily. They ended up conquering the quest of Sicily. -
D Day (Normandy Invasion - 1944)
During WWII 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. British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along the coast of France's Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest military assaults in history by late August 1944, all of Northern France had been liberated and in the spring the Germans had been defeated by the Allies. -
Batlle of the Bulge
On this day the Germans started the last major offensive of the war known as the "Battle of the Bulge" an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. The Germans sent 250 thousand soldiers into the initial attack. They attacked early in the morning against the allied weakest part of the line. All partakers in this suffered thousands of losses. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945. Located 750 miles off the coast of Japan, the island of Iwo Jima had three airfields that could serve as a staging facility for a potential invasion of Japan. American forces did just that they invaded the Island on February 19. 1945, and lasted for 5 weeks. 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed. -
VE DAY
VE Day is short for Victory in Europe Day celebrated by both Britain and the United States this also was the day WWII ended in Europe. Also, cities in Western Europe, put out flags celebrating and rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. This affected places all around the world because now on May 8, countries around the world celebrate this well known day. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The U.S. becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when the atomic bomb dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.The dropping of the Atomic bomb on Japan marks the end of WWII many people say it started the cold war. -
VJ DAY
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered to the Allies, ending WWII. On August 14 and August 15 have been known as VJ Day (victoryovery Japan Day). Just like VE DAY just not with europe -
Liberation of Concetration Camps
As Allied troops moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Nazi Germany, they began to encounter tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners. Many of these prisoners had survived forced marches into the interior of Germany from camps in occupied Poland. These prisoners were suffering from starvation and disease.
