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Japanese invasion of China
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The japanese claim that China fired on the japanese by placing soilders on the bridge of Beijing. The Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops. The Japanese were ruthless. After 5 months over 1 million chinese were dead. -
Rape of Nanking
This happened when the Japanese army marched into china. Around 300,000 deaths occured.It represented the single worst atrocity during the World War II era in either the European or Pacific theaters of war. After finally defeating the Chinese at Shanghai in November, 50,000 Japanese soldiers then marched on toward Nanking. In the city of Nanking rodom acts of murdder took place. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
On september 1st around 1.5 million german soilders invade poland. While the ground forces are doing their job the German Luftwaffe bombed Poland from above. The german warships and u-boats attacked polands naval base too. Hitler claimed this was a defensive action. On september 3rd France and Britain delcared war, beginig WW2. -
German Blitzkrieg of Belgium
This term in German means lighting war. It is a military tatic designed to disorganization among the enimeis. If it works correctly it results in a short campaign. The German forces tried this out against Poland in 1939. The blitzkrieg was also used by German commander Erwin Rommel during the North African campaign of World War II. -
Fall of Paris
By the time German tanks rolled into Paris, 2 million Parisians had already fled, with good reason. While Parisians who remained trapped in their capital despaired. In short order, the German Gestapo went to work: arrests, interrogations, and spying were the order of the day, as a gigantic swastika flew beneath the Arc de Triomphe. The United States sent aid and food and water. -
Operation Barbarossa
This battle was wiht Germany and Russia.Three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II. When Germany failed it forced them to fight a two front war. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. More than 2000 American soldiers and sailors died this day. Three days after pearl harbor the Jappenese became allies wiht Germany and Italy and declared war against USA. -
Wannsee Confrence
The confrence was full of high ranking Nazis. They gathered at a villa in Berlin. They thought of the Final Solution at this confrence. This was the code name for the annihliation of all jews. -
Battle of Midway
THis happened 6 months after the attack of Pearl Harbor. It happended between the US navy and the Japannese navy. They say it was the most descive naval battles of WW2. This was an important turning point in pacific campign. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah is also known as the bombing of Hamburg. It was an aerial bombing campaign. Operation Gomorrah destroyed a significant percentage of the city of Hamburg.The raids severely shook the Nazi leadership, leading Hitler to be concerned that similar raids on other cities could force Germany out of the war. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
On the day of the landing the Italian govertment secretly agreed to the Allies terms for surrender. No public announcment was made until September 8th. It began with British forces skipping across the Strait of Messina to Calabria. -
D-Day
This is also known as the Battle of Normandy. This resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. This was codenamed operation Overlord. Around 156,000 American, British, and Canadian soilders landed on five beaches. -
Liberation of Concentraion Camps
AS the allied forces marches through Europe the encountered tens of thousands nazi concentraion camp prisoners. The soviets were able to approach a major nazi camp. The Nazis were suprized so they had to destory the evidence. They did this by just destoying the camps. -
Battle of Bulge
Adolf Hitlter attempted to split the allied forces in northwest Europe. The American armies were caught of guard so tehy faught desperatly to stem the German advances. Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s successful maneuvering of the Third Army to Bastogne proved vital to the Allied defense. -
Operation ThunderClap
This operation included around 120,000 American soilders, aerial support, naval blockades and bombardments. The plan involved securing notoriously violent, rural parts of northern Wales. The Americans wanted to secure Manchester and liverpool. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
During the battle the Americans stemmed towards a Jappanesse base. After air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island.The marine forces wiped out the defending forces in only a moth of fighting. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle was the last and the largest battle of the pacific. It involved 287,000 soilders from the US and 130,000 soilders from the jappaneese. There were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. The battle took 82 day to complete. Japan lost more than 77,000 soilders and US had 65,000 caualities including 16,00 dead. -
Ve Day
On this day Britain and America celbrate a victory over WW2. It was the 8th day of may when the Nazis decided to put down their weapons in peace. The Germans surrendered to the soviet forces in Prague. -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
When this happened America became the only Nation to use an Atomic bomb. Though the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of World War II, many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War.Since 1940, the United States had been working on developing an atomic weapon, after having been warned by Albert Einstein that Nazi Germany was already conducting research into nuclear weapons. -
VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay.
