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Second Sino-Japanese War
The second Sino-Japanese war started after a small group of Chinese and Japanese people escalated. Primed by the invasion of Manchuria in 1931, by the Japanese, the war was set to take place on a global scale. With close to 40 million dead, civilians and military personnel, it was the bloodiest war Asia as ever seen in the 20th century. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference was a meeting held that allowed Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. Hitler, after a long string of negotiations, demanded to seize control of Sudetenland. Other world leaders agreed that it was the best case of action and hoped that Hitler would not make any more demands. This gave an early warning sign to all of Europe about Hitler and his influential powers. -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and Soviet Russia agreed to a neutrality pact on August 23, 1939. A move made by Hitler to ensure the successful attempt at invading Poland. Russia no longer held power over Germany and if anything wanted to keep out of Germany's way. With Russia out of the picture and another front he didn't have to deal with Hitler was set for war. -
Strategic Bombing
Strategic bombing was sustained ariel attacks on industrial and residential zones in enemy territory. This was a newer approach to war as instead of targeting military points they targeted civilians ones. Aiming to disrupt the population and therefore their war effort. This strategy was put into effect on September 1, 1939, when Germany started to attack Poland. This would be a common tactic used by Germany to achieve its goals. -
The Battle of Britain
This is a prime example of the use of strategic bombing. Germany bombed London constantly for weeks. Causing a massive amount of damage and civilians casualties resulted in over 10,000. Overall, it was used to soften up the British, but it only hurt the Germans more losing double of their planes than Britain had. -
Western Desert Campaign
The Western Desert Campaign took place in the deserts of Egypt and Lybia and was the main focal point for most of the Northern Africa Campaign. First invaded by Italy, but then displaced by Britain in December of 1940 which sparked Mussolini to seek help from Hitler. Though, Hitler never thought that the African war zone was important enough to dump resources into. Which eventually lead to an Axis defeat at the end of the Tunisia Campaign. -
Pearl Harbor
A surprise attack on the U.S. naval base by the Japanese caused astonishment and propelled the U.S. into WW2. With a total of 20 naval vessels destroyed, 300 planes demolished and a life toll of 2,400 it was considered a successful surprise attack. The day after, our former president, Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to declare war on Japan. -
D-Day
D-Day, an infamous day in history. It was a very ambitious attempt at securing Normandy, with more than 154,000 American, British and Canadian troops deploying to 5 beaches. Heavily fortified and defended many lives were lost, but it was worth it because by August of 1944 most of Northern France was liberated. Following the liberation of Nothern France later in the spring, the Axis power would be defeated. -
Kamikaze
Kamikaze was a tactic used to maximize the output of damage but at the cost of a pilot. Mostly used by Japan, kamikaze pilots would fly at max speed towards enemy ships sacrificing themselves to hopefully sink the rival ship. It was considered by many, U.S. forces, that it was a crazy tactic and a very scary experience. -
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
After Japans resilience and unwillingness to give up the U.S. decided the best course of action was to use an atomic bomb to break their spirits. The atomic bomb was never used before and this had opened another whole frontier of military exertion. Killing more than 120,000 people combined in the first explosion it was considered the most deadly weapon ever created. Japan, scared of more bombings, surrendered which marked an end to the war in the Pacific.
