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Japanese invasion of china
The Japan began war agaisnt China.The attack was marked by great brutality.For example,Japanese troops massacred an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 Chinese in capital of nanjing. Source:Book,and http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005155 -
Rape Of Nanking
The rape of nanking was a terrible and unhuman act of the japanese army.Nanking was the capital of china and had more than 200,000 people in there.Whenever the japanse tropp came 60,000 chinese troops try to defend their familes but they could to it only for 1 week..But they had to digger they own grave and sometimes rape their daughters or thier sons thier wife.In only 4 days almost whole Nanking was dead.And all they was alive where woman as sexslaves
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German Blitzkrieg in ww2
A new kind of War.Germanys well trained tropps hit the allis unprepared and they thought it would be a defense war like ww1.
Blitzkrieg is to move troops very fast with new technologi elike cars tank or motorcylces fast in to the combat.Hitler`s army the Whermacht did what the german army during ww1 couldnt do.To defeat french in olny a few weeks. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/blitzkrieg_01.shtml -
Germany`s invasion of Poland
After secruring the neutrility of Russia germany started waorld war 2 withthe invasion of poland.britan and france declared war at semptemeber 3 against germany.Within a month,Poland was defeated by a combination of german and soviet forces and was provited between Nazi germany and Russia. Source: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005137 -
Fall of Paris
After Britan telegrammed the French Gouverment and told them to not give up america would enter the war and free French from Nazi Germany. But they tactic from germany was to strong and german tanks rolled up in paris at this day.German forced french to surrender in the same vehicel like germany in ww1.Before nazis arrived in paris many flew to the south with good reason just after hours that germany had paris they started to kill jews. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany -
Operation Barbarossa
The Operation started in June Germany did not think about that they could not be fast enough and that the winter or the fall could stop them.After they was already so far in russia they could not go backa nd they mud made it impossible to get food or winter clothes the Germany army was stucked in the winter in the russian country.After that D-Day started and the 2 front war begins which germany could not win. Soource: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa -
Pearl Habor
On December 7 in 1941 Japan suprised the u.s with a attack of pearl hobor and stop so for the first moment the attack on japan from america.After that America declared war on japan and because germnay allance with japan also on germany.
The attack was almost just for two hours but it was devestating over 2,000 american soldiers died and 1,000 were wounded.
And 20 warships were destoyed. Source: http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005155 -
The Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was the meeting of the top german leaders to find the solution over the question of the jewish people.They Find that conzentration camps can not be in germany and thaht the entire european jews over 11,000,000 have to die.They find the way to kill them with hard work ,no food, and kill them with natural gas. Source: http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wannsee.htm -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of midway was 6 months after the attack on pearl habor and marks the difffenrecne between the offense and defense of the us in the pacific war.In the battle of midway america defeated most of the navy of japan and there good airorce.AFter these battle it allowed us to land on the island in the pacific ocean.
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Battle of Stalingrad
This Battle marks the succesfull defense and the begin of the offensive from russia against germany.After and it was alomst over 6 months long and cost more than 2 million deaths.Many historians say its the blodiest battle ever on our planet. Source:http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Kasserine Pass
These battle was the first major defeat in ww2 for america.
German general erwin rommel was making a big offense agaisnt the base in tunesia from the allies.After the allies forced the desert fox out of eypgt into tuneisa he stareted a major counter attacka nd killed more than 1,000 amercan soldiers with going through the weakest point of their defense. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-kasserine-pass -
Operation Gomorrah
The Name of the British raid of Hamburg to bomb these northern german city.After germany killed more than 150 civilans in the raids of bombing london.As a revenge the britsh dropped in only a few hours more than 2,300 tons of bombs on one city.
At this day more than 1,600 german civilans died in their houses.
The britsh bombed Hamburg more than 2 months and killed over 30,000 poeple. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
D-Day
More than 160,000 landed along the 50 miles long beach in france to fight Nazi Germany.General Dwight D. Eisenhower expected full victory.More than 5,000 and more than 13,000 aircraft supported the d-way . The cost of lives was high to et only a foot hold in europe. More than 9,000 soldiers from U.s,Canada, and britan died on one day. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
In the Summer Of 1945 the Nazi-Germany talmost killed evry jew in poloand and east europe but the war was lost they tried to kill the rest of the jews and even hide the concentration camps from the russians and allis.But the allis was so fast forwadrd they could not hdie it.And now the schdow of the holocaust will be for ever over Germany. -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Adolf Hitler split his army in the northweest in two parts.To have a suprising blitzkrieg for the allies and go through Ardennes to Antwerp.The allies defened these forest only porr with two divisons so over a quatermillion german soldiers came to ahve there las "blitzkrieg" and destroy the allies during the laned in france. Source: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Battle of Iwo Jima
To defeat the japan the americans needed a base near to them.
Iwo jima is an islands which was defend by 23,000 japan navy and airforce troops with tunnels ann a underground base.
The Marines laned at feburary 19 in 1945 there and fought over 1 month.It is one of the most popular american battle because there is a vidoe how the amrines raise the american flag in victory over the japan troops. Source: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle of Okinawa
The Last and biggest battle of the Pacific Island War.The okinawa Campaign involved 287,000 of the tenth army agaisnt 130,000 japan soldiers.After the 82 ong battle japan lost more than 77,000 lives and the U.s more than 65,000 casulaties and more than 14,000 death.The Kamikaze Campaign which means to send soldiers out to kill them self but kill so many americans as they can. Maked it difficult for americasn to land on these island.
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VE-Day
The Day when Great Britan and The U.s finnaly won over Nazi Germany and germany surrender at this day and ley down they arms. More than 2 million germans get in prison from russia and more than 10,000 britsih soldiers was seted back from war to England. Source:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping the atomic bombs
The U.S is the first and only nation whihc ever used a atomic weapon in a war..After succesfull testin a atomic bomb in new mexico in 1945 where germany was already defeated. Harry S. Trueman decide to thr up a atomic bomb over japan to end the war.The first killed 80,000imedently and more than 20,000 after weeks. Than 3 days later the next bomb and japan surrended. Source:http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
Vj-Day
A few day`s after the atmic bombs dropped japan has to surrender. These marks the final ending of the second world war.
The USS missouri was arriving in japan and meeting with the military gouvernment of them.At this time Truman annouced that the second september the VJ-Day is.
