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Japanese invasion of china
https://www.history.com/topics/china/chiang-kai-shek This military conflict between the republic of China and the empire of japan. Dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into battle. A new system of control in Asia controlled by Japanese government became into play. -
Rape of Nanking
https://www.history.com/topics/japan/nanjing-massacre Japan committed inhuman crimes to Chinese to break resistance spirit. US stopped economic sanctions so Japan allied with Germany and declared war against US. -
Molotov Ribbentrop Pact
https://www.history.com/news/the-secret-hitler-stalin-pact-75-years-ago
Secret agreement between Russia and Germany to stay loyal to each other and not to attack each other. US warned Russia Hiltler will break his word. This led for Soviet to allied with Allied Powers. -
Germany’s invasion of Poland
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland
The bombing of Poland air and navy bases by Germany sparked World War II. Hitler wanted Poland to extend his living space for his superior race. Great Britain and France declared war. A new world war was started again. -
German Blitzkrieg
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg
The German Blitzkrieg was a military strategy to use air raides at lighting speed to disorganize enemies. Germany attacked in London for 57 days consecutively they were hoping that the British would call for peace and pull out of the war. This did not lower the British morale as they had hoped. -
Fall of Paris
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-enter-paris
Germans captured Paris and would remain under nazi control. This was a surprise attacked. France hoped US would come to their aide. The streets were filled with Nazi Gustapo interrogating people from the street. US froze Germans bank accounts. -
Operation Barbarossa
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-launches-operation-barbarossathe-invasion-of-russia
Operation Barbarossa was a code for the axis powers used to invade Soviet Union Because they had invaded Rumania and the Germans thought this threaten their oil supply. They had 150 divisions. Three thousand tanks went through the Soviet Union territory. They severely underestimated their opponent. This broke their pact. -
Pearl Harbor
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
Pearl Harbor was a US naval port in Hawaii. On December 7th Japanese forces surprised an attack on the navy base. They destroyed multiple ships. USS Arizona was shanked 1000 sailors were trapped and died. US declared war on Japan. This led to racial tensions with Japanese immigrants in the US so they were sent to concentration camps. -
Wannsee conference
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-wannsee-conference
The Wannasee conference was a meeting of German officials. They decided not to end war but to end all Jewish people in Europe. Heydrich, SS general was to submit to Hilter a “as soon as possible a general plan of the administrative, material, and financial measures necessary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question.” This lead to the concentration camps to become more violent and become kill camps. -
Battle of midway
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway Americans did a surprise attack on Japanese naval forces by decoding their plans. The US “sank four fleet carriers–the entire strength of the task force–Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, and Hiryu, with 322 aircraft and over five thousand sailors.” This was a win as it moved US closer to Japan. Japan has lost most of its naval support putting US in a better position to win the war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad
The battle was said to be the bloodiest. It killed about 2 million solviet people. German should invaded Russian and started to starve them out many troops were lost so Russian women were enlisted for battle. The turning point was the Russian winter tat the Germans were not prepared for. German surrender. -
Operation Gomorrah
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched
Operation Gomorrah was the raid of British bombers on Hamburg and Germany. British aircraft dropped multiple bombs and explosives in the city. Americans bomb it by day. It was known as “Blitz Week.” Hurt German Morel. It was a payback to the London raid. -
D-Day
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
The invasion of Normandy was a win for Allied forces. It freed France from Nazi Powers. It was constructed in the weeks before the invasion itself, including a massive program to deter the Germans and make them think that another place was the actual target. American, British and Canadian forces landed on the beaches. This weakened German and was finally the start to the end of the war. -
Battle of the bulge
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge
The nazis used the surprise attack of Blitzkrieg. Allied forces began closing in from the west while the Soviets came from the east. While the allies were caught off guard German troops broke through a weak part of American defenses and that is how the battle got its name “Bulge”. -
Operation thunderclap
http://ww2today.com/13-february-1945-operation-thunderclap-raf-start-firestorm-in-dresden
Operation thunderclap was a mission to bomb the eastern cities in Germany to get in the supply line for the Germans on the eastern front. There were two bombs and it destroyed the city of Dresden. This lowered German citizen. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
This battle was needed so that America could have base for bombers, fueling, or for escort planes to land. This battle however not much of significant to military strategy became an American historical moment with the famous picture of the military placing the flag. This enhanced patriotism. -
Battle of Okinawa
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa#section_5
This was the last of the US island hopping to invade Japan. As US were winning Japan made a last attempt with their Kamakazee suicide pilots on fleet. They lost 36 ships. Since Japan was losing General Ushijima and his Chief of Staff, General Cho, committed ritual suicide on June 22. This led Americans closer to Hiroshima. -
VE Day
https://www.history.com/news/v-e-day-around-the-world
VE Day is the day that Germany surrendered to the allies. It stands for victory in Europe day. This marked the end of the war in Europe. Karl Dönitz, after Hilter’s suicide, opened negotiations for surrender in the hopes that the Western Allies would prove more kinder than the Soviets. But to not stir political tensions with the Allies and Soviet, the Allies insisted Germany surrender to all the Allied parties at the same time. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima
This was a new nuclear bomb that wipes out and killed 80000 on Hiroshima Japan. The effects of the people who survived the bomb was life threatening with radiation exposure. Even after this inhumane mass destructive weapon, Japan still did not surrender. This bomb instilled other nations to hurry and create there own atomic bomb. The Soviet being the first to recreate which leds to the Cold War. -
VJ Day
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
Japan surrendered after the 2 atomic bombs were dropped by the US. The US had before issued a statement to Japan to surrender peacefully or “ If it did not, it would face “prompt and utter destruction.” V-J Day is when Japan finally accepted to surrender for fear of human extinction.
