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Japanese Invasion of China
Japan invades China, initiating World War II in the Pacific.,Japanese bombers make the first trans-oceanic raids in history -- from Taiwan and Kyushu to Nanking and Shanghai.
November. Imperial General Headquarters established in Tokyo (the Emperor, the Chiefs of the Army, and Naval General Staffs).
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Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany invades Poland, initiating World War II in Europe. Hitler wanted to gain what he lost with the Treaty of Versailles prior to World War l. -
German Blitzkrieg
Germany used the German Blitzkrieg when invading Poland to see if there tactics worked. Blitzkrieg means "Lightning War" in which are materials that makes mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. This leads to Poland surrendering on September 27, 1939. -
Operation Barnarossa
Nazi Germany invades the Soviet Union. Germany had reached its highest point in training, doctrine, and fighting ability, the forces invading Russia. This was the crucial turning point in World War II, this made Germany fight a two-front war. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor which was an Hawaiian Naval Base. The U.S didn't send any materials to Japan as they did with Britain. -
Wannsee Conference
This was a conference that was held to figure out the final solution of the Jews in Europe. Which means the deportion of them as in the murders of the Jews. This was start of the Holocaust. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
This was the landing operations for war.This forced the German to fight a in a two-front war.This ended the Germans and Hitler. -
Battle of thr Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.On December 16, three German armies (more than a quarter-million troops) launched the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in the west in the poorly roaded, rugged, heavily forested Ardennes. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Operation Thunderclap
This plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin. Which was reconsidered in early 1945, to be implemented in coordination with a Soviet advance. But soon the plan was changed to bomb the eastern cities of Germany to disrupt the transport behind what was becoming the Eastern front. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.With successes in the Marianas and the Philippines during 1944, Allied leaders began developing plans for the invasion of Okinawa. As this operation was intended for April 1945, Allied forces were faced with a brief lull in offensive https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007306 -
Battle of Okinawa
Also known as "Operation Iceberg" this was the last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, Possession of Okinawa would give the United States a base large enough for an invasion of the Japanese home islands. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 (7 May in Commonwealth realms) to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.The main concern of many German soldiers was to elude the grasp of Soviet forces, to keep from being taken prisoner. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
At approximately 8.15am on 6 August 1945 a US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more.In the years since the two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan, a number of historians have suggested that the weapons had a two-pronged objective. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
