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Japanese Invasion of China
The Japanese invasion of china also known as the pacific war contributed to the international isolation of Japan and is seen as a crucial event on the path to the outbreak of World War II. The Pacific war was a private military operation that happened without the consent of the Japanese government. -
German Blitzkrieg
The German Blitzkrieg was a military tactic that was hailed as a new method of warfare. Blitzkrieg tactics used large combined forces of tanks, motorized infantry and artillery penetrated an opponent’s defenses on a narrow front, instead of engaging on a wide front in trench warfare, and was created to avoid the stagnancy of trench warfare. Blitzkrieg tactics aloud Germany to capture France and maintain an offensive across Europe. -
Fall of Paris
The Battle of France during World War II was the German invasion of the "Low Countries" and France. In six weeks German armed forces occupied Belgium and the Netherlands and They drove the British Expeditionary Force from the Continent capturing Paris Forcing the surrender of the French government. After The fall of France Germany basically had complete dominion over Europe -
Pearl Harbor
The Attack on pearl harbor was a surprise military attack launched by the Japanese imperial navy, on the United States military harbor condemning every single Japanese soul in Canada or the United Sates to years in concentration camps, as well as bringing the United States into the war in Europe. -
Operation Barbarossa
The operation codenamed Barbarossa, was the axis powers invasion of the soviet union. Although hitter had most of Europe there was one nation that he stilled viewed as a threat, even though they had a non aggression pact with each other, Adolf's attempted invasion on the soviet union was at first successful but ultimately his losses due to the harsh winters was a main contributing factor to his downfall. -
Wannsee Conferance
The Wannsee conference was held by the higher ups of the Nazi party deciding what they wanted to do with the "Jewish threat" that was posed against the Nazi party. the effect of this conference was the death and forced hard labor of the Jewish people killing millions of innocents, and forcing many more into hiding. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death march was the forced march of 60-80 thousand American and Filipino prisoners of war for 65 miles to concentration camps and inevitably to there deaths. thousands of troops died due to exhaustion, dehydration, starvation and grievous violence. It emphasized the terrible treatment of the prisoners of war captured by Japanese troops because they despised anyone who surrendered for any reason. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy had a tremendous effect on the outcome of ww2, with the death of Mussolini effectively removed Italy from the equation making them an ally instead of a threat. -
D-Day
15600 troops descended on 5 beaches in Normandy. Normandy was heavily fortified from attacks from the beach but in the end the allies were successful. it resulted in the liberation of western Europe from Nazi control. -
Operation thunderclap
Operation thunderclap was a proposed operation by the allied forces targeting the civilian population of Berlin involving a bombing of the city to try and force the surrender of the German military and Nazi party to surrender and relinquish control to the allies. If the operation was put into effect it would've resulted in massive economic damage as well as countless civilian deaths. -
Battle of The Bulge
the battle of the bulge was a last ditch offensive by the Germans to capture the European western front, his goal was to split the allies in there drive towards Germany allowing them to be a more manageable threat the loss of this battle resulted in the total defeat of Germany. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
the battle of Iwo Jimi was a bloody battle fought by the American navy and displayed the intense reluctance of the Japanese soldiers to surrender and to fight to the last man. -
Dropping the Atomic Bombs
The dropping of the atomic bombs killed hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians and resulted in the surrender of the Japanese imperial military. -
V-J Day
Victory over Japan Day was celebrated in the united states the day after japan surrendered, allowing the restructuring of their government and the total victory of the axis powers in ww2. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
what had to be the happiest day in a Jewish mans life not his bar mitzvah, was when they saw the allied flag on the horizon to liberate them from the slave labor and terrible living conditions. they rejoiced and celebrated for days after happy to finally be out of those hellish camps.
