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Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
This was a colonial war fought from October 3, 1935, to February 19, 1937. This war resulted in Ethiopia's subjection to the Italian rule. This war is often seen by people as an event that prepared the way for World War II. This was a significant event that led up to the beginning of more wars to come. This was a turning point in the in the many events that are to come in the future and this war proved to show how the League of Nations was ineffective because their decisions were not supported. -
Japanese invasion of China
This was a War that was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from July 7, 1937, to September 2, 1945. This war began when there was a conflict between Japanese troops and Chinese troops on the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. The war ended with allied counterattacks in the Pacific, in Japans home islands, which resulted in Japan's surrender. This was a turning point in the war because it brought power from one country and added more to another country; China. -
Rape of Nanjing
During the Sino-Japanese War, The Nanjing Massacre, or the Rape of Nanjing, was an event of mass murdering and mass raping that was done by Imperial Japanese troops against the people in Nanjing. This event took place over six weeks, beginning on December 13, 1937. Anywhere from 40,000-300,000 people were affected by these malicious attacks done by Japanese troops. -
Women in the war
Women faced cultural stereotypes due to their genders and what people thought they were capable of. 350,000 women served in the armed forces during World War II. The women in World War II worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work. As men were, many women did go into combat and some did not come back alive, some were also captured as prisoners of war also. -
Battle of Moscow
The Battle of Moscow was a military campaign to strategically fight on a 370 mile sector on the Eastern Front in World War II. The Soviets made Hitler frustrated. Hitlers plan was called Operation Typhoon, and he planned to take over the city of Moscow. The Germans eventually got surrounded by the Soviets and was a major set back to Hitlers plan. -
Pearl Harbor
The event of Pearl Harbor brought great surprise to Americans, even the army stationed there. The strikes occurred on December 7, 194, at 7:48 am in Hawaii, and these attacks were done by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. These attacks brought the formal entering of the United States into World War II the next day following the attacks. -
Tanks and Airplanes
Tanks were very crucial weapons in World War II for destruction. Most armies in WW2 had tanks and production levels reached thousands of tanks a month. Britain were the first people to use the tanks in the war because they were invented by Britain. Airplanes were also a crucial part in World War II in scouting terrain to plan an attack and convey the area around them. Dog fights occurred and planes were soon equipped with bombs to deal further damage from a distance. -
Tunisia Campaign
The Tunisia Campaign was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the African Campaign between Axis and Allied forces. The battle started with the Germans and the Italian forces, but the massive supply interdiction efforts led to the defeat of the Axis forces. 230,000 or more men from Germany and Italy were taken as prisoners of war because of their demise. -
D-Day invasion
D-Day, Normandy landings, or Operation Neptune was the largest seaborne invasion in history. D-day began the liberation of German-occupied France from Nazi control and helped set the foundations for the Allied victory on the Western Front. 24,000 British, US, and Canadian airborne troops landed shortly after midnight. German casualties consisted of 9,000 men and allied forces, around 10,000 men. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
On August 6, 1945, an American 29-Bomber dropped the worlds first atomic bomb over a city in Japan called Hiroshima. The explosion took out 90% of the city and killed 80,000 people, and thousands more died due to radiation. Three days later, another atomic bomb was dropped on another Japanese city called Nagasaki, killing around 40,000 people. Because of this, Japan announced their surrender in World War II.
