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japanese invasion of china
on july 7 1937 japanese claimed that they were fired upon by chinese troops japanese took advantage of this oportunity and attacked china with a full scale invasion. a small organized resistance group was there after their win against the risistance group they didnt go farther into china -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Hitler made a nonagrivation pact with the Soviet Union which became the German-Soviet pact. This pact allowed Germany to invade Poland without fear of Soviet interferance. The Polish army was defeted within a few weeks of German invasion, Polnd stayed under German occupation until January 1945. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg means lightning war. In the "Lightning war" Germany used tanks, planes and artillary. These forces would drive a breech enemy defences and causing shock and disorganization among enemy defenses. Germany successfully used the Blitzkrieg tactic against Poland (attacked in September 1939), Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941). -
Fall of Paris
Fall of France, was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, defeating primarily French forces. -
operation barbarossa
operation barbarossa was a military strategy that hitler used. attacking russia head on wouldnt work so operation barbarossa was a way to catch the oponent off guard -
Pearl Harbor
Japen set an attack on the U.S.. They bombed battleships. Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed 18 American ships and nearly 300 airplanes. 2,500 men were killed and 1,000 injured. Japans goal was to destroy the Pacific fleet and they failed. -
Battle of Midway
Midway is a tiny island about 1,000miles away from Hawaii. The Battle of Midway, fought in June 1942, must be considered one of the most decisive battles of World War Two. The Battle of Midway effectively destroyed Japan’s naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers. Japan’s navy never recovered from its mauling at Midway and it was on the defensive after this battle. -
Wannsee conference
The Wannsee conference was a meeting of senior officials in nazi Germany they gathered in a villa in a German suburb this was the meeting where the German officials decided to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe -
Bataan Death March
After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. Thousands perished in what became known as the Bataan Death March. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
the Italian government secretly agreed to the Allies’ terms for surrender, but no public announcement was made until September 8.the Italian government agreed to surrender to the Allies. By the terms of the agreement, the Italians would be treated with leniency if they aided the Allies in expelling the Germans from Italy. German forces in Italy surrendered on May 1, and six days later all of Germany surrendered. -
Operation Gomorrah
On this day in 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, created one of the largest firestorms raised -
D-day
the battle began on June 6, 1944, it was know as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France's Normandy region. -
Battle of the bulge
On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap’ had been under discussion within the Allied Command for some time, the proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure behind what was becoming the Eastern front. Also to demonstrate to the German population, in even more devastating fashion, that the air defences of Germany were now of little substance and that the Nazi regime had failed them. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. The American invasion, designated -
The battle of Okinawa
The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. -
VE Day
Victory day in Europe. The eighth of May spelled the day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms. It is now a day of celebration throughout Europe. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet solders were the first to liberate some of the concentration camps And they also liberated Auschwitz, the largest concentration camp. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
atomic bombsThe United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime. After Pearl Harbor U.S. dropped atomic bombs on two Japanaese cities.Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Killing 90,000–166,000 people in Hiroshima and 39,000–80,000 in Nagasaki. This ended the pacific war with Japan. -
VJ Day
the final ending of World War II. A largely celebrated day around the world. The War is over.
