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Japanese invasion of China
In 2 years Japan got possession of most ports and chief cities. 300 000 Chinese troops and civilians were killed. Japan used the ports to create a blockade to cut off resources to China. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg (lightning war) is a strategy of using fast tanks with artillery on one part of an enemy sector. German tanks went through several upgrades before reaching the Panzer IV which were considered perfect balance of speed , firepower, agility, and reliability, over 9 000 of these tanks were produced for this strategy during World War Two. -
Fall of Paris
German Forces closed in on Paris during the battle of France. The government had left the city and did not have the government defend Paris. 10 000 members of the French army surrendered to Germany. The French army left Paris the same day Germany entered the city. Soon after France signed an armistice and the hostilities between the two countries ended. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan and the United States had their relationship worsened during World War 2 because of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a U.S. naval base in Hawaii. In the two years before the attack the U.S. terminated a treaty with Japan and started limiting exports to the country. Japan was still negotiating with the United States but it's Prime Minister Tojo Hideki had already decided on starting war. More than 180 aircraft were destroyed during the attack and 2 300 people were killed. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a Nazi meeting to decide what the plan was for "Jewish Question". This is where the determined that they were going murder Europe's Jews in Extermination Camps. It was also suggested to deport all European Jews. The Wannsee Conference was attended by 15 of the Nazi senior bureaucrats, including the chief of Jewish affairs for the Reich Central Security Office. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was a march of 76 000 prisoners of war forced by Japan's Military. -
Allied invasion of Italy
On September 3rd of 1943 the allies arrived in the "toe" of Italy. Initially there was little resistance but the allies made slow progress because of the surroundings prevented the use of large forces. -
D-Day
D-Day is the day during world war II the Allied invasion of west Europe was launched. There was a 24 hour delay on the invasion because of the weather and they had to call their ships back. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was the final large attack in World War 2 from the German Military on the Western Front. The "bulge" refers to the wedge Germany drove into Allied lines. -
Liberation of concentration camps
The concentration camps were internment centers Jewish people were sent to in World War 2 by the German Government. Auschwitz the largest concentration camp was liberated by soviet forces in 1945. Over 6 000 prisoners were found alive and thousands of clothes and pounds of hair were found in remaining warehouses in the camp. Soviets continued to liberate camps in Germany, Baltic states and Poland. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle Iwo Jima was fought between the United States of America and Japan. Approximately 25 300 people killed in the battle because it was more honorable in Japan to die than fall into American hands. -
VE Day
VE Day was the end of fighting in Europe in the second world war. It is celebrated on the day that Germany surrendered. The war was still going on because Japan still had conflicts. Canadian celebrated this because of the their alliance involved them in the war and it meant fighting would stop for them. -
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration called for Japan's unconditional surrender at the end of World War 2. It was drafted by the leaders of the United States, China, and Britain. The declaration promised Japan would not be enslaved or destroyed unless they didn't surrender. Japan made no comment about the declaration until the atomic bombs were dropped on Japan and the Soviet Union declared war on them. Japan Surrendered on August 15th only a few days after the atomic bombs. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
In 1945 the United States of America dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan. It is estimated that 200 000 deaths were caused by the first bomb alone. The bomb was invented by German scientists but they were not successful in creating the bomb during the war. Famous scientists Albert Einstein wrote a letter to the President, giving the US information about the bomb. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day Japan surrendered and World War 2 ended. Japan surrendered after 2 atomic bombs were dropped on their country by the United States of America. Japan didn't surrender until the bombs were dropped because it was considered dishonorable in their religion and their prime minister was against it. -
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