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Japanese invasion of China
Japanese invasion of ChinaThe Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. It followed the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95. -
Rape of Nanking
NankingThe Nanking Massacre or Nanjing Massacre, also known as the Rape of Nanking or Rape of Nanjing, was an episode during the Second Sino-Japanese War of mass murder and mass rape by Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing (then spelled Nanking), then capital of the Republic of China. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
InvasionGernan units with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes broke through polish army defenses. Warsaw surrendered to the germans on september 3 1939. Hitler wanted control of the poland territory. Britian and France declared war on germany after the invasion. -
German Blitzkrieg
BlitzA german term for lightning war. Military tactic to disorganize the enemy forces. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns. They first tried it in the invasion of poland and later used it successfully against belgium and france. -
Fall of Paris
fall of parisGerman tanks rolled into paris but 2 million people had already fled the area. Then the german gestapo went to work arresting and spying on the people who remained in paris. They flew a giant swastika beneath the Arc de Triomphe -
Operation Barbarossa
BarbarossaHitler lauched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the soviet union. It was 3 army groups with 3 million german soldiers, 150 divisions, and 3 thousand tanks taht went into soviet territory. Hitlers army ended up failing and this was a turning poingt in ww2. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl HarborHundreds of japenese warships attacked the american naval base at pearl harbor. This lasted 2 hours and had devastating effects. They destroyed 20 american naval vessels, and m ore than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 american soldiers and sailors died in the attack. The next day america declared war on japan. -
Bataan Death March
MarchAmerica defeated in philippines with the invasion of the island Leyte. The surrendered americans were rounded up by japenese soldiers and forced to march around 65 miles to san fernando. -
Battle of Midway
6 months after the attack on pearl harbor, america defeated japan in a very decisive naval battles of ww2. Due to advances in code breaking, the U.S. could counter japans planned attacks. -
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Battle of Stalingrad
StalingradThe Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe -
Allied invasion of Italy
InvasionThe british army under Field Marshal bernard L. Montgomery begins the invasion. They take over the territory and force italy to move back. Strong offensive strategy by the british army. -
Tehran Confrence
Tehran ConferenceThe Tehran Conference was a meeting between U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin in Tehran, Iran, between November 28 and December 1, 1943. Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at the Tehran Conference. -
D Day
D DAYThe Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. -
Liberation of Concentration camps
LiberationThe soviets were the first to find the concentration camps in 1944. The Nazis then tried to cover up the evidence by burning the camp. The soviets liberated Aushwitz in 1945. The survivors of the campwere practically skeletons from no food and over work. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo JimaThe 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 -
VE Day
VE DayVictory 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. -
Potsdam Conference
Potsdam confrenceSoviet leader joseph stalin, british prime minister winston churchhill, and president haryy truman met in postdam to negotiate ends to the war. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
BombsImage result for dropping of atomic bomb
President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. -
VJ Day
vj dayNews to the world got out that the axis powers ha surrendered in the war. President Truman made september 2 the official VJ day. The whole world celebrated as the war came to an end. -
Battle of the Bulge
BulgeThree German armies launched the deadliest attack and most desperate of the battles for the war. In the west, poorly roaed, rugged and heavily forested area Adrennes. This was the the most costly war of the battle with over 100,000 american casualties.
