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Japanese invasion of China
Military conflict fought between the Public of China and the Empire of Japan. China had help ecinomically from the Soviet Union, Germany, and the United States. The Second Sino Japanese War was the second biggest war in Japan. -
Rape of Nanking
A masscre during the Second Sino- Japanese war rape and murder by Japanese troops against the resandance of Nanking. most military records of this masscre were kept secret or distroryed after the surrender of Japan. -
Germany invades Poland
The Molotov-Togo agreement which termenated the Russian and Japanese hostililities also ended with Germany and Soviet Union dividing Poland in half. -
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Battle of the Atlantic
It was the longest continuiois military campaign. -
Fall of Paris
It was the successful German invasion of France. On June 22nd armistice was signed between France and Germany which divded France. -
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Fall of Paris
Germany launched an invasion of France and the low countries. On June 22nd an armistice was signed between France and Germany whihc resulted in the devisioin on France. -
Operation Barbarossa
It was the largest invasion in history of warfare. The opperation was drivin by Adolf Hitlers ideal desire to concure the Soviet territories. Opperation Barbarossa failure lead to Hitlers demands for more opperations in the USSR. -
Pearl Harbor
The US navy base was surprised attacked by the Empearl Japanese navy causing the American entry into WW2. Mamy Americans died during this surpirse attack. Thousand of Americans died, and may weapons were ruined, including navy ships. -
Battle of Wake Island
Attack on Pearl Harbor
942 deaths, 382 wounded
Americans surrender to Japan
Battle was for a small island in Central Pacific -
Wannsee Conference
It was a meeting of senior officals of Nazi Gemany held in Berlin. The purpose of the conference was to insure the coroperartion of the leaders of the government departments. In the meeting they desccussed how Eurpean Jews would be rounded up and sent to extermination camp. -
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Bataan death march
A march set by the imperial Japaenese army. It had 60-80 thousand filpino prisoners of war. Surviors were loaded into a box train and brought to work camps. -
Battle of Midway
Battle took place because of a advance in code breaking the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few aircraft carriers
Resulted in an Allied Victory
Japan’s desire was to destroy American aircraft carrier that had escaped Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Stalingrad
Successful Soviet defense on the city of Stalingrad
It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the
tide of the war in favor of the Allies
Combined casualties of nearly 2 million -
Battle of Guadalcanal
Millitary campaign. It was the first major offencive allied forces againt Japan. The U.S took over the Guadalcanal which the Japnese attempted to take over but gave up effort. -
Battle of El Alamein
Erwin Rommel Commanding the Allied Forces had taken Tobruk in June 1942 and advanced into Egypt but had been beaten at Alam Halfa in September
Rommel mined and fortified a forty mile line in considerable depth and strength
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Operation Torch
the British-American invasion of French North Africa during the North African Campaign
The Soviet Union had pressed the United States and United Kingdom to start operations in Europe and open a second front to reduce the pressure of German forces on the Soviet troops -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Opposed Nazi Germany’s final effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to Treblinka extermination camp
The most significant portion of the rebellion took place on April 19th but ended when poorly supplied resistance was defeated by the German soldiers -
Allied invasion of Italy
Encountering little resistance from demoralized Sicilian troops Montgomery's 8th Army came ashore on the southeast part of the island, while the U.S. 7th Army landed on the south coast -
Battle of Monte Cassino
75000 deaths
Was for possession of the holiest shrines of Roman Catholicism, the abbey of Monte Cassino
Was taken in May 1944 by the Second Polish Corps -
D-day
It was the largest sea borne invasion in history. It began the invasion of German-occupied Western Europe. It also lead to the liberation of France of Nazi control. -
Liberation of concentration camps
The german’s attempted to hide the evidence of mass murder by demoshling the camp -
Operation Market Garden
It was an unsuccessful allied military opperation. It was the largest air borne opperaration in that time. Their goal was to take over canals and the Maas river. Only a small forrest managed to take over the canals because the rest of the division was trapped. -
Battle of Bulge
The German started it and the U.S defended it. t was a surprise attack by Germany. U.S fought back and had their highest casualities number for any opperation during the war. The battle also depleted Germany's armed forces. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
U.S aremd forces landed and evenutally caputred the island of Iwo Jima. Iwo Jima was the only battle by the U.S marine corps in whhc the American causlities excceded the Japanese. -
VE- DAY
Marked the formal acceptance of the allies of WW2 of Nazi surrendered. since Hitler committed suicide of April 30th Germany surrender was authoriced by his successor. -
Battle of Okinawa
Included the largest assullt in the Pacifc war. the U.S invasion was supported by naval and air forces. Mainland Japan lost 77 thousands soldiers. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
A uranium atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Hiroshima was a target because of all the factors that were making stuff for Japan. -
VJ-Day
The day the surreneder of Japan was announced to the world. Japan finally surrendered once the atomic bombs were dropped. -
Nuremberg Trials
Did not included Adolf Hitler, Heinrich Himmler, and Joseph Goebbels, all of whom had committed suicide several months before the indictment was signed -
Potsdam declaration
Japan’s military would be completely disarmed
Did not intend to enslave the Japanese but provide stern justice to all war criminals