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japanese invasion of china
over a period of six weeks, imperial Japanese Army forces brutalluy murdered hundreds of thousands of people in the chinese city of Nanking. this all happened because Japan wanted to destroy the city and because they needed their soldiers. the impact of this event was that a puppet government ruled Nanking until the end of world war 2. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
German forces bombard Poland onland and from the air because Adolf Hitler seeked to regain lost territory and ultimaly rule Poland. The impace of the german's invasion of Poland was that World War 2 started. -
German Blitzkrieg
Hitler was planning to build a new capital in Poland named; Germania. This capital was to contain a domed structure that would serve as it's center. All of this happened because Hitler wanted to rule the world and make sure that everyone knew about him wanted to rule it. This all caused a short military campaings, which preserved human lives and limited the expenditure. -
Fall Of Paris
Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening-as German troops enter and occupy Paris. On this day, President Roosevelt froze the American assets of the Axis powers, Germany and Italy. -
Operation Barbosa
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastwad in a mssive invasion of the Soviet Union because Germany wanted to take over Russia. The impact of this event was that the failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front wae against a coalition possessing immensely superior reasources. -
Pearl Harbor
on this day hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American navel base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii because Japan wanted to expand into China but America was against it so they cut off trade and Japan attacked. this causeed America to declare war on Japn, Jpan became allies with Germany and Italy, and America joined world war 2. -
Wannesee Conference
Nazi officials meet to discuss the details odf the final solution of the jewish question so that they can devise a plan that would render a final solution tot the jwish question in europe. Months after this event Gas vans to be sent to Chelmno, Poland, killing 1,000 people a day. -
Bataan Death March
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. -
battle of midway
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged an armed revolt against deportations to extermination camps. An estimated 7,000 Jews perished during the uprising, while nearly 50,000 others who survived were sent to extermination or labor camps. -
Opperation Gomarrah
on this day british bombers raid Hanburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while America bomb it by day. the impact of this is that hitler refused to visit the burned-out cities, as the ruins said nothing but the end of war for him and proved devastating to hamburg. -
D-Day
The allies invade Weastern Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history. Hitler found out about America and Britain wanting to invade Germany so he invaded them so he could stop them. An allied liberation of Weastern Europe from Nazi Germany's control. -
Battle of Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp because Hitler wanted to split allied armies. this all caused the neutalization of the german counteroffensive despite casualities. -
operation thunderclap
Allied strategic bombing raid against the German city of Dresden. The firestorm caused by Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command on the night of 13 February rivaled that of the raid on Hamburg of 27 July 1943. The immediate controversy about the raid contributed to the end of Allied strategic bombing. Cold War rhetoric and sensationalist -
battle of Iwo Jima
Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island because the U.S. This caused america to win the battle and wiped out the defending forces. -
Battle of Okinawa
a campaign that included the invasion of Japan. thids cause Japanese forces to change their typical tactics of resiisting at the water edge to a defense in depth. -
Liberation of concentration camps
the U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau, the first concentration camp established by Germany’s Nazi regime. In the course of Dachau’s history, at least 160,000 prisoners passed through the main camp, and 90,000 through the subcamps. Incomplete records indicate that at least 32,000 of the inmates perished at Dachau and its subcamps, but countless more were shipped to extermination camps elsewhere. -
VE Day
Both great britsin and the U.S. celebrate victory in Europe because Europe won the war and now this day is important to america. -
Dropping of the atomic Bombs
the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people. -
VJ Day
it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.”
