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WWII Timeline- Adham
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Japan Invades Manchuria
In 1931 the strong Japanese invaded Manchuria and broke the rules of the league of nations. The Japanese military was well developed but was economically low on natural resources. Japan decided to invade Manchuria for its oil, rubber, and wood to use for its military and economy. https://inter-wars.weebly.com/japan-invades-manchuria-1931.html -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
"The League of Nations was faced with another test in 1935." The fascist leader of Italy Benito Mussolini had heard of Hitler's plans to expand Germany's territory. Benito Mussolini sent troops to invade Abyssinia ( Now Ethiopia ) to expand Italy's territory where 200 soldiers lost their lives due to the Italian wrath.'https://www.sahistory.org.za/dated-event/ww2-italy-invades-ethiopis wrath. The Italians faced a great victory in 1936 in Ethiopia. -
Nuremberg Laws are enacted
The Nuremberg laws were "two race based measures" depriving Jews of rights designed by Adolf Hitler. under these laws, the Jewish could not use the German flag and were forbidden to date any non-jew. -
Germany invades Poland
On September 1, 1939, German forces "bombarded" Poland on land and on air. Why attack? Hitler's plan was to show German aggression and to regain lost territory, this started WWII. The intense battle lasted only a month until the Nazis faced another great victory. -
Auschwitz concentration camp opens
Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi death camps. The Auschwitz concentration camp became a network of camps that held Jewish people for slave labor or elimination in gas chambers. Some Jewish were also tested on by Dr. Josef Mengele. -
Battle of Britain
German bombers raided England on land and sea for the first time. The battle lasted for 8 long months. The German planes bomb 16 British cities and London being the worst being bombed 57 times! At one point, for 57 consecutive nights. The repeated bombing claimed 1 million homes and 40,000 lives and forced huge evacuations. After almost a year of the British not giving in Adolf Hitler gave up his plans for Britain and started operation Barbarossa which became the beginning of the end of WWII. -
Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor
The Japanese ambushed America on a Sunday morning at 8:00 am. Why attack? The Japanese knew that war with the Americans would be certain death, their only chance was to attack by surprise and try to destroy the U.S navy when they had the chance. -
Japanese Internment
After the ambush of pearl harbor, the U.S put in all Japanese people in camps to stop spies or traitors. Japanese internment camps were created during World War II by President Franklin Roosevelt. It was a U.S policy that people with Japanese descent would be put in isolated camps. -
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 did the walk-in intense heat and were treated harshly by Japanese guards. Thousands died in what became known as the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway also known as the pacific war took place in a large portion of the pacific ocean. The Battle of Midway was an epic war against the U.S Navy and Japanese Navy that started six months after the attack on pearl harbor. The epic clash between the U.s and Japanese ended on June 7, 1942. -
Operation Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Hitler sent his troops east for an invasion of the soviet union. "Three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks" pushed into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a long distance of 2000 miles. By this time Russia had become the perfect army to defend which lead to a huge loss for the germans. Another reason the Germans lost was that they had very little strategy. -
D-Day (battle at Normandy)
" The Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control." The battle began when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches around the heavily defended coast of the Normandy region in France. The mission required intense planning and was one of the largest military assaults in history and by the following spring, the allied powers had won. -
Battle of the Bulge
On December 16, 1944, the Germans launch the last major attack of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Battle of the Bulge, a mission to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was an epic military between U.S. Marines and the Japanese army. The Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks. 21,000 Japanese soldiers died and 7,000 marines died.
it was a costly victory for the United States because they lost a lot of troops, the battle was one of the bloodiest in the history of the U.S. -
V-E Day
Both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine." On May 7th, 1945, Germany officially surrendered to the Allies so the U.S decided to make May 8th V-E day. Why is it important? V-E Day is important because it stands for Victory in Europe. It marks a very important time in WWII were the Axis powers surrender. -
The bombing of Hiroshima
On this day the U.S dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Japan to stop the war as they had one of the strongest militaries in the world. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and instantly killed 80,000 people. Due to radiation exposure, tens of thousands of people would die later. Three days later, a second one dropped on Nagasaki, killing 40,000 people. Japan’s Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s unconditional surrender in World War II. -
The bombing of Nagasaki
This day, a second atomic bomb is dropped on japan by the U.S. The bombing lead to Japan's surrender. The bomb heat leads to the temperature to be several million degrees centigrade almost instantly vaporizing human flesh.
