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Japanese invasion of china
The Japanese invasion of China was basically Japan's Empire taking on China itself which at the time was much stronger than china. The Japanese had defeated China at its capital of Nanking, and eventually Shanghai. These victories forced China to move to Chongquing which led to a standstill between the two. -
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Rape of Nanking
The rape of Nanking was issed by the Japanese army to overtake the Capital city of China Nakin (fact1). The Rape of Nanking was a murder of civilians in the Chinese capital by Japanese soliders. The chinese soliders did what they could but were no match for the Japanese Soliders (fact2). Many facts of the Rape were destroyed or kept secret by Japan shortyly after their surrender which makes it hard to count total loss. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany in a joint invasion, invaded Poland along with the Soviet Union and Slovak contingent. This lasted just over a month as it ended the 5th of October 1939. This happend because Hitler felt he needed to invade Poland for their land so he went out and did it and started the second World War. -
German Blitzkrieg
1939 to 1940 and later on throughout the war saw many decicive tactics by the German Military. Hitler's German army launched many attacks known as Blitzkriegs in which they would come in almost as a suprise and attack the enemy. These attacks would sometimes be known as a lightning war because they would come in so fast with all of their forces. -
German Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the attack on the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. This was a part of Adolf Hitlers conquest to take over the Soviet Union and there land as well. This operation had failed (fact1). Operation Barbarossa was also known worldwide as the largest by manpower and casualties listed the largest military operation (fact2). -
Pearl Harbor
The attack of the Japanases Empire against the U.S. Naval base was at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. This attack occurred on December 7, 1941 to keep the U.S. from quote on quote pushing more forward towards the japanses operations. The following day the U.S. then declared war on Japan (fact1). The U.S. captured one japanese sailor during the operation Kazuo Sakami (fact2). All of these were taken from Wikipedia. -
Wannasee Conference
A meeting of senior officials in the Nazi Party held outside of nearby Berlin in Wannasee. This meeting was to involve dicussuion of the Jewish question. The meeting led to the later mass murder of the jews (fact1). The Jews were sent to the nearby Poland which Hitler had just taken control of his area(fact2). -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of the Midway was a battle on the Pacific end in 1942 of World War 2. About 6 months after Peral Harbor the U.S. defeated a Japanese Navy under a suprise attack on Midway Atoll. The attack caught Japanese by suprise as they were defeated by the allies. -
Battle of Satlingrad
The Battle of Staligrad was a battle where the Nazi's and their Allies fought for control of the Soviet Union in its city of Staligrad. This was the bloodiest and hardest battle of the war(fact1). The German Army had to pull back cause it never regained any more on the east and had so much loss on the west (fact2). -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorah was an arial attack on Hamburg by the Royal and U.S. army airforce. This attack practically destroyed the entire city (fact1). The name Gommorrah comes from the cannanites cities Soddom and Gommorah issued in the Bible (fact2). This was the heaviest assault in the air recoroded in history. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
The operation was launched on the mainland of Italy following a successful campaign in Italy (fact1). This was launched to help destroy trafficing ports to Islands of Italy (fact2). The American Army wantd to avoid getting further away from the Eurpoean mainland would result in more furtherment of the German Army. -
D Day
On June 6th , 1944 after almost a year worth of planning the Allies launched a invasion on the coast of Normandy to attack the Germans in the nearby towns. The attack included a seaborne, and a airborne assault. The conditions of D Day were very far from ideal (fact1). Hitler wasnt afraid to put together proven field commander Erwin Rommel in charge (fact 2). The coast was divided into different sectors including Utah , Omaha , Juno, Gold, and Sword Beach which divided the coast. -
liberation of Nazi concentration camps
The nazi concentration camps with Jews were scattered over many regions of Europe during World War 2 (fact 1). The first camp was liberated by the Soviets in August of 1944 which was Auschwitz. The second which was liberated was Bergen -Belsen on April 15th by the British. The third was Dachau by the Americans on April 29th (fact2). -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was an allied plan to go and destroy the whole city of berlin with a mass number of casualties. This plan neer went through becausd it was deemed that is was unlikely to work. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was some of the fiercest fighting ever seen on the Pacific Front. The 35 day battle was one which had a lot of startegy involved to capture the Island mainland to get closer to Japanese mainland assaults. The famous picture by Joe Rosenthal is one of the most famous war pictures of the five marines raising the flag on Mt.Suribachi (fact1). Japanes general Kuribashy knew that his army could not win the battle but he just wanted to inflict casualties on the Allied army (f2). -
Battle of Okinawa
The battle of Okinawa was a very long battle. The battle lasted from about mid April of 1945 to June of 1945 (fact1). The battle was to capture Okinawa as a military base to attack mainland Japan (fact2). -
VE Day
VE day celebrated on May 8th of every month since 1945 (fact1). Marks the Allies victory in Nazi Germany and its surrender to the Allied forces. The official surrender was in reims France on May 7th , 1945 , and May 8th ,1945 in berlin Germany (fact2). -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
In august of 1945 the U.S. dropped Atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima Japan. The new Manhattan project started and gave way to a new use of atomic power (fact1). Just days after the bombings Japan announced its unconditional surrender effectively ending World War 2 (fact2). -
VJ Day
On September 2nd , 1945 the Japanese ultimately gave their unconditional surrender. With the Japanese unconditionally surrendering this ment it was the official end of World war 2 (fact1). The surrender was issued on the Battleship USS Missouri (fact2). -
Battle of the Bulge
A German offensive launched through the Ardennes forest in Belgium. The attack caught the allies of guard because they were so unpreparred for the weather they were facing. Both sides suffered the most casualties they had the entire war in this battle (fact1). Battle of the Bulge ment that they were bulging toward enemy lines (fact2).
