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japanese invasion of china
japanese invasion of chinaa small incident turned into a full-scale war, the japanese army was a butral army becuase of there good troops and the way they are seting them up, and the rape of nanking was ome of he most terrible attrocities of world war ii, and by the time the war brock out the japanese seizing control of most of eastern china and closed all the ports -
rape of nanking
rape of nankingjapanese and chinese troops clshed in peking in an incident at the marco polo bridge. using this as justification, the japanese launched a full- blown assault on the city at the end of the month utilizing massed infantry , tanks and airstrickes. -
germany's invasion of poland
germanys invasion of polandthe polish army was defeatedwithin weeks of the invasion they had 2000 tanks over a 1000 planes and after the heavy bombing the warsaw surrendered. -
German Blitzkrieg
german blitzkriegthe british wanted to send their air foreces to bomb targets in germany and hitler had other idieas in order to isolate the iron ore resources of sweden, and secure his northern flank, hitler invaded norway and denmark on apirl 9 -
fall of pairs
fall of pairswith german air raids on belgium and holland, followed by parachute drops and attacks by ground forces. and the germans seized the initiative, capturing the key belgian fort of eban emael with a daring airborne operation -
operation barbarossa
operation barbarossaoperation barbarossa was the name given to nazi germans invasion of russia on jun 22nd 1941. barbarossa the largest military attack of world war two and was to have appalling consequences for the russian people. -
pearl harbor
pearl harborpearl harbo was attacked there was 2,403 dead, 188 destroyed pplanes and a crippled pacific fleet that included 8 damaged or destroyed battleships it was a day long attack. -
Wannsee conference
wannsee conference15 high-ranking nazi party and german government officials gathered at a villa in the berlin suburb of wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the final solution of the jewish question. -
battle of stalingrad
battle of stalingradhitler ordered army group a and b to sweep east to stalingrad, south to astrakan, grozny, and to the caspian sea. this huge military offensive was called operation blue. -
operation gomorrah
operation gomorrahoperation gomorrah destoryed a significant percentage of the city of hamburg, leaving over 1 million residents homeless and killing 40,000-50,000 civilians. -
warsaw ghetto uprising
warsaw ghetto uprisingheinrich himmler ordered that jews be resettled to extermination camps such as treblinka. two months later, more than 300,000 jews had been sent to the gas chambers. less than two years after the interment in the ghetto, only 60,000 jews remained. -
d-day normandy invasion
d-day normandy invasionthe western allies in nothern france, opening he long awaited secound front germany. through they had been fighting in mainlnd italy for some nine months, the normandy invasion was in a strategically important region, setting the stage to drive the germans from france and ultimatley destory the national sociallist regime. -
battle of the bulge
battle of the bulgethe last great sortie by the german luftwaffe took place during operation bodenplatte. close to 1,000 german air were assembled for this raid, which concentrated on attacking allied airfields in france and the low countries. and the germans aproxamly lost 100,000 -
operation thunderclap
operation thunderclapthere was heavy raids on german cities with a view to causing such confusion and consternation that the hard stretched german war machine and civil administration would break down and the war would end. and the russian forces had made a rapid advance across poland. -
battle of iwo jima
battle of iwo jimathe americans amphibious invasion of iwo jima, was sparked by the desire for a place where b-29 bombers damaged over japan could land without returning all the way to the marianas, and for a base for esxort fighters hat would assist in the bombing campaign. -
battle of okinawa
battle of okinawathe capture of okinawa was part of a three-point plan the americans had for winning the war in the far east. okinawa was to prove a bloody battle even by the standards of the war in the far east but it was to be one of the major battles of world war two -
ve day
ve day whose chief commanders in the field were omar n. bardley and bernard law motgomery crossed the rhine after having smashd through the strongly fortified siegfried line and overran west germany. -
dropping of the atomic bombs
dropping of the atomic bombsgreat anticipation and fear ran rampant at white sands missile range near alamogordo, new mexico. robert oppenheime, director of the manhattan prodject -
potsdam declaration
potsdam declarationthe big three leaders met at potsdam , germany near berlin. in this the last of the world war 11 heads of stateconferences, president truman, soviet permier stalin and british prime ministers -
vj day
vj dayIt 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 victory over japan day or simply vj-day.