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Invasion of China
Japan launched an all out asault on china for 5 months. Chinese troops opened fire on japanese troops on marco polo bridge causing this. In the end, japan controled the strategic points, comunication, and over 1 million chinese citizens. Secondworldwarhistory.com -
Invation of Poland (1939)
On september first 1939, Germany invaded Poland. Germany used their technological supiriorety to completly conquer Poland in little over a month. Germany gained esential ports, manpower, and location for the coming war. secondworldwarhistory.com -
Blitzkreig
Germany invaded Belgium, France, and the Netherlands on may tenth, broken in spirit on may twentry first, and conquered on June tewenty first. When Germany invaded, Belgium had expected their previous tactit, and fortified their defences acordingly. Germany, having their new technology, planed around their plan for the plan to end all plans. This gave Germany a great foothold for what was to come, but also spread their forces thin. bbc.co.uk -
Barbarossa
On june 22, 1941, the forces from Blitzkreig made off towards mosscow, the soviet capital. Hitler, right before the attack, gave the order to not attack. He wanted to defete them by econamic stranglation. They did this with the beliefe that ,"you only have to kick in the door, and the hole wrotten structure will come crashing down." secondworldwarhistory.com -
Pearl Harbor
On December seventh, 1941, Japan attacked pearl harbor in Hawaii with 450 aircrafts. They did this to gain a sphere of influence in the Pacific ring. They also did this to gain rescources that the mainland lacked. Doing this braught America and Japan into the war. This also braught every patriotic american to the war with every gun pointed strait at Japan. secondworldwarhistory.com -
Wannsee Conference
On the twentieth of January in 1942, Germany held the Wannsee Conference. This confrence was with the countries that they had conquered. In the conference, Germany stated that all the jews where to be sent to camps in Poland. This one conference cause the masacher of the jews in wwii. secondworldwarhistory.com -
Operation Gomorrah
Later called the Hiroshima of Germany, Operation Gomorrah was a bombing on Hamburg on the last week of July 1943. The arial raid lasted 8 days and 7 nights, and was the heaviest assault in the history of arial warfare. 42,600 civilians where killed in this raid. secondworldwarhistory.com -
D-Day
D-day was the invasion of Germany's France by the US, Canada, and Britany. It was a mainly naval invasion from the north with air suport. This battle would turn the tide in either's favor by giving germany time to unveil their technology. secondworlwarhistory.com -
Battle of Bulge
Germany gave a last ditch effort to win. Germany made a speedy assault on the allied forces suplu lines. It was a hudge bombardment of 200000 German personel. The speed of the attack and the fact that it happened in the winter made it a hudge suprise to the allies. secondworldwarhistory.com -
Operation Thunderclap
Thunderclap was a plan to bomb Berlin to destroy germany's moral. It was supost to be executed 1944 but it was canceled due to doubt of success. It was resceduled to febuary thirteenth, but was again canceled. Operation Thunderclap was never executed. secondworldwarhistory.com -
Iwo Jima
On the nineteenth of febuary, America invaded Japan's Iwo Jima. It took a month and a week, but America captured this island. They did this to gain a place to launch their attack on Japan from. secondworldwarhistory.com -
Okinawa
Okinawa was the last stop before japan's mainland. This made it the place to launch the attack from, but Japan knew this. They defended it valiently, but ultimately fell to the allies. This would be the end of Japan. secondworldwarhistory.com -
VE Day
On May the eighth, Italy surrendered marking the end of the war in euroupe. VE stands for Victory in Euroupe. This was only in Euroupe however, and Japan was still fighting. secondworldwarhistory.com -
Atomic Bombs
On the sixth of august, America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima becoming the first and only country to use atomic weapons during wartime. This, historians argue caused the cold war. secondworldwarhistory.com -
VJ Day
VJ Day is the day that Japan surendered. VJ stands for Victory in Japan like VE Day. This day marks the end of world war 2. secondworldwarhistory.com
