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Japanese invasion of China
Japan launched an all-out invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a base for their troops. The onslaught of the Japanese was relentless. Within 5 months, 1 million Chinese people were under Japanese control. All of the major cities in China were captured by the Japanese by the end of the war – as were most of major communication systems of the nation. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
In 1939, there was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II. The invasion began on 1 September 1939, 7 days after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. -
German Blitzkrieg
In German Blitzkrieg means "lightning war." blitzkrieg is a strategic tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces using means of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
Fall of France
The fall of france or battle of france was a successful german invasion that. This operation that Hitler had prepared consisted of strategic placements and were able to push France and Britian forces back. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler launched his armies in a large invasion force towards the Soviet Union, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a ground front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of around two thousand miles. -
Perl Haabor
In 1941 hundreds of Japanese pilots attacked a Naval naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours.The Japanese destroyed nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. -
Wannsee COnference
The Wannsee Conference waas a meeting of 15 of the top Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the "Final Solution" in which the Nazis would attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe. -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrenders Bataan Peninsula to the Japanese during World War II. Approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps. The prisoners made the march in a violent heat and were treated harshly by Japanese guards. Thousands died to what we now know as the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Stralingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad, was a successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II against the Germans. It is regarded as one of the greatest battle in the entire conflict due to how it was able to stop Germany from advancing. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah or the bombing of Hamburg, was when British aircerafts dropped 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg. -
Allied invasion of Italy
The British army begins the Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula. The day of the landing, the Italian government secretly agreed to terms for surrender, but no public announcement was made until September 8. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
D-Day was the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the coast of Normandy, France, Thats where they started the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi control during World War II -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was a code name for an operation that was canceled and never implamented, it was seen as impracical. It was reconsidered again in early 1945 but then again rejected. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo JIma, was an invasion of a base near the coast of Japan. The operation used elaborate land and air forces to defeat the defending forces that were left. -
Battle of Okinawa
One of the Last and important battles of the Pacific island of World War II, the Okinawa. The invasion was tasked with gaining the territory of Okinawa for the projected invasion for other Japanese areas. -
VE Day
On this day, the United States and Great Britain celebrate the defeat of the Nazi War machine, Europe. -
Liberation of concentration camos
Soviet soldiers were the first to release these concentration camp prisoners near the end of the war. Upon the liberating of these camps they came across Auschwitz where they found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
On this day the first atomic bomb was dropped over the japanese city of Hiroshima.As a result thousands of people died from a direct effect of the blast.As well as thousands more as a result of the fallout. -
VJ Day
VJ day also know as Victory over Japan, was the news had emerged about the offical surrender. This sparked celebrations all around the world over the the final ending of world war 2. -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1945 Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces.
