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Kwantung army invaded Manchuria right after the Mukden incident. Japan invaded Manchuria for resources because Japan had very little land and resource opportunity. -
A military conflict that was waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. Japan had already controlled many parts of China but they accused China of war crimes and seeking raw materials. -
Mass murder and mass rape committed by the imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing. -
Britain, France, Italy, and Germany met to discuss the demands for Sudetenland. A day later part of the Czechoslovakia was annexed by Germany and the rest turned into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia -
The goal was to defeat the lay of destroying its morale and its economic ability to produce and transport material. -
Longest campaign in WWII till may 8 1945 -
Egypt and Libya main theatre in North African campaign of the 2nd world war -
Was the code name for the Germans to invade the Soviet Union. Started in June and ended on December 5, 1941 -
Military campaign of a significant fighting range on a 600km sector of the Eastern Front -
A surprise military attack by the Japanese Navy air Service on the United States. Attacked to keep the U.S Fleet from interfering with their planned military actions in Southeast Asia. -
The first opportunity for the U.S. Navy to challenge the Japanese Navy with equivalent forces. The U.S. was already training for a battle like this to happen with long range strikes by carrier based aircraft. -
A series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African campaign of the Second world war. -
Allied offensive of a strategic bombing -
Launched by the 21st Army Group under Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery -
Violent crimes committed against groups with the intent to destroy the existence of the group