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japense invastion of china
in this invastion the japense were very brutal the rape of nanking was terrible.the japense people were terrorised japanse claimed to have been fired on by chinese troops at marco polo this made japan launch the invastio of china. men were killed and mwman were raped. japanse army to nanking tens of thousands as they went the final death toll was as high as 250,000.after japans intial succes the japanse did not invance much further into china. -
german blitzkrieg
the german blitzkrieg was a military tatic. german blitzkrieg was also known as lighting war. the blitzkrieg was designed to create disorganization among enemy forces. its succesful execution resulted in short military campains persers human lives and expenditure of artillery. -
german invastion of poland
on september 1 german luftwaffe bombed polish airfields warships and u boats . hitler claimed the invastion of poland was a defensive action. germany lost 16,343 men poland lost a total of 904,000 men. this invastion of poland was also known as the september campain. the result of this invastion was a deisive axis and sovet victory begining of world war 2. -
fall of paris
on saturday june 15 paris falls to germany. the french deciding not to fight in the capital itself. they withdraw south of the city. germans began to rejoice form furthers headquaters annocing the complete collapse of allied line from sea maginot line. -
operation barbosa
operation barbosa was the largest operation in world history. operation barbosa was codename for nazi germany invastion. about 4 millio solders of axis powers invaded soveit russia. this marked the begining of rapied esculatioon of the war. despite the huge losses of men, material and landmass soviet union came out on top victories. -
pearl harbor
the empire of japan bombed pearl harbor which was a united states navy. the united states lost many planes and ships 2,403 people were killed. the bombing of pearl harbor brought the united states into world war 2 .this was a japanse major tactical victory. -
bataan death march
bataan death march began in the fphilippines. the imperial japense army of 60,000- 80,000 filipions and american prisioners of war began april 9 . overall 21,600 dead filipions and americans. thousands of filipions and couple hundred americans died before they the war. -
battle of midway
this battle was a crucial navy battle in pacific theatre of world war 2. the japense plan was to lure the united states aircraft carriers into a trap .many aircrafts were destroyed. there were 3,057 killed this was a decisive american victory. -
wannsee conference
this was a meeting of senior officals at nazi germany held in berlin. the purpose of this meeting was to ensure the cooperative of administrative leaders of variusa goverment the implementation of final solution to jewish question. most jews were being sent to poland and murdered. european jews would be deported to poland and murdered. -
battle of stalingrad
this battle lasted 5 months 1 week and 5 days. battle of stalingrad is considered the turning point of world war 2 for the allies. the battle was for nazi germany and allies fighting for voviet union fo central of the city of stalingrad -
operation gomorrah
british bombers wraid hamburg,germany by night. while america bomb humburg by by day in its own blitz week. britain suffered 167 civillians result of german bombing raids in july. the evening of july 24 saw british aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on hamburg in a few hours. the explosive powers was equivalent of what german bombers had dropped on london. -
allied invasion of italy
this was the allied landing on mainland of italy on september 3 1943. this followed the invastion of silcily during the italian campain. there were 3,500 casualties there were thousands wounded and missing. this allied invasion led to a allied victory the main invasion force landed around salerno -
d-day
d-day was the allied invastion of normandy in operation overlord during ww2 the largest seaborne invastion in history. the purpose of this was to liberate france frome nazi germanys control. this contributed to an allied victory in war. there was atleast 10,000 people dea. this was a decisive allied victory. -
battle of bulge
adolf hitler attempted to split allied armies in northwest europe by suprise blitzkrieg thurst throught the ardennes to antwerp. american units caught off guard fought desperate battles to stem the german advance at st-vith. as germans drove deeper into adenns to attempt to secure bridgeheades. this was the deadlist and the most desperate battle of war.the american units were flatfooted. the united states sufffered iver 10,00 casualites. this was a decive allied victory the german operation -
battle of iwo jima
this was a major battle for the united states armed forces. united states forces landed and eventually captured the island of iwo jima. the island was controlled and protected by japense imperial army during ww2. america had the goal of capturing capturing airfelds like the south feild and the central feild this resulted in a american victory -
ve-day
ve-day is victory in europe. this victory led to the end of world war 2. nazi germany surrerendered and ended world war 2 on april 30 when adolf hitler killed himself during the battle of berlin. germany surrendered the act of military surrender was signed may 8 in berlin. -
battle of okinawa
this battle was codenamed iceberg.this battle was fought on ryuku island of okinawa included the largest amphibious assult in pacific war in ww2. america was planning on useing okinawa as a base of operations on planned invastion on japan.this batlle lasted 82 days took all of april and half of june . at the end of this battle the allies came out with victory.there were 40,000-150,000 civillians killed -
dropping of atomic bombs
the united states became first only nation to use atomic weponry during wartime when dropped on hiroshima.throught the dropping of atomic bomb on japan marked the end of world war 2 . the united states had been working on developing of the atomic bomb sense the 1940s .the bomb reduced four square miles of the city it killed 80,000 people 3 days later another bomb was dropped on nagaski killed another 40,000 people . few days later japan annouced its surrender. -
vj-day
vj-day stood for victory in japan.on september 2 the signing of surrender document officaly ended world war 2. the name vj-day was choosen by allies after they named ve-day victory in europe.on sptember 2 a formal surrender ceremoney was preformed in tokyo bay,japan. -
operation thunderclap
operation thunderclap was codename for a cancelled operation plannd in augest 1944. the plan envisaged a massive attack on berlin in belief that would cause 220,000 casualties. 110,000 killed many of them key german personal which would shatter german morale. however later it was decided that the plan was unlikely to work.
