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rape of Nanking
mass killing and ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army after its seizure of Nanjing, China, on December 13, 1937, during the Sino-Japanese War that .Scholars have been heavily engaged in attempting to calculate Nanking's population at this time because of its relevance to estimating the death toll of the Nanking Massacre.In 1937, Nanking was seized by Japanese forces and held until 1945. -
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German blitzkrieg
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious by relying on a new military tactic called the Blitzkrieg. it preserved human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. they ended up victorious. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action.To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum. After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans. -
pearl harbor
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory.As war was inevitable, Japan's only chance was the element of surprise and to destroy America's navy as quickly as possible. In all, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed nearly 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes. -
battle of Stalingrad
It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies.For the same reason Stalin ordered that the city had to be saved. After the Germans lost in Stalingrad, they did not advance any farther into eastern Europe or Russia. -
d-day
the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. there purpose was to try and get Germans out of France -
battle of okinawa
The battle of Okinawa, also known as Operation Iceberg, took place in April-June 1945. It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. Thus, from the Japanese view Okinawa was and could be no more than a delaying battle of attrition on a grand scale.It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies. -
battle of the bulge
On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge. so-called because the Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line. it brought the end of the war. -
battel of Iwo Jima
In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it's believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 Marines. The island of Iwo Jima was a strategic location because the US needed a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off when attacking Japan. Japan had two air fields, but because the U.S. won the air fields were shut down. -
VE day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day. marks the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. Allied servicemen who had fought their way through Europe prepared for their transfer to the Far East and the Pacific, where fighting would continue for three more months. -
dropping the atomic bombs
an American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people.President Harry S. Truman, warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. The devastation led to Japan's unconditional surrender and brought an end to World War II. -
VJ day
It was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. The United States announcement of the Japanese surrender was made on the afternoon of August 14, 1945 and sparked joyous street celebrations across America.
