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Japanese Invasion of China
Japan’s invasion of China happened because of Japan's desire to be an imperial power. There was also an economic and militaristic element that was included in this desire. Japan wanted to be apart of the war because they wanted to prove that they were strong and could defeat other countries. It was particularly important to them to defeat China because they had power. Tens of millions of people took flight. Between 20 million and 30 million soldiers and civilians died during the war. -
Rape of Nanking
The capital of China, which is Nanking, falls to Japanese forces. The Chinese government then retreat to Hankow during the Sino-Japanese war. Japanese General Matsui Iware didn’t approve of the spirit of Chinese resistance so he ordered that the city of Nanking to be destroyed. The Japanese butchered about 150.000 male “war prisoners,” massacred 50.000 male civilians, and raped 20,000 women (girls of all ages). These women were disfigured during this. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
It was September 1-October 6 1939 ( 1 month and 5 days) . In the beginning of world war 2 in Europe,Poland, eastern Germany and the free city of danzing. Decisive German and soviet victory. Polish territory divided among Germany, the Soviet Union, Lithuania and Slovakia. Free city of danzing annexed by Germany. Germans ( the western plate weshramacht) solders destroying the polish-German border post . German and soviet troops shaking hands following the invasion. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg means “lightning war”. It was an innovative military technique first used by the Germans in World War Two and was a tactic based on speed and surprise. Blitzkrieg relied on a military force be based around light tank units supported by planes and infantry (foot soldiers). The tactic was based on Alfred von Schlieffen’s ‘Schlieffen Plan’ – this was a doctrine formed during WWI that focused on quick miliatry victory. It was later developed in Germany by an army officer called Guden. -
Fall of Paris
The fall of france is france and the lower countries falling to german forces.
France had declared war to Hitler’s army but had not seen any real fighting in the war.
This time of being at war without fighting was called “Phoney war”, the real war began on May 10, 1940 when Hitler (Germany) attacked france and the lower countries. The german army's overpowered the strong defences and broke through france and the lower countries. -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sent his armies east and had a massive invasion of the soviet union. Three army groups that had over 3 million German soldiers, 150 divisions and three thousand tanks that were smashed across the frontier into soviet territory. Barbosa was the turning point in World War 2. The failure of it forced Nazi Germany to fight in a two front war against coalition holding immensely superior recourses. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor,Hawaii territory US. The attack on Pearl Harbor, also known as the battle of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese imperial general headquarters, operations z during planning was a surprise military strike by the Japanese navy against the United States territory of Hawaii. The attack led to the United States entry into world war 2 . -
Wannsee Conference
The wannsee conference was a meeting in between Jewish officials and Nazi officers.
The conference took place on 20 January 1942. The Meeting was to determine the fate of the jewish people. There was talks about mass deportation and mass sterilization. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
April19-may16 1943, Warsaw ghetto general government. The uprising started on April 19 when the ghetto refused to surrender to the police commander SS-Brigadefüher jürgen stroop, who then ordered the burning of the ghetto, block by block ending on May 16 . 13,000jews died , about half of them burnt alive or suffocated . German casualties are not known, but were not more than 300. -
Operation Gomorrah
On this day in 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.”Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians as a result of German bombing raids in July. Now the tables were going to turn. The evening of July 24 saw British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. The explosive power was the equivalent of what German bombers had dropped. -
Allided Invasion of Italy
On July 10, 1943, the Allies began their invasion of Axis-controlled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily, off mainland Italy. Encountering little resistance from demoralized Sicilian troops, Montgomery’s 8th Army came ashore on the southeast part of the island, while the U.S. 7th Army, under General George S. Patton, landed on Sicily’s south coast. Within three days, 150,000 Allied troops were ashore. On August 17, Patton arrived in Messina before Montgomery. -
D Day
The battle of Normandy lasted from June 1944 to August 1944. It resulted in the allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. 166,000 American,British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch. -
Battle of The Bulge
Battle of the Bulge was when the Germans launched the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist. This offense was also known as Battle of the Bulge. Its objective was to split the Allied armies by a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp, repeating what the Germans had done three times in September 1870, August 1914, and May 1940. -
Operation Thunder Clap
‘Operation Thunderclap’ had been under discussion within the Allied Command for some time, the proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure behind what was becoming the Eastern front. Also to demonstrate to the German population, in even more devastating fashion, that the air defences of Germany were now of little substance and that the Nazi regime had failed them. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Soviet soldiers were the very first to free concentration camp prisoners in the last stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they broke into Auschwitz the largest camp, and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of iwo jima was a battle fought in a Japanese island (lwo jima). The US marines landed on the island. The battle started on February 19, and ended on 26 March 1945. The US captured the island. -
Battle of Okinawa
The battle of okinawa was one of the bloodiest battles fought in WW II. The battle of okinawa was the US and allied forces inviting the japanese island of okinawa. The battle was fought by land,sea and air. The invasion started on. April 1, 1945 and ended on jun 22. The usa defeated the japanese. -
VE Day
V stands for Victory, E stands for Europe. This day was in 1945 when Great Britain and the US celebrated Victory in Europe day. Cities all throughout Europe and western Europe put flags out and celebrated the defeat of the Nazi War machine. On May 8th German troops would at last lay down there weapons. German soldiers surrendered to their Soviet antagonists throughout cities. in Europe. -
Dropping of The Atomic Bombs
It was in 1945 when the United States became the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Though the dropping of the bomb on Japan marked the end of world war 2 , many historians argue that it also ignited the Cold War . The United States has been warned the nazi Germany was already conducting research into nuclear weapons. -
VJ Day
ON Aug,14,1945 The news of the Japanese surrender was announced to everyone around the world. This created spontaneous celebrations over the official ending of World War II. On September 2, 1945, a surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay on the USS Missouri (a ship). At the time, President Truman made September 2 to be VJ Day.
