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German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg a German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successful execution results in shor. Blitzkrieg a way of fighting -
Japanese Invasion
Date : July 7, 1937 - September 9,1945 (Minor fighting since september 18, 1931 ( 8 Years 2 months and 2 days )
Why it happend : Japans invasion of china was due esentially to japans desire to be an imperial power. There was both an economic and a militaristic element to this desire.
Impact : Had a significant impact on the course of the chinese revolution. Known in china as the war of Chinese people resistance. -
Rape of Nanking
In December of 1937, the Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people–including both soldiers and civilians–in the Chinese city of Nanking (Nanjing). The horrific events are known as the Nanking Massacre or the Rape of Nanking, as between 20,000 and 80,000 women were sexually assaulted. -
Germany Invasion of Poland
September 1, 1939 - October 6 , 1939
At 4:45 a.m some 1.5 million German troops invade poland all along its 1750 mile border with german controlled territory .The German invasion of Poland was Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. It was characterized by extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with over numbers of troops , and tanks. -
Fall of Paris
When it Happend: ( May 10 , 1940 - June 25 , 1940 )
Beginning on 10 May 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces in a series of mobile operations.Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 1944.In 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening-as German troops enter and occupy Paris. -
Attack on Pear Harbor
When it happend: December 7 , 1941 The attack on Pearl Harbor, known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor,the Hawaii Operation by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters, and was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in Territory of Hawaii, news that several hundred Japanese planes attacked a U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 Americans as well as destroy eight 800 navy planes and more. -
Bataan Death March
When it Happend: April 9, 1942
Baatan Death March, main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II (1939-45), the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps.About 2,500–10,000 Filipino and 100–650 American prisoners of war died on the march before they reached their destination. -
Battle of Midway
When it Happend: ( June 3, 1942 – June 7, 1942 )
Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It was between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor. United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre.They faught just a month after the battle of coral sea, midway was the turning point the pacific campaign. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany its allies fought Soviet Union for control of the city Stalingrad in Southern Russia. The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million. The Battle of Stalingrad had many consequences, and was a pivotal point in World War II loss of life and damage the battle took place from August 23, 1942 to February 2, 1943. -
Operation Gamorrah
In 1943, British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians result of German bombing raids in July. The evening of July 24 British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. Explosive power was the equivalent of what German bombers had dropped on London in their five most destructive raids. More than 1,500 German civilians were killed in that first British raid. -
D-Day Normandy Invasion
When it Happened:
Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 (termed D-Day) of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II.On June 6, 1944 the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe. -
Battle of Bulge
When it Happend:16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.Battle of Bulge also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during World War II; it is also the largest battle ever fought by the United States Army. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was the code for a cancelled operation planned in August 1944 but shelved and never. implemented.plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin in the belief that would cause 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed, many of them key German personnel, which would shatter German morale.plan was reconsidered in early 1945, to be implemented in coordination with a Soviet advance, but was again rejected as impractical, and instead a number of coordinated smaller attacks against cities -
Battle of Okinawa
When it Happend: 1 April – 22 June 1945
The Battle of Okinawa was a series of battles fought in the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, and included the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific War during World War II, the 1 April 1945 invasion of Okinawa itself. Battle of Okinawa It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese and 50,000 casualties for the Allies. -
Operation Barbarossa
When it Happend: ( June 22 , 1941 - December 5 , 1941 )
Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Nazi Germany's World War II invasion of the Soviet Union, which began on 22 June 1941. The operation was driven by Adolf Hitler's. Operation Barbarossa, was the largest military operation in history, involving more than 3 million Axis troops and 3,500 tanks.
