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Japan invades China
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. It followed the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–1895. -
Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland in 1939 was a military offensive in which Nazi Germany, and two weeks later the Soviet Union, invaded Poland. It was the start of World War II in Europe. The invasion of Poland caused Britain and France to declare war on Germany on September 3rd. In the end, Poland lost and Germany and the Soviet Union divided the country, following a treaty signed years before the war. -
German Blitzkrieg
German forces invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. At first, the German Blitzkrieg seemed to succeed, the Soviet army was driven back. In December 1941, Hitler declared war on the United States. A second German invasion against the Soviet Union in 1942 brought German troops east to the shores of the Volga River and the city of Stalingrad. The Soviet Union then launched a counterattack in November 1942, trapping and destroying an entire German army. Germany was defeated in May 1945. -
Fall of France
The Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. German forces defeated Allied forces in a series of mobile operations, eventually leading to the conquest of France, Belgium and the Netherlands and the end of land operations on what had been the Western Front. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a German Operation to invade the Soviet Union. Adolf Hitler briefly described his desires to conquer the Soviet Territories in the book Mein Kampf. This operation rendered the previous German-Soviet Nonagreesion pact null and void, bringing the Soviet Union into World War II on the side of the Allies. The Germans were later pushed out of the Soviet Union, ending operation Barbarossa in failure for the Germans. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack by Japan against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is what led the United States into World War II. Japan carried out the attack so that the U.S. Pacific Fleet would not enter the war that Japan was planning in Southeast Asia, against Britain and the Netherlands, as well as the U.S. in the Philippines. Over 2,000 people were killed. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior members of the Nazi German government. It was held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The conference was to tell leaders of government departments that dealt with Jews, that Reinhard Heydrich had been put in charge of the "Final Solution to the Jewish question". -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was an important naval battle of World War II, between the United States and the Empire of Japan. During the battle, the United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll and destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser, and losing a carrier and a destroyer. -
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle fought during the Second World War between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. They were fighting for control of the city of Stalingrad. It was one of the most important battles of the war because it marked the end of Germany's advances. Hitler even blamed his defeat partly on Stalingrad. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah was an aerial bombing that occurred in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. The orders for Operation Gomorrah were given on May 27, 1943. The attack started on the night of July 24, 1943, and continued until August 3. Operation Gomorrah destroyed a significant amount of the city of Hamburg, leaving over 1 million civilians homeless and killing 40,000-50,000 residents. Over two-thirds of Hamburg's population fled the city immediately after the raids started. -
Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied Invasion of Italy was the invasion of mainland Italy by the Allies during World War II. -
D-Day
The Battle of Normandy resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. It was codenamed "Operation Overlord" and began on June 6, 1944 when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on beaches along the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest marine military assaults in history. After D-day, all of northern France had been liberated & soon after the Allies defeated the Germans. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German attack near the end of World War II. It was launched through the thickly forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France and Luxembourg. The attack caught the Allied forces by surprise. It became the worst battle in terms of casualties for the United States. It also used up huge amounts of Germany's war-making resources. -
Operation Thunderclap
Allied strategic bombing raid against the German city of Dresden. The immediate controversy about the raid contributed to the end of Allied strategic bombing. On February, 8 Allied Expeditionary Forces instructed RAF Bomber Command and the U.S. Strategic Air Forces to attack Dresden because of its importance to movements of military forces on the Eastern Front. The casualty figures reported by German fire and police services ranged between 25,000 and 35,000 dead. -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was the American capture of the Japanese island of Iwo Jima during the Pacific Campaign of World War II. The USA needed to capture Iwo Jima to be able to defeat Japan. Many films were made about it for example Flags of our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, both directed by Clint Eastwood. It was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Empire. -
The Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was perhaps one of the most difficult attacks against the Japanese forces. The Japanese had earlier changed tactics, changing from a front on the edge of the island to fighting more deeper inland. This was made to both save time and hopefully destroy the opposing force with terrain that was nto known to US troops. By the end of this campaign, both sides suffered over 60,000 casualties. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining Ghetto population to Treblinka extermination camp. The uprising started when the Ghetto refused to surrender to the police commander SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Stroop, who then ordered the burning of the Ghetto, block by block. 13,000 Jews died, about half of them burnt alive. -
Victory in Europe
World War II ended in Europe, with the Axis powers finally surrendering to the might of the Allies. While pockets of troops had surrendered days after it was declared, what most Germans were afraid of was being taken prisoner by the Soviet Union. While they did try to flee West, they were eventaully caught and the Soviet's took back 2 million prisoners with them. -
The Atomic Bomb
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuclear attacks on the Empire of Japan during World War II. The United States and the Allies were fighting against Japan and slowly winning. Two nuclear bombs were dropped, one on the city of Hiroshima and one on the city of Nagasaki. This was near the end of WWII. By the end of 1945, the bombs had killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki. -
Victory over Japan
After months of bloodhshed and mass killings brought upon by both the United States and Japan, the treaty to end the war was finally signed by Japan, formally and finally ending World War II across the globe. one of America's most iconic photo's was taken on this day, along with the many citizens rejoicing in the news.