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Japanese invasion of China
The Second Sino-Japanese War, called so after the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1941. China fought Japan with some economic help from Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States. The Japan-China War started in July 1937 when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. In Novemeber 1937 most of China fell apart. -
Rape of Nanking
The Rape Of Nanking was the Forgotten Holocaust of WW2 also the massacre and atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army after it captured Nanjing, then capital of China. The Rape of Nanking happened because the Japanese saw themselves as a superior race and decided to take out other races. The Rape of Nanking effected China in many ways such as Several thousand females from 7 years of age to around 75 years of age were gang raped and many were then killed. -
Kristallnacht
Also known as The Night of the Broken Glass. On this night, almost 200 synagogues were destroyed, over 8,000 Jewish shops were sacked and looted, and tens of thousands of Jews were removed to concentration camps. The start of the Kristallnacht was the turning point of Jewish suffering. It All started when a jewish teenager shot a german and thats when then Germans decided to mess with the Jews. Many Jews Died during this time. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland occured after German defeated Poland with the German Blitzkrieg. Adolf Hitler planned to hit Poland first to try out the Blitzkrieg. Once Germany invaded Poland, Hitler wanted the nonaggression pact because he feared that the French-Polish milliatary make and alliance against Germany. ~ushmm.org~ -
German Blitzkrieg
The German Blitzkrieg also called the" Lightning War " were tactics that Germans carefully thoughtout ways they can defeat there opponets. They used planes , guns, tanks, and bombs. They Used this tactic against Poland first. ~www.history.com~ -
Fall Of Paris
the fall of Paris was the Second World War also known as the battle of France. This was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries. The Germans were defeating the French forces -
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain is the name given to the Second World War air campaign waged by the German Air Force against the United Kingdom during the summer and autumn of 1940. June 1940 Germany moved on to the invasion of Britian. Due to the month of Air attacks Germany was not going to be able to destroy the RAF. Germany postponed the attack but it continued until May 1941. ~ushmm.org~ -
Operation Barbarossa
The Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Invasion of Russia. After Germany had an invasion on France, They decided to have an invasion on the Soviet Union. The Barbarossa's goal was to invade the European part of the Soviet Union. But Hitler failed to accomplish this operation. -
Peal Harbor
Peearl Harbor is a lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. Japan had launched a surprise attack on the United States Fleet at Pearl Harbor. The attack of Pearl Harbor was to conquer the American fleet so they will be able to have enough time to gt the resources they needed for the Dutch East Indies. -
Wannsee Conference
the Wannsee conference was also called the Final Solution. The final solution was a planned out way for the European Jews. Hitler made this European wide scheme for a mass murder and it was planned in a systematic way. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was the transfer by the Japenese army , Filipino and American prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II. -
Battle Of Midway
six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor the US defeated japan. The major advances such as code breaking the us was able to make a surprise attack on the Japanese navy. Admiral Yamamoto isoroku chose to target the Pearl Harbor but an intelligent American broke the codes on what the Japanese fleets were and were able to defeat japan. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the most bloodiest battles. This battle stopped the German's advance into the Soviet Union marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. The Soviet forces surrounded the German army and crushed them. For both sides, Stalingrad became a horrible experience of rodentlike scurrying from hole to hole. -
D-Day
D-Day was the day in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. The battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. -
Battle of the Bulge
the battle of the bulge was the battle that hitler attempt to split the allies in two. This battle was fought in the winter . Hitler thought that the alliance between Britain , France, and America was not strong. So he decided that a major attack would defeat them and the alliances would fall apart. -
Liberation of concentration camps
The Liberation of the cconcetraion camps were the starving prisonersin the Mauthausen concentration camp. When Allied troops moved across Europe against the Nazi Germanys the began to pick up many of the prisoners that were in the concetration camps. Many prisoners survived forced marches in the concentration camps. Those prisoners were starving and had many diseases. -
VE Day
this was the day they marked the allied victory -
Postsdam Declaration
the Potsdam declaration was a statement that the Japanese had surrendered from the war. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The dropping if the atomic bombs were done by the Americans. The bombs were dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan. the Americans dropped these bombs to end the war with Japan. this bombing nearly killed 120,000 people in Japan. The Japanese had surrendered after the bombings. -
VJ Day
this was the day japan had surrendered from being in ww2
