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Japanese Invasion of China
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought between China and Japan from 1937 to 1945. Japan's invasion of China was for to have more power. There was both an economic and militaristic element to this desire. The effect that between 20 to 30 million soldiers and civilians died during the war. -
Rape of Nanking
The massacre occurred over six weeks starting December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanjing. During this period, soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army murdered Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants numbering an estimated 40,000 to over 300,000, and perpetrated widespread rape and looting. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
During this event he German army bombed Polish airfields and used warships and U-boats to attack Polish naval forces located in the Baltic Sea. Hitler said this attack was used as a form of difence but Britain and France didn't fall for it. They diclared war on Germany two days later starting World War 2. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland -
German Blitzkreig
Germany guickly taken over the most of Europe and was victories for 2 years by using a military tactics called Blitzkrieg (Lightning War). Blitzkrieg contains concentration camp of offensive weapons such astanks, planes, and artillery. A Polish town lies in ruins following the German invasion of Poland, which began on September 1, 1939. -
Fall of Paris
The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. Which Ended in a destroyed city -
Operation Babarossa (1941)
Operation Babarossawas the name given to Nazi Germany's invasion of Russia. It was the largest military operation in history involving more than 3 million Axis troops and 3,500 tanks. It started on 22 of June in 1941- 7 of January in 1942 -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.The bombing killed about 2,400 Americans and injured 1,200. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting for nazi officials in Germany. It was held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. They discuss the the the 'Final Solution for the Jewish Questions'. This meeting originally would be held on December 8, 1941 but beacause of japan bomb pearl harbor they have to postponed till january 20 1942. 15 leading officials of the nazi sate came to this meeting. The 'Final Solutions for the Jewish Questions was a code name mean the murder of all the Jews of Europe. -
Bataan Death March
The Filipino and Amerecan people that had surrendered were later captured by the Japanese. The Japanese forced them to march from Mariveles all the way to San Fernando. A total of 62 miles. Then many men died due to the poor way that they were being treated. At one point they even became to weak to walk. Source: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march Source: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Operation Gomorrah
The Allied bombing of Hamburg during World War II included numerous strategic bombing missions and diversion/nuisance raids -
Allied invasion of Italy
The Allied invasion of Italy was the Allied amphibious landing on mainland Italy that took place on 3 September 1943 during the early stages of the Italian Campaign of World War II. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
The Normandy landings were the landing operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers was the first to release concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944 they realease alot of concentraion camp prisioner. On January 27, 1945 they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. This made the prisoner glad they are free from the toxic camp. -
Battle of the Bulge
The German army launched a counter offensive attack with the hope of dividing the Allies. By doing so this would put the war in Hitler's favor. He wanted to come between the British and American ameries in order re concer the port of Antwerp in The Netherlands to take away the Allies axis to port facilities. Source: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
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Operation Thunderclap
‘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. - See more at: http://ww2today.com/13-february-1945-operation-thunderclap-raf-start-firestorm-in-dresden#sthash.A3IAu1ks.dpuf -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands, centered on the island of Okinawa, -
VE Day
This was the official end of the war. VE Day was elebrated by in the U.S and Great Brirain. Flags were put up in cities in the U.S, Great Britain, and Western Europe to symbolize them winning the Nazi war. Source: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
August 6, 1945 is the day that America dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. Even though the city was left destroyed with thousands of people dead, Japan did not surrender. soon another bomb was dropprd which killed even more people. This finnally forced Japan to surrender on August 15, 1945. Source: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945 Japan surrender to the US. This sparked celebrations all over the country for World War ll to end. On September 2, 1945 a ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.
