Randal Moore WWII Timeline

  • Japanese Invasion of China

    Japanese Invasion of China
    In 1937 a war between Japanese and China broke out. The reason for this war is because the japanese claimed they were fired on by chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near beijing.Within 5 months, 1 million people were under Japanese control. The war also lead to 4 million chinese casualties with 60 million made homeless
  • German Blitzkrieg

  • Germany's invasion of Poland

  • Operation Barbarossa

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    In 1941 someone bombed Pearl Harbor. This forced the U.S into war with Japan. The use of an nuclear bomb in attempt to defeat the enemy came into play in this war.In this war there was 200 planes destroyed, 8 battleships destroyed or damaged, and about 2400 people were dead. This attack seemed as if it was planned early before done.
  • Wannsee Conference

  • Operation Gomorran

  • D-Day ( Normandy invasion)

  • Operation ThunderClap

  • battle of Iwo Jima

  • Battle of Okinawa

  • VE Day

  • Dropping of the Atomic Bomb

    Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
    On August 6, 1945 a atomic bomb was dropped doing WWII. The dropping of this bomb marked the end of WWII. This atomic bomb killed approximately 80,000 people were killed as direct result. And another 35,000 injured. The effect was about 60,000 would be dead by end of the year from the effects of the fallout.
  • VJ Day

  • Battle of the Bulge