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Japanese invasion of China
Japan invaded China because it was eager to get a hold of China's natural resources that weren't available in Japan . once Japan invaded China it cause a war called the second sino-japanese war. This cause a relationship strain making China become anti-japanese. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland because Adolf Hitler thought it would be good living space for the
Germans . And all the native people living there would be enslave . The huge event led to world war 2. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is the German word for lighting war. Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of movingforces and locally concentrated firepower it. It impacted the way we fight wars today. -
Fall of Paris
This was when the germans invaded . Hitler was eager to follow up his victory over Poland in 1939 by attacking in the west . -
Operation Barbarossa
the Nazi Army bombs the Soviet city of Stalingrad, launching one of the bloodiest battles in history. Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Impacting the relationship with the Soviet Union and Germany because they had signed an agreement stating that Germany cannot invade the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941 Japan bombed a navel base at Perl harbor near Honolulu , Hawaii killing more than 2,000 Americans. Japan did this Because they thought they could scare the US into staying neutral BUT instead of scaring the US it made the US angry and 3 days later the US join the world war. -
Wannsee Conference
It was a meeting for Nazi Officials to talk about the "Final solution" the Jewish question. The finale Solution was how were going to get rid of the whole Jewish race. -
Bataan Death March
Surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II. American troops on Bataan were forced to make 65 mile walk to prison camps. they were treated poorly by japanese officers -
Battle of midway
The battle began on June 3, 1942, when U.S. bombers from Midway Island struck at the Japanese carrier strike force about southwest of the U.S. fleet. Early the next morning Japanese planes from the strike force attacked and bombed Midway heavily, while the Japanese carriers again escaped damage from U.S. land-based planes. -
Operation Gomorrah
Allied power bombed the city of Hamburg . this was a result of Germans bombing Great Britain kiling 167 of Great Britain people . These bombing killed more than 30,000 people . -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. On July 23, 1944, they entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and later closed several other killing centers. On January 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners.The Americans were responsible for liberating Buchenwald and Dachau, while British forces entered Bergen-Belsen.. Although the Germans had attempted to empty the camps of surviving prison -
D-Day
D-Day is the landing of allied powers in Normandy. This is where some of the greatest amphibious attacks happen . -
Battle of the Bulge
a major German offensive is brought against the Allies in the Ardennes Mountains region. This Caught the allied powers off gaurd. It's objective was to split the allied powers in half. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was code name for the bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force and the United States Army Air Forces between February 13 and February 15, 1945. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima is a small island located 750 miles south of Tokyo, Japan. It was the first major battle of World War II to take place on Japanese homeland.
After 36 days of brutal fighting, the US had finally secured the island of Iwo Jima. They placed a flag on top of Mount Suribachi. -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in one of the bloodiest battle of World War 2. -
VE Day
Stands for victory in Europe. Great Britain and the US celebrate Nazi defeat in western Europe.They celebrated by put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later a second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. These were the only times nuclear weapons have been used in war. this action ended world war 2 -
Potsdam Declaration
Just a day after the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan agrees to the Potsdam Conference terms of surrender, as President Harry S. Truman orders a halt to atomic bombing. -
VJ Day
Victory Over Japan.On this day japan surrender to the us to the usin tokyo at a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo .
