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Rape of Nanking
Nanking fell to the Japanese. In the next six weeks, the Japanese committed the infamous Nanking Massacre, during which an estimated 300,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed, and 20,000 women were raped. -
Germany Invading Poland
Germany said it was a defensive attack and Hitler thought it would bring a living space for the Germans.After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans. Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany. The Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland. https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/what-should-be-done-about-german-invasion-poland -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic made to create disorganization among enemy forces through the mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. -
Pearl Harbor
First, it intended to destroy important American fleet units, thereby preventing the Pacific Fleet from interfering with Japanese conquest of the Dutch East Indies and Malaya and to enable Japan to conquer Southeast Asia without interference. radios buzzed with the news that several hundred Japanese planes attacked a U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 Americans as well as damaging or destroying eight Navy battleships and more than 100 planes -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad marked the end of Germany's advances into eastern Europe and Russia. The second reason is that this battle was the first major German loss during World War II. After the Germans lost in Stalingrad, they did not advance any farther into eastern Europe or Russia. The battle at Stalingrad bled the German army dry in Russia and after this defeat. -
Dday
Britain,America,Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France. With a huge force of over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe. Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. Codenamed Operation 'Overlord', the Allied landings on the Normandy beaches marked the start of a long and costly campaign to liberate north-west Europe from German occupation. -
VE Day
To mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. Victory in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
American forces invaded the island Iwo Jima. In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it's believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 Marines. Eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies. It was a battle. -
Dropping of the Atomic bombs
President Harry S. Truman, was warned by some of his advisers that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties, ordered that the new weapon be used to bring the war to a speedy end. It left radiation poisoning that ended up lasting for generations in Japan. -
VJ Day
Victory over Japan Day is the day on which Imperial Japan surrendered in World War II, in effect bringing the war to an end. -
Battle of the Buldge
Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, , an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.The Germans lost so many experienced troops and equipment that there was no way their army could launch another attack on Allied forces. The Battle of the Bulge is most significant in that it ruined the German army and in essence brought about the end of the war.
