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Japanese invasion of China
In 1937,Japan controlled a large area of China,and allegations of war crimes committed against the Chinese have become commonplace. The battle lasted for four months, and the Japanese were defeated.The reason why Japan invaded China is because Japan is looking for resources to expand their empire and cities.Almost 6,000,000 people were killed by the Japanese military. -
Fall of Paris
On June 14, 1940, one month after the German Wehrmacht stormed into France, Paris was occupied by Nazi Germany. Eight days later, France and Germany signed an armistice agreement and set up a puppet French state with Vichy as its capital.One of the major reason why Germany made France sign the armistice is because they were mad at what France had done during World War 1.The German got some resources from France and territory. -
German Blizkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic that aims to cause psychological shock and consequent disintegration in the enemy by using surprise attacks,speed and superiority in materials or firepower.It happened because it was Germany's strategy to avoid a long war in Europe during the first phase of World War 2.Germany’s strategy is to defeat its opponents in a series of short-terms of battles.This allows Germany to take control of European. -
Operation Barbarossa
On June 22,1941,the Germans sent more than 3 million Germany and Axis troops to invade the Soviet Union along the 1,800 mile long front.Looking for civilians and killing them,especially Soviet Jews.German want more land from the Soviet Union so they attacked them.Over 800,000 Soviet people were killed during this attack. -
Pearl Harbor
On December1941.85 airplanes of the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor on the island of Oahu,Hawaii.In two hours,18US warships had been crashed or impaired,188 airplanes destroyed and 2403 American servicemen and women were killed.Three reasons why Japan attacked Pearl Harbor:first an increased need for natural resources,second restrictions and last expansion in the pacific.After Japan attacked Pearl Harbor,the States have to be involved in World War 2. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi officals had a meeting to discuss about the Jewish problem and the final solution.The meeting was simple and focused: what they would do with the Jews, and finally they planned to transport the Jews from every corner of Europe to the concentration camps in Poland and put them to death.Around 6 million Jews people died during Wannsee Conference. -
Bataan Death March
The 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war captured by the Japanese in the Philippines (World War II) were forced to march. Only 54,000 prisoners reached the camp alive; as many as 10,000 died en route, while others fled to the jungle.The Japanese approached the Philippines, and American General Douglas MacArthur moved American troops from Manila to the Bataan Peninsula. He did this to save Manila from destruction. -
Allied invasion of Italy
In three days 150,000 Allied soldiers came ashore.In Rome, the Allies conquered Sicily, a region of the Kingdom of Italy from 1860, leading to the downfall of Mussolini's government.He was forced to resign by the Fascist Council and was arrested later that day.60,000-70,000 Allies and 38,805-150,660 German soldiers died in Italy.The leaders of the Allied forces decided to use their large military resources in the Mediterranean to launch an invasion of Italy. -
D-Day(Normandy Invasion)
On June 6, 1944, Britain, the United States, Canada, and France attacked the German army on the coast of Normandy. 150,000 soldiers and allied forces attacked and won, which became the turning point of World War II in Europe.The reason why it was started is because They
(Britain,States,Canada and France)wanted to relieve some of the pressure on the Soviet Union,so they attacked Germany.At the end of the battle of Normandy about 232,700 people died. -
Liberation of concentration
In January,1945.The American released the liberation of concentration camps including Buchenwald, Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Dachau, and Mauthausen.The reason why it happened is because they want to free the people that were there,and nearly a million people were killed during the camps. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
America invaded the island on February 19,1945 and it lasted five weeks. There were 21,000 Japanese forces and 200 people were killed,and nearly 7,000 Marines were killed too.This was happened because the United States needs a place for fighter jets and bombers to take off and land when attacking Japan. -
VE day
May 8, 1945 was the day when the Allies celebrated the defeat of Nazi Germany and the end of the Adolf Hitler Empire, officially acknowledging the end of World War II in Europe. This is called V.E (Victory Day in Europe). They celebrated because they finally defeated Germany.The war has ended in Europe so they can focus on attacking Japan. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
On August 6,1934,the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.An explosion equivalent to 15,000 tons of TNT turned the four-square-mile city into rubble and immediately killed 80,000 people.A few days later, Japan announced its surrender.The war was over. -
Vj day
In the States,Vj day is officially recognized on September 2,1945.This marks the formal signing of the letter of surrender on the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay,Japan.It was announced that Japan surrendered to Allies. -
Battle of the Bulge
It happened at Ardennes Belgium Mesus River.The German army launched a surprise attack on,the Allied forces in the forested Ardennes of Belgium,Luxembourg and France.This battle happened is because intention was to prevent the Allied forces from using the Belgian port of Antwerp and split the Allied defense lines,allow the Germans to surround and destroy the four Allied forces..Around 19,000 people were killed during the battle of the Bulge.