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Japanese invasion of China
Descrip: Conflict in Asia began well before the official start of World War II. Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries
Why: Seeking raw materials to fuel its growing industries
Impact: tremendous losses sustained by the Chinese people. -
German Blitzkrieg
Short description: A Blitzkrieg is an intense military tactic meant to bring a swift victory.
Why they used it: The Germans used Blitzkrieg to try to avoid a long war.
Effects/Impacts of it: They quickly overran Europe and were victorious for two years. -
Pearl Harbor Bombing
Short Description: On the morning of December 7, 1941, Japan attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The surprise attack by some 350 Japanese aircraft sunk or badly damaged eighteen US naval vessels
Why it happened:Japan decided to attack the U.S Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, hoping that the U.S would negotiate peace.
Impact of it: The US dropped two atomic bombs on japan, here comes the sun du du dudu. -
Wannsee Conference
The leaders of Britain, France, and Italy agreed to the German annexation of the Sudetenland in exchange for a pledge of peace from Hitler. There, Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister; Edouard Daladier, the French Premiere, Benito Mussolini, the Italian Dictator, and Adolph Hitler, the German Fuhrer met to discuss terms that would satisfy Germany and avoid a second world war. The Munich Conference concluded that the Sudetenland territory would be ceded to Germany -
Bataan Death March
Describe:The Bataan Death March began, forcing 60,000-80,000 Filipino and American prisoners of war to march through the Philippines.
Why: MacArthur's plan was to hold his ground on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island in the Philippines until the U.S. Navy could bring reinforcements and supplies from the United States.
Impact: 650 American and 16,500 Filipino soldiers were killed during and after the Bataan Death March. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, The battle took place when Germany and its allies sought control over this city in Southern Russia. The Germans targeted Stalingrad because of its industrial capacities and because of its proximity to the Volga River, It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies. -
Operation Gomorrah
Descrip: a sustained area bombing campaign of the German port of Hamburg in four night attacks by the Royal Air Force and two daytime attacks by the United States Air Force in July and August 1943.
Why: The purpose of strategic bombing was not only to undermine industrial production but also to demoralise the population.
Impact: killing an estimated 37,000 people in Hamburg -
D-Day
Descrip: The operation, given the codename OVERLORD, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France.
Why:D-Day was born in the immediate aftermath of America's entry into the war, and agreement on a 'Germany first' strategy.
Impact: D-Day put the Allies on a decisive path toward victory. -
Battle of the bulge
Description: German forces launched a surprise attack on Allied forces in the forested Ardennes region in Belgium, Luxembourg, and France. The battle lasted until January 16, 1945,
Why: a last-ditch German military counter-offensive against the Allied armies in the West.
Impact: catastrophic losses on the German side prevented Germany from resisting the advance of Allied forces following the Normandy Invasion -
Liberation of Nazi camps
Descrip: As Allied troops moved across Europe against Nazi Germany in 1944 and 1945, they encountered concentration camps, mass graves, and other sites of Nazi crimes. The unspeakable conditions the liberators confronted shed light on the full scope of Nazi horrors.
Why: they liberated it to save people from being enslaved.
Impact: Showing everyone seeing the horrors of the encampments, they also saved a whole bunch of people -
Battle of Iwo jima
Descrip: U.S. Marines invaded Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, after months of naval and air bombardment.
Why:The US wants to use the island as an airbase from which to attack Japan's home islands
Impact: served as an emergency landing site for more than 2,200 B-29 bombers, saving the lives of 24,000 U.S. airmen. -
VE Day
Descrip: On Victory in Europe Day, or V-E Day, Germany unconditionally surrendered its military forces to the Allies, including the United States.
Why:On May 8, 1945 - known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day - celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe.
Impact: marked the end of most of the fighting in Europe, where tens of millions of service members and civilians were killed since the start of hostilities -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
Descrip: On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Why: Japan's unwillingness to surrender unconditionally. Japan wanted to keep their emperor and conduct their own war trials and did not want to be occupied by U.S. forces.
Impact: it literally killed almost there entire population with two bombs -
VJ Day
Descrip: V-J Day, or Victory over Japan Day, marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history
Why: it marked the end of the war
Impact: the impact was no more conflict and war for a while