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Japan's invasion of China
On this day, after the marco polo bridge accident, unspeakable amounts of civilians and authoritans died from air raids. But the Japanese army fought back. 3 yrs. later the air force got wiped out by japenese. The Marco Polo Accident is what started the war between china and Japan. -
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Blitzkrieg (Lightning war)
Their new stategy is to use vehicles in narrow fronts. like in beaches to deny enemies to scout the area.Germany used the Blitzkrieg tactic against Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembour, France, Yugoslavia, and Greece. -
Germany's Invasion of poland
Poland's forces was extinquished right away, and Germany arrives with thousands of vehicles. Then they went to Warsaw and after bombings later, warsaw surrendered. At around that time, the German-Soviet Pact was formed. -
Fall of Paris
On this day in 1940, Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing on a loudspeaker saying that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. that evening-as German troops enter and occupy Paris. By the time German tanks rolled into Paris, 2 million Parisians had already fled, with good reason. In short order, the German Gestapo went to work: arrests, tortureing, and spying were the order of the day, as a gigantic swastika flew beneath the Arc de Triomphe. -
operation Barbarossa
On this date, Adolf hitler sent massive amounts of tanks and troops to soviet territory, into an invasion over by the north cape to the Black Sea. the force also are trained in fighting to prove to Russia that they're not to be reckoned with. -
Pearl Harbor
Many planes and bombers attacked Pearl Harbor on the first wave, destroying planes, tanks and vehicles,lasting 2 hours. Then President Frankin Roosevelt officially declared war on Japan. Years later, Italy declares war on U.S. -
Wannsee Conference
The Soviet Union gathered at the Berlin Suberbs to discuss the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question". Hitler gave permition for a plan for Mass murder. Heinrick Himmler made the Wannsee Conference to inform and secure support from government ministries and other agencies invloved in the implementation of the “Final Solution,” and to Inform about it to the participants that Hitler himself had tasked Heydrich and the RSHA with coordinating the operation. -
Bataan Death March
This time, the U.S surrender of the Bataan peninsula on the philipean island to the Japenese.The surrendered Filipinos and Americans soon were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to march 65 miles from Mariveles, on the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, to San Fernando. The men were divided into groups of almost 100. -
Battle of Midway
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Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major roles in code breaking, the United States was able to counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, -
Battle of Stalidgrad
This battle was a successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. during World War II. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriotic War, and most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers bombed Hamburg, which is in Germany. In night Operation Gomorrah, Americans raided there during "Blitz Week". But Britian had suffered many civillian deaths, Germany's which the cause of.in July. -
D-Day
This event was the Battle of Normady, which lasted from June to Augest and is in the end of WWII. it's as allied liberation from Nazi Germany. American, British, and Canadian troops died on the beach. -
Operation Thunderclap
This was a plan to bomb German cities to demonstrate for the population by a devastating fasion, and to distrupt Germany's transport system. Even Germany's air forces were weak. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
In February, three U.S divisions docked by an island to attack the Japenese at Iwo Jima, but was defended by thousads of troops, but the U.S took it over anyhow. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle is the last and biggist in the Pacific islands in WWII. The Japenese changed their strategy of resisting the water's edge, becauses they're using air attacks to their advantage..The americans forces the Japanese to use a strong defense strategy. -
VE Day
In that day, both Europe and U.S celebrated Victory in Europe Day, shouting in rejoice for the defeat of the nazi army's machine. -
Dropping of The Atomic Bombs
This date, American bombers dropped the first ever atomic bomb on an Japanese city and wiped out 90% of the city, killing 80,000 civilians. more bombs dropped in Nagasaki, killing 40,000 more civilians. -
VJ Day
On this day, Japan Unreasonably surrendered to the Allies with no casulties at that moment, ending WWII. And that day was called VJ Day. -
Battle of Bulge
More than a Quarter-million troops (250,000) have been sent to take part of the deadliest battle of the war in the west. The U.S 106th Division got destroyed, but bought time for Bruce C. Clarke's defence strategy.
