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Japanese invasion of China
Japan Invades China
Japan invades and takes over China starting with Manchuria. Japan wanted to take over all of Asia. China was taken over by the Japanese. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany invades half of Poland without any problem while the other half was invaded by the Soviet Union. Germany wanted to take over all the Europe. This is the start of the absolute takeover of Europe by the Germans. -
German Blitzkrieg
German Blitzkrieg
Germany uses a new type of warfare called blitzkreig when invading Poland. Germany wanted to take over all of world. It started Germany's takeover of europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Hitler attempted to split up the allied forces by a surprise blitzkrieg. It was going well until the allied forces created a sort of 'bulge' defensive that drived the germans back. Adolf Hitler tried to split up the allied forces. It foiled the Germans plan to take back the land they had lost. -
Fall of Paris
Fall of Paris
Germany takes over a almost empty Paris. France was hoping for support by the Americans but the US decided to stay out of it and most of France decided to flee. The effect was after this the US no longer supplied goods to the axis powers. -
Pearl Harbor
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor' >Pearl Harbor</>
Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese believed that the US would join the war soon so they tried to destroy them before they did. It brought the US into WW2. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler tries but fails to conquer the Soviet Union. Hitler wanted to take out the Soviet Union. It was the turning point in the war because it forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war against a coalition possessing immensely superior resources. -
Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference
15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." To decide what they would do with the jews. This was the begining of the Holocaust. -
Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March
Japan had captured approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops and sent them on a 65 mile walk to the prison camps. The Ameican and Filipino troops had been captured on Bataan. The effect of this was thousands of people died. -
Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway
Japan attempts to ambush the US navy but the US finds out and stops them. Japan was trying to destroy the US navy. The effect was it pretty much wiped out the entire Japanese navy. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad
The Soviet Union held off the Germans at Stalingrad. Germany wanted to take over all of Europe so they tried to take Stalingrad from the Soviet Union. The effect was it brought about a turning point in the war that now favored the allies. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers attack the german city of Hamburg at night while the US bombs them by day. To stop the germans from having total control of the world. It showed to most of the germans the end of the war. -
Allied invasion of Italy
Allied invasion of Italy
The Allies invaded Italy. Italy was apart of the axis power so the allies wanted to take them out of the war. The effect was that Italy was taken out of the war. -
D-Day
D-Day
More than 160,000 Allied troops landed near the coastline of Normandy, France to try to take France back from the germans. To take back France from Germany. It was the last thing we needed to beat Germany. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap
The Allies bombed the eastern-most cities of Germany. The Allies beleived this would disrupt the transport infrastructure. The Allies also believed this would show the german citizens that they had already lost. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Iwo Jima
The USA tried to and suceeded in capturing Iwo Jima. The USA wanted to take over Iwo Jima so US bomber pilots damaged in Japan didn't have to go all the way back to the Marianas. The effects of this victory led to the US having a base of sorts where they could bomb Japan without having to travel very far. -
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Okinawa
287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army were up agianst 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. They were fighting for control of air bases vital to the invasion of Japan. The effects were it gave America another way to invade Japan. -
VE Day
VE Day (Victory in Europe)
Great Britain and The US celebrate the defeat of nazi germany and the end of war in Europe. This event happened because Germany surrendered on this day. The effects it brought were the end of war in Europe. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
Dropping of the atomic bombs
Two atomic bombs were dropped on to Japanese cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The US wanted to end the war as soon as possible so they sent the first atomic bomb but when the Japanese did not surrender they sent another one. The effects of doing this led to the end of the war in Japan. -
VJ Day
VJ Day (Victory in Japan)
On this day Japan surrendered after having two atomic bombs go off in two of their cities. This marked the end of WW II.
