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Japanes invasion of China-1937
The Japanese invading China becomes well known as the Marco Polo Bridge incident .stalin saw that Japan was becoming an increasing threat on the est side, so he started supplying China with weapons.China received aid from Germany,USA, Britian, and France after the incident. Japan's Air Force bombed China, causing many deaths in China's cities. -
Germany invades Poland -1939
Germany invades Poland on September 1st, 1939. Over 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes were used to defeat the Polish defense within weeks.September 27 was the day that Warsaw surrendered to Germany. By October, a man named Hans Frank controlled the remainder of Germany's conquered Poland. -
German Blitskriegs-1939-1940
On May 10, Germany used blitzkrieg attack on the Netherlands. Blitskriegs mean "lightning war" and is Nazis military tactic where you attack unexpectedly creating confusion among the enemy troops. Blitskrieg is based on a doctrine formed during WW1 for a quick victory. The point of the military tactic is to set large mobile forces through weak enemy points. -
Battle of Britian-1940
The Battle of Britain was fought over the English chann.Britian had a very strong air defense system that utilize the new technology radar.Germany had a plan called operation Sea Lion meant to scare Britian but it was never used due to difficulties. Due to Royal Air Force this is the first battle lost by Germany -
Operation Barbarossa- 1941
Operation Barbarossa is an attack on Russia by the Germans. the plan took place towards north USSR making Leningrad and Moscow a valued target.Early in the takeover , Germany gained much of Russia's land. Due to inclement weather, the Germans couldn't take Moscow as planned. -
Pearl Harbor - 1941
Japan had two sets of planes fly over Pearl Harbor on December 7,1941. By the end of the attack, 2,000 soldiers were killed,8 battleships, and 2,000 airplanes are destroyed. the attack destroyed famous ships like U.S.S. Arizona and injured the U.S.S. Oklahoma. Once the U.S. Declared war on Japan, the axis powers declared war on the U.S. -
Operation Thunderclap- 1941
Operation Thunderclap was there for execution unless Germany's military was in critical condition, which they soon did become.the plan is a bombing on Dresden , Germany's capital.bad weather cancelled the first bombing scheduled by America.it is thought around 90,000 died from the bombings of Dresden and Hamburg. -
Wannsee Conference-1942
On January 20, 1942, hug ranked German officials met together during the Wannsee conference .During this meeting, they discussed the final decision for Jews. At first,all the Jews were going to be departed to Madagascar, but the final decision changed into making Jews work for labor gangs.Due to the Wannsee conference, the holocaust was its result. -
Bataan death march -1942
The Bataan death march was caused by the U.S. surrender of the Bataan peninsula to the Japanese.it was a 65 mile walk of Filipino and American troops to prison camps being guarded by the Japanese. Many troops died because of guards killing them off once too weak to continue the walk well.once at the camps, even more POWs died because diseases, mistreatment,and starvation. -
Battle of Midway-1942
The Japanese were coming back for mire after the devastating attack on petal harbor.luckily, the U.S. Knew of this second attack and counteracted it.thus is a strong win needed by America aftebthe attack on Pearl Harbor.the U.S. aircrafts went out to sea and destroyed most of the bombers before they could get close to U.S. territory. -
Battle of Stalingrad-1942
This battle is when Russia stops Germany's movement into the USSR and the allies have a chance.tha battle was fought in the street, so nearly 2 million civilians and solders died.On February 2, 1943, General Paulus surrendered With his 91,000 men to give the USSR the win.this was an embarrasment for hitler and his army who do well with blitzkrieg. -
D-day( Normandy invasion)-1944
D- Day, also code name Overlord, was from June to August. There were 156,000 American,British, and Canadian troops that deployed on five beaches that were 50 miles long.D-Day was suppose to happen on June 5, but got delayed due to bad weather.in conclusion, there was over 4,000 casualties- 2,000 which were Americans. -
Liberation of concentration camps-1944
The liberation of camps was a walk across Germany liberating all of those in camps and being abuse by the nazis.the soviets met their first camp near Lubin,Poland during July.when liberated, the allies had the prisoners walk west, soon known as death march.when the nazis knew the allies were coming, they would try to hide underground,but some of the prisoners resisted and kept the guards on campus. -
Battle of Iowa Jima- 1945
From February to March, the Americans and Japanese waged a battle in the pacific islands. The islands of Iwoa Jima were important to America as a resting place for bomber planes.the battle utilitised the most U.S.M.C. In WW2. There were five Marin divisions used to gain control of different parts of the island. -
Battle of Okinawa - 1945
The battle of Okinawa was the biggest amphibious battle in the pacific theatre in WW2. The island's importance were the four airfields the U.S. needed for their bombers. The Japanese kamikazed over 193 planes, while only 169 being destroyed. By July 2nd, America captured the island Okinawa. -
VE Day- 1945
Victory in Europe day is the day of the end of WW2, which happened May 7th.many governments allowed for illegal activites due for celebrations.Hitler killed himself on April 30, and his successor, Admiral Karl Doenitz, sent a general to agree for terms to end the war. On May 7, general Jody was forced to surrender for Germany. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs-1945
The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima instantly killed 80,000 people. Few days later , 40,000 people died from a bomb on Nagasaki.The point of the atomic bombs were to end the war with Japan quick and to show off new weapons of destruction.the two bombing on Japan are leading factors to the Cold War with USSR. -
VJ Day-1945
On September 2nd, the U.S. Gains victory hover Japan in the war. The leading factors to their surrender is the dropping of the atomic bombs.At the end of WW2 , 150,000 soldiers were moved from Europs to the pacific front. the surrender of Japan was August 2, but the signing of documents were September 2. -
Nuremberg trials- 1945
The Nuremberg trials is the case meant to charge Germany of their crimes.The trials are held in Nuremberg! One of the few German cities with a standing courthouse, also where hitler heldfamous rallies.The four court cases trailed were: conspiracy to wage aggressive war, waging an aggressive war, war crimes, and crimes against humanity.when the main war trials were done, it took two more years to do minor trials. -
Battle of the Bulge - 1945
On December 16, the 6th Panzer's army fort was under attack by the Germans army.The germans plan was to get in between the British and American's territories and take control of one of thier resources. the attack was chose during the winter to keep the allied powers out of the sky, but also slowed them down. It concludes with the Americans their ground and the nazis losing.
