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Japanese Invasion of China
<a href='http://http://histclo.com/essay/war/ww2/camp/pac/china/w2c-inv.html' in 1939 Japanese moved south, seizing control of most of eastern china and all of the major ports by the time war broke out in Europe.The Japanesse was unable to destory Kuominting Army -
Gemany's Invasion of Poland
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 September 1, 1939 , Germany invaded Poland. Polish army was defeated within weeks of invassion. German units with more than 2,000 tanks and 1,000 planes they broke trough Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement. -
German Blitzkrieg
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/blitzkrieg_01.shtml BEF had sailed froFrance believing that they and their French ally were well equipped and well trained to fight a modern war. -
FALL OF PARIS
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/fall_france_01.shtml In 1939, as World War Two loomed, the British and French planned to fight an updated version of what happened in 1914-18 during World War One, but with some essential differences. -
Operation Barbarossa
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2011/07/world-war-ii-operation-barbarossa/100112/ Nazi Germany and its Axis allies began a massive invasion of the Soviet Union named Operation Barbarossa -- some 4.5 million troops launched a surprise attack deployed from German-controlled Poland, Finland, and Romania. -
Pearl Harbor
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq66-1.htm The United States had important political and economic interests in East Asia, was alarmed by these Japanese moves. The U.S. increased military and financial aid to China, embarked on a program of strengthening its military power in the Pacific and cut off the shipment of oil and other raw materials to Japan. -
Wannsee Conference
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477 Nazi party and German goverment officlas came together at a Villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to talk about the implementation of what they called the Final Solution of the Jewish Question. -
Bataan Death March
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march The men were divided diffrent groups of approximately 100. Which became known as the Bataan Death March typically took each group around five days to complete. -
Battle of Midway
http://www.history.navy.mil/midway/midwaybattle-index.htm Knowing Japanese intentions and the forces involved, Nimitz maintained the emphasis on the central Pacific, and sent cursory forces, sans aircraft carriers, to the Aleutians. -
Battle of Stalingrad
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_stalingrad.htm The battle at Stalingrad bled the German army dry in Russia and after this defeat, the Germany Army was in full retreat. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007745 Jews in ghettos in the Eastern Europe tried to orginize resistance against the Germans. -
Operation of Gomorrah
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched Britian only lost 2 aircrafts thanks to a new technologi they used to tell wheater their planes are gonna run into someone. -
Battle of the Bulge
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battle_of_the_bulge.htm Hitlerconvinced himself that the alliance between Britain, France and America in the western of Europe was not strong and that a major attack and defeat would break up the alliance. -
Operation Thunderclap
http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/6320-operation-thunderclap he general name given to this plan was Operation Thunderclap, but it had been decided not to implement it until the military situation in Germany was critical.
The Air Ministry issued a directive to Bomber Command , at the end of January -
Battle of Iwo Jami
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima The American invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. -
Battle of Okinawa
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa this was the last and the biggest battles of World War 2. The Okinawa campaign involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese. -
VE Day
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ve_day.htm Victory in Europe Day (VE Day) was on May 8th 1945. VE Day officially announced the end of World War Two in Europe. -
D-Day
http://www.army.mil/d-day/ June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France. General Dwight D. Eisenhower called the operation a crusade in which “we will accept nothing less than full victory.” -
Potsdam Declaration
http://www.ndl.go.jp/constitution/e/etc/c06.html The Japanese military forces, after being completely disarmed, shall be permitted to return to their homes with the opportunity to lead peaceful and productive lives. -
Dropping of the atomic Bombs
https://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/abomb.htm President Harry Truman had many alternatives at his disposal for ending the war: invade the Japanese mainland, hold a demonstration of the destructive power of the atomic bomb for Japanese dignitaries, drop an atomic bomb on selected industrial Japanese cities, bomb and blockade the islands, wait for Soviet entry into the war on August 15, or mediate a compromised peace. -
VJ Day
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies ending World War II. Since then, August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.”