World War 2 project

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  • Japanese invasion of China

    source The Japanese said that Chinese troops attacked them at a Bridge near Beijing. This was an excuse to invade China. The Japanese were given the permission to go and kill people in Nanjing. They have killed about 250,000 people. They took control of Chinese people, and all the major cities in China. The reason for Japan's horrible behavior was that they wanted their country to grow, and China had the resources that could help in expanding their country.

  • Germany's Invasion of Poland

    sourceGermany invaded Poland with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes. They bombed the city. Thousands of people died. The Germans took over Poland. Conquering Poland would give Germans more living space.

  • German Blitzkrieg

    sourcesourceThe blitzkrieg was a military tactic used in Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands and France. It was used to bomb cities. Obviously the Blitzkrieg killed thousands of people, and trashed cities. The purpose of the blitzkrieg was to basically destroy the enemy.

  • Operation Barbarossa

    sourceHitler wanted to invade Russia, to gain control of its territory. So, he went to the Soviet Union, with over three million soldiers and three thousand tanks. Soviets had more tanks and aircraft than Germans. Germans did do damage to the Soviet Union, but the operation failed. Germans got affected to because it was winter and soldiers froze to death.

  • Wannsee Conference

    sourceThis conference was made to discuss destroying the Jews. People wanted to support Hitler's decision of torturing the Jews. Hitler got what he wanted, and killed millions of Jews.

  • Bataan Death March

    sourceBataan Peninsula surrenders to the Japanese. The American and Fillipino troops were forced to march to prison camps. They marched in the heat, and they were treated badly by Japanese guards. Thousands of them died.

  • Battle of Midway

    sourceThe U.S., Great Britain, and China, wanted to make Japan surrender so that the war would come to an end.

  • D-Day

    sourceAllied troops went to the beaches of Normandy, France, to fight the Germans. They had a lot of ships and aircraft. Tragically, a lot of allies died, but they were able to defeat Hitler's troops.

  • Dropping of the atomic bombs

    sourceThe U.S. drops an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. It killed 80,000 people very quickly. Others died a little later from poison and wounds. The purpose of the bomb was to end the war.

  • VE Day

    sourceThis was considered a victory day, because the germans surrendered. This was a very happy day, because the Germans could no longer hurt people.

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