-
Japanese Invasion of China
Japan-China War
Japan invaded China using the excuse that China fired first. Japan then -
-
German Blitzkrieg
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a war tactic. The Germans used this tactic to disable the military of the enemy. Basically Blitzkrieg is to create disorganization in other militaries. Germans did a test rn of this trategy in Poland before using it against Belgium. The same trategy was used again in 1940 by Erwin Rommel. -
Fall of Paris
Fall of Paris
Parisians were woken up on this day to the sound of German voices telling them of a new curfew at 8pm. Anyone outside after 8 would be shot on sight. Germans entered paris and took of the city without warning the Parisians had no choice put to surrender. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa
On this date Hitler sent in an army to invade the Soviet Union. The invasion was two thousand miles long. To Hitler's disliking he had underestimated his ooponet. The Soviet Unin was able to defend themselves fairly well. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese planes attack our naval base near Honalulu. The Japanese were able to destroy 20 american naval vessels. This included 200 airplanes and eight gigantic battle ships. Although, the attack only lasted a few hours this was a very devistating and damaging attack. -
Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference
This is the conference where the Germans figure out "the fianl solution" for the Jews. The meeting came to pass due to the Germans needing another remedy to kill of the Jews faster. The result of this meeting were the gas chamber that at least 1000 a day. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Goorrah
During this event British bomers bombed Hamburg, Germany by night while throlughout the day we bombed the Germans. More than 1,500 civilians died that first day of bombing. The British felt that is was time for the Germans to get ataste of their own medicine. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
Allied Invasion of Italy
By invading Italy we were trying to insure the Mediterranean and the divert German divisions. After fighting for 38 days the US and Great Britain were succseful at taking out the Germans of Sicily. -
D-Day
D-Day
One of the bloodiest days in history is without a doubt D-Day. On this date we landed on five beaches in France to kick out the Germans. The Germans were waiting for us to arrive to shoot anyone that got off the boats. This resulted to the bloodiest day in history. More than 156,000 Americans died. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap
Two months after D-Day we believed that the German military was approaching a collapse. This belief is what triggered the Operation Thunderclap. The plan was to bomb the Germans to finsih them but a Psycologist said it was almost like a terrorist attack, as a result of his comment we didn't not use this operation. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Iwo Jima
Roghly 23.000 troops defended Iwo Jima. After a month they cleared out the naval force due to this event it one a place in American history. In pictures it shows troops raising the American flag. -
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was the last and biggest battle on the Pacific islands. 287,000 American troops were involved with this battle. 130,000 Japanese troops were involved. Japan lost 77,000 troops. -
VE Day
VE Day
This was a rejoicing day for Americans and Great Britain. This was the day that the Germans put down their arms and surrendered. The Nazis had finally been defeated and the Jews were being freed. More flags flew this day than any other day. -
Liberation of the Concentration Camps
Liberation of the Concentration Camps
On this date we stepped on the grounds of Madnjek and saw how much death there was. Later on in January we went to Aushwitz and saw how many Jews were left behind to die. There were so many women jacket and mens suits and shoes. -
Dropping of the atomic bomb
Dropping of the atomic bomb
Truman realized the only way to finish the war with Japan was witht this weapon that would kill so many. He had no choice but to drop this bomb to end this war for good. Our soldiers were exhausted and weary and Japanese would not surrender. Truman had to drop the atomic bomb. -
VJ Day
VJ Day
VJ Day stands for Victoryover Japan Day. Although it is recognized in August the actual surrender date was Septemeber 2nd. This event was the actual end of World War II. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler sent in troops to seperate Allied forces using the blitzkrieg tactic. This caught Americans off-guard. As the Germans worked their way through there was bulge in the line of Allies.
