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Japanese invasion of China
On July 7, 1937a clash occurred between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China. When this clash was followed by indications of intensified military activity on the part of Japan, Secretary of State Hull urged upon the Japanese Government a policy of self-restraint. This happened when China full scale resisted the expansion of Japanese influence. Japan's defeat in 1945 ended its occupation on China. -
Germany’s invasion of Poland
On september 1, 1939, German forces bombarded Poland on land and from the air becuase Hitler wanted to regain lost territory and rule Poland. THis event was the start of World War II. -
German Blitzkrieg
The German's first use of the Blitzkieg, is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower, was during the invasion of Poland. The BLitzkeig caused German air power prevented the enemy from adequately resupplying or redeploying forces and thereby from sending reinforcements to seal breaches in the front. German forces could in turn encircle opposing troops and force surrender. -
Fall of Paris
Paris fell to Germany on June 14, 1940, a month after the German Wehrmacht invaded France. France signed an armstrice with the Germans, and a puppet French state was set up. The French continued to fight and the Resistance was formed to resist Nazi rule. -
Pearl Harbor
On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii.The Japanese plan was to destroy the Pacific Fleet. That way, the Americans would not be able to fight back as Japan’s armed forces spread across the South Pacific. One after the attack, Congress voted to declare war on Japan. -
Bataan Death March
After the U.S. surrender od the Bataan Peninsula to the Japanese during World War ll, around 75,000 Flipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a 65 mile march to prison camps. THe marchers marched in intense heat and were treated harshly by Japanese gueards. THe march took each group of 100 people about 5 days ro complete. After the war, the Japanese leader who conducted the march was held responsible and was executed. -
Allied invasion of Italy
On September 3, the 8th Army, led by Field Marshall Montgomery, began an invasion on the Italian mainland and the Italian government agreed to surrender to the allies. In the agerement, the Italians would be treated with lieniency if they aided the allies in expelling the Germans from Italy. The surrender of the Italians to the Allies set up a path of surrendern for Germany. -
D-Day
On June 6, 1944, more than 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. The Normandy invasion began to turn the tide against the Nazis. -
Liberation of concentration camps
On July 23, 1944, soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camps at the Majdnek camp in Poland and overrun other killing centers. The liberation of these camps led to the fall over other camps including the olargest killing center, Auschwitz. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
On February 19, 1945, American troops invaded the Japanese coast line, Iwo Jima, due to a need for a base near the Japanese coast. The marine soldiers wiped out the Japanese soldiers after a month of fighting. This battlle was one of the last in the war. -
Battle of Okinawa
The battle of Okinawa was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of WWll. The battle was the Japanese's last chance at winning but they were defeated. This bsttle was the last and biggest of the acific island battles. -
VE Day
VE Day, or Victory in Europe Day, marked the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War ll of Nazi Germany's surrender of its armed forces. The day was largely celebrated throughout the U.S, and Europe because the Nazi war machine would no longer be a threat. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.The explosion wiped out 90% of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. Three days later, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, which killed 40,000. Due to this, Japan's emporer announced his country's surrender in World War ll. -
VJ Day
On August 15, 1945, the news that Japan had surrendered was announced over the radio. The surrender was the final ending of World War ll. The day is known as VJ Day, or Victory over Japan Day in honor of the end to the war.
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