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Japanese Invasion of China
In 1937 skirmishing between Japanese and Chinese troops on the frontier led to what became known as the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. This fighting sparked a full-blown conflict, the Second Sino-Japanese War. Under the terms of the Sian Agreement, the Chinese Nationalists (KMT) and the CCP now agreed to fight side by side against Japan. The Communists had been encouraged to negotiate with the KMT by Stalin, who saw Japan as an increasing threat on his Far Eastern border, and began supplying arms t -
Germany's invasion of Poland
The Germans brought troops, trucks, and tanks a crossed the border. German aircraft and artillery bombed Poland's capital, Warsaw. -
German Blitzkrieg
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940. The blitzkrieg was -
Operation Barbarossa
codename for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was a day in American history that should always be remembered. It changed the course of WWII and history. This is a timeline of what led to that day and beyond. -
Wannsee Conference
conference in Germany concerning the plan to murder European Jews. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah was an aerial bombing campaign that occurred in the European Theater of Operations during World War II. -
Operation Thunderclap
The Air Ministry had, for several months, been considering a series of particularly heavy area raids on German cities with a view to causing such confusion and consternation that the hard-stretched German war machine and civil administration would break down and the war would end. The 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 critica. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
The Western Allies of World War II launched the largest amphibious invasion in history when they assaulted Normandy, located on the northern coast of France -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The Battle of Iwo Jima was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa
This battle was the last hope for the Japanese and many already knew of the defeat that lay ahead but merely fought in the name of honor. -
Ve Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day, VE Day or simply V Day was the public holiday. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, instantly killing around 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, causing the deaths of 40,000 more. -
VJ Day
Victory in Japan Day- Japan formally and unconditionally surrenders. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe.
