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Japanese invasion on china
Japanese invasion of China Japan invaded China in 1937 because Japan wanted imperial power. Japan economically needed more resources and militaristically Japan was controlled by hard-line officers. Japan wanted to prove they were strong and to subjugate China because China had been the power in East Asia. -
Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking December 13th, 1937, the Japanese imperial army marched into Nanking, the capital city of china, and murdered 300,000 people out of the population of 600,00. this massacre lasted for 6 weeks. The japanese attacked due to being furious about china's resistance to back down during th battle of Shanghai. Many citzens in Nanking were brutally murdered, including pregnant women. The result of this massacre is the title of being one of the worst events to ever happen during World War II. -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
Ribbentrop/Molotov PactThe Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact was both an economic and nonagression agreement. The economic factor provided Germany the privilege to echange manufactured goods with the Soviet Union for their raw materials. The nonagression portion was an agreement not to attack one another. The pact also reassured the Germans that their attack on Poland would go underlooked by the Soviets. The pact was one of the causes for World War II because Germany attacked Poland which was protected by Britain and France. -
Germany's invasion on Poland
Germany's invasion of Poland September 1st, 1939 was the day that Germany attacked Poland and caused anothe World War. The Poland army had lost wihin weeks of the attack. The German's attacked knowing that Poland's defenses were weak and they wanted land. France and Britain had a pact to protect Poland if the were ever to be attacked. When the German's attacked Poland, France and Britain decided to declare war. -
German Blitzkrieg
German Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg is a german term for "lightning war". It was a tactic of destroying an enemies barriers during war. the first time that the German's ever used it was during their invasion on Poland. Then they used it more frequently during the second world war and wiped out 4 nations combined forces within 6 weeks. -
Fall of Paris
Fall of Paris This day was the day that the Germans invaded Paris, making 2 million parisians flee from their homes. As soon as German troops entered Paris they had interrogated and arrested many Paris citzens. They tainted Paris by hanging a gigantic swastika flag beneath the Arc de Triomphe, a Paris monument. On June 14th, 1940, President Roosevelt from the US froze all the American assets of the Axis powers. -
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa This timespan was filled with Germny attacking and trying to conquer The Soviet Union. What the German troops didn't know was that this was a challenge greater than what they had expected. Weather was the worst obstacle for the Germans. Russian weather caused Germany to slack. they were not prepared for the harsh winters that were to come. In early December the Germans made a slow retreat as the Soviets beat them. Operation Barbarossa was an attempt to conquer but the German's failed to succeed. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl HarborPearl Harbor was the day tht the United States would finally join the second world war. The US made this decision when Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was attacked by Japanese aircrafts, killing more than 2,000 US soldiers. The day after the United States declared war on Japan which then led to the Japanese allies, Germany and Italy, to declre war on the US. More than two years after World War II, the US was finally ready to fight for and protect their country. -
Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March After the surrender of US troops to the Japanese in the Bataan Peninsula which was located in a major Philippine Island, the US troops and Filipino troops were forced by the Japanese to walk 65 miles to prison camps. The march was made in scorching temperatures and the marching troops were brutally treated by the Japanese troops. This was the first time that the US surrendered after the Pearl Harbor attack. -
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Battle of Midway
Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway was a short battle that the Japanese caused with the US because the Japanese wanted to sink the last battleships that didn't sink during the Pearl Harbor attack. The Japanese lost to the United States troops because of the US's ability to break japanese codes that were sent back and forth. This victory allowed the US and their allies an advantage in their offenses during World War II. -
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Warsaw Ghettto Uprising
Warsaw Ghetto UprisingThe Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was when German troops murdrered over 300,000 Jews and relocated 265,000 to a killing center known as the Treblinka killing center. Another 11,580 Jews were forced to laboring camps where they were treated very poorly. 20,000 Jewish people were in hiding in the Warsaw Ghetto because they didnt want to be murdered, relocated, or deported and they werent one of the 35,000 Jews were allowed to stay in the ghetto.Jews that were enraged made the Jewish Combat Organization. -
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Allied Invasion on Italy
Allied invasion on ItalyThe Allied invasion was led by British Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery and the U.S. General George S. Patton. The invasion took place in Sicily, Italy. The british army attacked from the southeast region of the island and the U.S. army invaded the south coast. Within a few days there were 150,000 Aliied troops invading Sicily, Italy. The British troops took over the Italian government and the Italians surrendered, they were followed by German troops surrendering that were in Italy at the time. -
D-Day(Normandy Invasion)
D-Day(Normandy Invasion)D-Day began as 156,000 troops from the American, British and Canadian forces landed on a variety of beaches in a 50-mile radius in Normandy, France. The attack was a well planned invasion that went down in history. The Allies planned a different attack to steer German troops away from the site they were going to really invade. By the end of August in 1944 the Allies had taken complete control over northern France and by the upcoming spring, they had defeated the Germans as well. -
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Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the BulgeThe Battle of the Bulge was caused by Adolf Hitler wanting to disperse the Allied powers in northwest Europe. Adolf Hitler surprised the Allied powers in Blitzkrieg with one of the most deadliest attacks in World War II as their last resort to win the war.As the German armies drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to take over bridgeheads west of the River Meuse quickly, the line defining the Allied front took on the look of a large bulge, giving The Battle Of the Bulge it's name. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Liberation of Concentration CampsAllied troops waltzed across Europe on January 27th, 1945 and discovered many concentration camps being run by the Germans. The occupants in these concentration camps were ill with disease and starved. The Germans tried to cover up their mass murdering by destroying any evidence of what they were doing. They tried setting everything on fire but the crematoriums they used to burn bodies remained. The Allied troops had liberated 14 concentration camps. -
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Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Iwo JimaThe Americans attack on Iwp Jima Japan was due to American armies wanting a base on the Japanese coast. About 23,000 Japanese troops defended and fouht for their land but soon lost after a month of fighting. The Japanese fought from a painstaking network of caves, dugouts, tunnels, and underground installations that were difficult to uncover and destroy. -
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Battle of Okinawa
Battle of OkinawaThis battle involved 287,000 American troops against 130,000 soldiers. Over 100,000 innocent civilians were killed during the battle on Okinawa island. The American troops and Japanese troops both lost their comanding generals. American general Simon B. Buckner by artillery fire, Japanese general Ushijima Mitsuru by suicide. The Americans were fighting for the vital air bases for the future invasion on Japan that the Japanese were trying to keep in tact. -
VE Day
VE DayMay 8th, 1945 was the day that American and European troops finally could celebrate their victory again Germany due to Germany surrendering. Most Germans tried fleeting to resist being captured and put into different prisons. over 1 million Germans were put into prisons, making a total of 2 million Germans captured throughout all World War II. “The age-long struggle of the Slav nations… has ended in victory. Your courage has defeated the Nazis. The war is over.” -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
Dropping of the Atomic BombsThe United States was the first ever nation to use nuclear weaponry during a war when they dropped and lauunched an atomic bomb on both japanese cities, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombs were first tested during the Manhattan Project in New Mexico where the scientist that created it, watched. The two bombs killed over more than 12,000 civilians. The two attacks were within three days of eachother. Three days after the second bomb was dropped, the Japanese surrendered to the United States. -
VJ Day
VJ Day On August 14th, 1945, the United States celebrated their victory against the Japanese after the Japanese surrendered. All over the U.S. people in various different cities were celebrating for the victory. All races came together as one to celebrate America's win of World War II after Germany soon surrendered after the Japanese.
