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Japanese Invasion of China
source The Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops. The Japanese invasion made most Chinese into nationalists; the old responsibilities to the family came second. The national spirit and the unity forged at the level of the state bloomed at the same time that the bedrock of society, the family, was being broken down by the chaos. -
German Blitzkrieg
sourceA German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and air power. The Blitzkreig happened because Germany wanted to build up their power and hey felt like the European forces were holding them back. By attacking the European countries directly. Blitzkrieg impacted the use of aircraft and tank technologies. They were the first to become armoured warfare. -
Germanys Invasion of Poland
History.comGermany invades Poland as a primer to the strategy that Hitler will use called "Blitzkrieg".Adolf Hitler and his army bombard Poland with fire and bombs.Germany plowed their way through Poland. Because German invaded Poland it gave Hitler the ability to start camps for people who opposed his ideology. -
Operation Barbarossa
History.com Adolf Hitler had launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. Barabossa was a curcial turning pont in war because then Germany had to fight a two'front war.Since this happened Germany probably could not win. -
Pearl Harbor
sourceHundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet. The impact was that Japanese allies Germany and Italy declared war on the United States alonng with Japan and America finally jooined WWII. -
Wannsee Conference
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Nazi officials meet to discuss the details of the “Final Solution” of the “Jewish the final solution meant exterminating Jews and other people who did not fit in to Germanys plan.Heydrich met with Adolf Eichmann and discussed how to kill or get rid of people for the 'final solution" this caused the death of many. -
Battaan Death March
History.comJapanese defeated and took in American troops and marched them to prison camps more than a thousand people died on the way. -
Battle of Midway
History.comJapanese wanted to sink American aircraft carriers.American broke the Japanese codes and was able to make a surprise attack on them. -
Battle of Stalingrad
sourceA successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the Russian S.F.S.R. during World War II. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favour of the Allies. Stalingrad was a large industrial city producing armaments and tractors and was an important prize in itself for the invading army. Russians consider it to be the greatest battle of their Patriotic War, most historians consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. -
Warshaw Ghetto Uprising
source Hitler decided to liquidate the ghettos and, within 18 months, had the more than two million Jews who’d survived the ghettos deported to death camps. Warsaw ghetto fighters fired upon German troops as they tried to round up another group of ghetto inhabitants for deportation. Fighters used a small supply of weapons that had been smuggled into the ghetto. After a few days, the troops retreated. This small victory inspired the ghetto fighters to prepare for future resistance. -
Kasserine Pass
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This was the first of the United States defeat in war. General Rommel was dispatched to help an axis power who was losing their territorial gains to the British.1,000 american troops were killed in this battle. -
Operation Gomorrah
sourceBritish bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week." The explosive power was the equivalent of what German bombers had dropped on London in their five most destructive raids. The bombage happened for Propaganda. They thoought it would be the first time the Nazis would call for peace. Operation Gomorrah proved devastating, Hitler would not visit the burned out cities because all it meant to him was the end to the war. -
D-Day
History.comThe British and Canadians overcame light opposition to capture beaches codenamed Gold, Juno and Sword, as did the Americans at Utah Beach. U.S. forces faced heavy resistance at Omaha Beach, there were over 2,000 American who died.According to some estimates, more than 4,000 Allied troops lost their lives in the D-Day invasion, with thousands more wounded or missing. They were successful. -
Battle of the Bulge
sourceThe Germans created a “bulge” around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front.
The launch is the last major offensive of the war, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium. The United States also suffered its second-largest surrender of troops of the war -
Battle of Iwo Jima
sourceThe American invasion of Iwo Jima was sparked by the desire for a place where B-29 bombers damaged over Japan could land without returning all the way to the Marianas. The battle was marked by changes in Japanese defense tactics, troops no longer defended at the beach line but rather concentrated inland. The entire garrison was wiped out. American losses included 5,900 dead and 17,400 wounded. -
VE Day
(Victory over Germany Day). The public holiday celebrated to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It marked the end of World War II in Europe. They got their victory by the defeat of Germany (Italy having already surrendered). The date is still celebrate today as a mark in history. -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invaded the island of Okinawa and engaged the Japanese in the most bloodiest Pacific war.Japna lost 77,000 soldiers and the Allies lost 14,000 soldiers. This battle was fought on an island and in this battle the generals from both sides died. -
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Hiroshima
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An American bomber dropped the first atomic bomb over the city Hiroshima. THis city had innocent men,women and chilrdren and the bomb killed 80,000 people.Another bomb was dropped in Nagasaki killing 40,000 people. -
VJ Day
source(Victory over Japan Day). It was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. The Potsdam Declaration, issued by Allied leaders on July 26, 1945, called on Japan to surrender; if it did, it was promised a peaceful government according to “the freely expressed will of the Japan. Coming months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close.
