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Japanese Invasion of China
What Happened
Japan invaded China and blew up key ports in China, and also desroyed homes and buildings.
Why it Happened
Japan claimed that China shot at them, so they were defending themselves.
The Effects/Impacts of the Event
Almost 300,000 Chinese deaths, 80,000 million women were raped in this event. Key exports were destroyed.
2 Interesting Facts
America, Germany, and Britain sent weapons to China to defend themselves.
Germany helped China out, but soon left them and joined Japan -
Rape of Nanking
What Happened
When Japan invaded China, they soon began to rape women from many different age groups.
Why is Happened
The Japanese got bored so they decided to rape women as a way to not be bored, and it became a competition.
The Effects
More then 20,000 women got raped and killed by Japanese soliders so nobody could say anything about it.
1-2 Facts
If Japanese soliders found out that a woman was pregnant they would split their stomachs open and rip the fetus out -
Germany's Invasion on Poland
What Happened
Germany went in and took over Poland.
Why it Happened
Germany and the Soviets made a pact saying that Poland should be split between two powers. Germany did this so the Soviets wouldn't interfere when they invaded.
The effects of the event
Germany completly annexed the Eastern part of Poland under Hans Franc.
1-2 Facts
Germany soon after invaded the Soviets and took over the rest of Poland
Poland remained under German rule until June 1945 -
German Blitzkrieg
What Happened
Germany used Airplanes to drop bombs and tanks to increase firepower.
Why it Happened
Germany wanted to use a more direct form of warfare, and they were practicing before they invaded Belgium.
The effects of the event
They destoryed a huge part of Poland in the process
1-2 Facts
Germany called it Lightning Warfare
When other countires heard about this tactic, they began to use it as well, one of them being America. -
Fall of Paris
What Happened
Germans invaded Paris and took people from the streets and interogated and tried them.
Why it Happened
Germans wanted to occupy all of Europe and soon the World, so they took over what they could.
The Effects
France was taken over and they began to have a new set of laws and many of the French fled before Germany invaded.
1-2 Facts
Churchill tried tell Paul Reynaud not to call America in for aid because they need to try to wait it out, but Reynaud did it anyway. -
Operation Barbossa
What Happened
Hitler was trying to invade the Soviet Union, and he didn't expect that they would be ready to fight back.
Why it Happened
Germany wanted to exterminate all of the Jews and take the Slavic population.
The Effects/Impacts
Germany had to go up against two lines of armies, Germany left to go into Moscow, but the roads were muddy and hard to get through
1-2 Facts
This event was the turning point of the War for Germany because Barbosa failed. -
Pearl Harbor
What Happened
Japan bomed a big Amercian Navel base near Honolulu, Hawaii.
Why it Happened
America and Japan had been rivals for a while, but Japan decided to take action, it also had to do with Amercia's exports.
The Effects
A ton of people lost their lives and FDR says to the citizens that this is a day that will live in Infamy.
1-2 Facts
FDR also said "They have Awokened the Sleeping Giant."
Nobody even thought that Japan would ever attack America. -
Wannsee Conference
What Happened
15 of the biggest German leaders got together to talk about the Final Solution to extermiate the Jewish people.
Why It Happened
Hitler wanted to figure out a quick way for them to continue with what they were doing quickly.
The Effects
In the minutes of the confernece they made many laws against Jewish people that could get them into trouble if commited.
1-2 Facts
There were many laws saying that Jewish people could not marry a German or they would sent to a ghetto. -
Bataan Death March
What Happened
Japan took American and Filipino soliders and forced them to walk 65 miles as prisoners.
Why it Happaned
American's and Filipino's surrendered to the Japanese, so they took them as prisioners.
The Effects
Thousands of soliders were killed in this because of the brutality of their captors.
1-2 Facts
The Japanese leader said to have lead the death march was killed April 3, 1946 because of this war crime. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
What Happened
The Jewish people resisted the German soliders when they tried to round them up, and ran to their designated hidding place.
Why it Happened
The Jewish people heard that many of the people there were being deported and sent to concentration camps and being murdered.
The Effects
5,000 to 6,500 Jewish people were killed during the uprising and soon after the Germans destroyed the Ghetto and the Synagogue.
1-2 Facts
Jewish people were not going to give up on this plan. -
Operation Gomorrah
What Happened
British Bombers raid Hamburg, Germany by night and America bombs in the morning.
Why it Happened
Britian had just suffered bombings from Germany, killing 167 civilains. This was Britain's way of getting back at Germany.
Effects of Event
More than 30,000 people were killed and 280,000 buildings were destoryed. Hitler refused to see these burned places
1-2 Facts
High German officals stated in their diaries that they belived they were soon to be defeated -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
What Happened
American soilders stormed the beaches of Normandy in a battle against Germanty.
Why It Happened
America knew that if they won against Germany, they could get a foot hold in Europe again.
Effects of Event
4,000 Allied troops lost their lives and some thousand more were wounded or missing.
1-2 Facts
On June 11 326,000 troops secured the beaches of Normandy.
This was a turning point in the war that was bad for Germany -
Battle of the Bulge
What Happened
Three German armies surprise blitzkrieg attacked the American soldiers.
Why it Happened
The Germans did this as a desperate attack in the hopes that they could still win the war.
The Effects
The US army lost 100,000 soldiers in the very costly battle.
1-2 Facts
This was one of three times that Germany used this war tactic.
The experienced American fighters held as much ground as they could before Germany made it to the inexperienced solider line. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
What Happened
Russia went in and overran the concentration camp Auschwitz and helped the Jews escape.
Why it Happened
When the Russians found the camp, they knew that they had to take action and help the innocent people there.
The Effects
When Germans heard word of camps being liberated, they marched the Jewish people out of the camps and took them on what they called Death Marches.
1-2 Facts
Russia found 10s of thousands of shoes at Auschwitz and many mens and womens coats. -
Operation Thunderclap
What Happened
Britain attacked Dresden, Germany with 800 tons of bombs and later on America came in and bombed the area again.
Why it Happened
Russia suggested that the Allies attack the communication center to prevent German soliders from shifting to the Eastern Front.
The Effects
When news reached Britain they couldn't believe what happened. Dresden lost 25,000 to 35,000 people in this event.
1-2 Facts
America wasn't sure how the people would react to the news in Dresden. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
What Happened
The US invaded Iwo Jima, a tiny island off the coast of Japan, and won.
Why it Happened
The Japanese began to take off from the little island Iwo Jima onto an American Air Base and America didn't like that.
The Effects
After this war, America lost 7,000 marines and 20,000 were wounded. America also took 216 Japanese soliders.
1-2 Facts
There was an American flag raised on Mt Suribachi before the battle was even over, the men who raised it died in the battle. -
Battle of Okinawa
What Happened
The US invaded Okinawa in an attempt to split Okinawa in half and take back some ground against the Japanese.
Why it Happened
America was trying to take over half of the land that the Japanese had taken over, and were trying to get a step a head in the war.
The Effects
This battle ended with a death toll of 100,000 Japanese deaths and 50,000 for the Allies. America won the battle.
1-2 Facts
This battle was also called the typhoon of steel. -
VE Day
What Happened
Germany laid down their weapons and surrendered and let the Allied POWs go.
Why it Happened
Germany knew that they had been beaten, so they surrendered because they knew they were beat.
The Effects
America and Great Britain had a huge celebration at the fact that they were one step closer to the war being over.
1-2 Facts
Russia didn't get to celebrate until May 9th because German soliders didn't surrender in Russia.
Russia lost 600 people before Germany surrendered. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
What Happened
The United States dropped an Atomic bomb onto Hiroshima Japan.
Why it Happened
The US did this as quicker way to get Japan to surrender and as a way to ensure that no more American lives would be at risk.
The Effects
When the bomb was dropped 80,000 people were killed instantly and tens of thousands died a few days later from radiation poisoning.
1-2 Facts
Some people believe that America dropped the bomb as a way to show Russia what the bomb could do. -
VJ Day
What Happened
Japan offically surrendered to the Allies which effectivly put an end to World War 2.
Why it Happened
Japan surrendered because of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and they knew that they couldn't go on anymore.
The Effects
It became a celebration in the United States because the war was finally over, and facisim was over.
1-2 Facts
During this celebration the Nurse and Sailor kiss occured
September 2, 1945 was the formal surrender of Japan.
