-
Japanese Invasion of China
Invasion caused the second Sino-Japanese war. China could not resist the Japanese, and not only because the Japanese military had better organization and weapons, but also because they were extremely brutal! -
Rape of Nanking
(also known as the "Nanking Massacre") An occurence of mass murder and mass rape committed by Japanese troops. -
Kristallnacht
A "wave" of violent anti-Jewish porgrams. -
Germany Invades Poland
They invaded Poland without warning or declaration. -
The Battle of Britain
This is the beginning of a long series of bombing towards Great Britain by Germany. -
German Blitzkrieg
(Lightning War) Germany changed their minds/strategy on bombing the Britain air force and instead focused on bombing London. -
Operation Barbarossa
Named after Frederick Barbarossa (the medieval Holy Roman Emporer). The operation was an invasion of the Soviet Union authorized by Adolf Hitler. -
Pearl Harbor
Air force of Japan attacks America. -
Bataan Death March
The day after the General Edward P. King surrendered to the Japanese, the death march began. The death marth consisted of 75,000 Filipino and American troops captured on the Bataan Peninsula forced to march 85 miles in six days with only one meal of rice a day. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This battle was a successful Soviet defnse of the city of Stalingrad. -
D-Day
(Normandy Invasion) 160,000 allied troops landed along a French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
The Soviets liberated Auschwitz. The Nazis had forced the majority of Auschwitz prisoners to march westward (a death march). -
VE Day
"Victory in Europe Day" This was the day that the end of World War Two was officially ended. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
At 8:16 am the first atomic bomb is dropped in the city of Hiroshima by an American "B-29" (?) bomber. -
VJ Day
("Victory over Japan Day") Japan surrenders to Allies (after 6 years of war) and Allies celebrate!
