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Japan and China At War
The Battle of Lugou Bridge was the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War. This war was a major military conflict fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. This war was followed by the First Sino-Japanese War from 1894-1895. This was the initiation of the war in the Pacific. -
The Invasion of Nanking
The Japanese entered the city of Nanking with plans to entirely control the city. This caused more than 300,000 Chinese civilians and military men deaths. The Imperial Japanese Army brutally murdered these people trying to gain control of this Chinese city. -
Hitler Invades Czechoslovakia and Austria
The rest of the world didn’t care to stop him. Hitler marched with German troops to invade these countries. Hitler wanted a higher advantage to take China for their resources; invading these countries was a step towards Hitler’s final goal. -
The Munich Agreement
Hitler signs an agreement saying he will not invade any lands after Czechoslovakia. This agreement basically stated the Germans had to live with what they had, and they couldn’t take over any other countries. -
Invasion of Albania
Mussolini and his forces marched into Albania on April 7th, and the battle lasted until about April 12th. This was a minor military campaign and Italian forces took the win. There were many men placed into Albania to attack different parts simultaneously. -
German-Soviet Nonagression Pact
The German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact was signed by Russian leader, Joseph Stalin and German Leader, Adolf Hitler.This pact was to split Poland between Russia and Germany. Germany invaded two weeks before Russia. After the Russians met with the retreating Polish Army, Poland was lost.Hitler was unconventional with the amount of violence he used in Poland. He was rapidly killing undesirables and Jews that were in Poland. -
Start of War in European Theatre
Hitler disregards the Munich Agreement and decides to invade Poland. This was the initiation of the war in Europe. This event was also known as the September Campaign. -
Euthanasia Program
Hitler signed a secret order called the Euthanasia Program in 1939. This program did not take effect until early October. The Euthanasia Program was to allow Hitler to selectively kill all children with mental or physical disabilities that were under the age of 5. Hitler’s program seemed to be successful, so in later years it expanded to older teens and adults.This program was to help Hitler create the perfect Aryan race. In doing so, there were more than 200,000 casualties. -
Pearl Habor
The Japanese thoroughly planned this attack to distract us from the fact that they were going to invade other countries to help them get victory over China. The raided the Dutch Indies for their oil fields, and for rubber, they invaded French Indochina. In this attack, more than two-thousand Americans died, almost two-hundred American aircrafts and eighteen naval vessels sunk or were destroyed. -
Declaration of War On Japan
Being the day after Pearl Harbor, everyone is freaking out and is wondering what will happen next and what action will be used against Japan. Early that Monday morning, FDR asks congress to declare war on Japan. -
State of Union Address
This address was to ensure Americans that we will win the war against the Japanese, and that we need to keep four things in mind. Franklin Roosevelt wants to establish freedom from want, freedom from fear, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion everywhere in the world. -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Death March was a five to twelve day, sixty mile march to a prisoner of war camp. There were more than ten thousand American and Filipino deaths. This march was was to Camp O’Donnell by the Imperial Japanese Army. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was the turning point in the war for the Pacific Theatre. There were more than six thousand Japanese soldier deaths. There were many planes shot down and almost five aircraft ships sank. -
Operation Husky
This was the invasion of Sicily, Italy, nicknamed Operation Husky. The Allied Powers took this island from the Axis Powers. This was a large air attack, with then turned into a long land battle, lasting approximately five weeks. -
War Refugee Board
In early years, the United States only allowed 100,000 Jewish refugees in the matter of 8 years. Franklin Roosevelt created the War Production Board, which allowed more than 200,000 Jewish refugees in the matter of months. -
Operation Overlord
The attack of D-Day, nicknamed Operation Overlord, was the attack on the beaches of Normandy. These beaches were occupied by Germans. This was the largest land, air and sea raid ever recorded. General Eisenhower carefully planned this attack to make sure Allied Forces won. -
Battle of the Bulge
The Germans were trying to take over a Belgian City, Antwerp. They successfully misled Americans and the battle was extremely chaotic. The American soldiers won this battle, but at the cost of almost one-hundred thousand lives. The Americans tried as hard as they could to defeat the Germans in this battle, but did not successfully have low death tolls. -
Yalta Conference
This conference was for Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. These leaders wanted to split up Germany into four zones; this would allow for free elections in each of these zones. After some time, Joseph Stalin broke the promise he made at the conference and was forcing that Germany would be under Soviet rule. -
Death of Frankin Delano Roosevelt
This day in office, Franklin Roosevelt passed away. This put Harriet Truman in office to take his place. He would continue to end the war. -
Death of Adolf Hitler
On this day, Hitler committed suicide by gunshot. Hitler was afraid that Germany wasn’t going to have another chance at winning the war, and Hitler didn’t want to deal with the aftermath of the war. -
V-E Day
Victory in Europe! This day was when Germany had its unconditional surrender. Russians took more than two million Germans as prisoners, and Germany had released almost 13,000 British POW’s back to Great Britain. -
Potsdam Conference
Harriet Truman, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met up again to talk about Japan. They all decided they would only accept an unconditional surrender from Japan. Japan would be forced to give up their military and allow for a peaceful government. -
Atomic Bomb Attacks
Japan had not yet surrendered, so action had to be taken. An American B-29 Bomber dropped the first Atomic Bomb over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima. Many Japanese civilians and soldiers died due to this attack. A couple days later, a second Atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, killing many more, but less than when the first bomb hit. -
End of War
This was the end of the war for the Pacific Theatre. The Japanese had finally agreed to an unconditional surrender. Americans had won for the Pacific Theatre, meaning that the Allied Forces took the win of the whole war. Even though Japan didn't want to surrender to America, they had no choice because they didn't know if the American army had more Atomic bombs to use on other cities. -
United Nations
This was when the United Nations was formed. Representatives of 50 countries met up in San Francisco, California, to discuss the United Nations Charter. The Charter had been ratified by China, France, Russia, The United States, the United Kingdom, and many other significant countries.
