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Rape of Nanking
Late 1937's Japanese army forces killed hundreds of thousands of people over the time spand of six weeks. The people killed were both civillians and soldiers. The Rape of Nanking or the Nanking Massacre had between 20,000 to 80,000 women that were sexually assaulted. From the attack that occured it took decades before the people recovered. http://www.history.com/topics/nanjing-massacre -
Japanese invasion of China
The war began on July 937 when the Japanese thought that the Chinese fire on them at the Marco Polo bridge near Beijing. The Japanese troops used their conquered Manchuria to use as their base. From there the set out a full scale invasion of China. The uncontrolable war between Japan and China left china with 4 million casualties and left 60 million homeless. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
About 1.5 million German troops invaded poland along side 1750 mile border of German controlled territory. While the troops were ready to attack German warships and U-boats attaked Polish naval forces and also bomed their air fields. The reason behind the attack was because Hitler thought it would bring "living space" for the German people. Polands army sent out about one million troops but had no impact on the Germans. The Polish army was defeated a few weeks into the invasion. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was a military tactic that the germans used to word "lightning war". It was made to disorganized the enemy forces throught the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. For the first time the German forces tried out the Blitzkrieg in 1939 before actually putting it to use against Belgium, Netherlands, and France by 1940. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was based on the German Blitzkrieg. Operation Barbarossa was a name given to the Nazi on Germany's invasion of Russia. It was the biggest military attack of World War II. The attack was separated into three groups. Army Group North, Army Groups Centre, and Army Group South. By Day 17 of the attack, 300,000 Russians had been captured, 2,500 tanks, 1,400 artillery guns and 250 aircraft captured. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_barbarossa.htm -
Pearl Harbor
"The Rising Sun" or the Japanese has a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Pearl Harbor was attacked by planes that nobody saw coming and when they did it was way too late to do anything. Aircrafts, etc... were destroyed due to the surprise attack by the japanese. More than 2,000 American soldiers and sailors died along with another 1,000 wounded by the atack. After the atack U.S. declared war against Japan. http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/pearl.htm
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Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was convened in Berlin that included the top 15 Nazi bureaucrats to coordinate the Final Solution. That which they wanted to eliminate the entire jewish population of europe which was about 11 million people living there at the time. http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/holocaust/h-wannsee.htm -
Bataan Death March
Approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps after the surrender of the Bataan Peninsula of the Phil;ippine island of Luzon in WOrld War II to the Japanese. The marchers were put through harsh treatment and over the top heat. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Battle of Midway
The United States defeated Japan in a Naval battle in World War II. This which was six months after the attack on pearl harbor. With new technology that the U.S. had to offer they were able to counter attack Japans tactics. The victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into a better position that allows them to fight better. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad lasted from July 17, 1942 - February 2, 1943. The Battle of Stalingrad was the successful defense by the Soviets on the city of Stalingrad. For the Russians it was considered the greatest battle of their patriatic time. Onother impact was that it stopped the German's to move forward and attack another place that they had in mind. The Battle of Stalingrad had a toll of about 2 million casualties including civilians and military personel. -
Operation Gomorrah
While the Americans were bombing Hamburg by day which they called "Blitz Week" British Bombers raid Hamburg by night which they called Operation Gomorrah. On July 24 the British had dropped 2.300 tons of bombs in Hamburg, Germany within just a few hours. With that 1,500 German civillians were killed on the first raid. When it was over, 17,000 bomber sorties dropped more than 9,000 tons of explosives, killing more than 30,000 people http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah- -
Allied invasion of Italy
The British had planned on an invasion on Italy on September 3, 1943 but that was when Italy surrendered but nobody knew until the 8th of september that same year. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-invade-italian-mainland -
D-Day
In World War II he battle of Normandy lasted from June to August of 1944. The battle was named D-Day when about 56,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches. The attacks was one of the biggest attacks in history of WWII. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, and by the next spring the Germans have finally been defeated. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Battle of the Bulge
HItler decided to split the allied forces of the northwest Europe by using Blitzkrieg to power through Ardennes to Antwerp. American units were caught off guard and they tried to fight off the Germans as hard as they can before they push through Ardennes. The Battle of the Bulge was the deadliest ever fought by the U.S. Army, which caused over 100,000 casualties. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Battle of Iwo Jima
On February 1945 three U.S. Marine divisions landed on Iwo Jima with the plan to attack. Iwo Jima was defended by about 23,00 Japanese army troops along with navy troops. It was hard for the U.S. because the jappanese had the tactics of using dugouts, caves, etc... American losses included 5,900 dead and 17,400 wounded but in the end the U.S. took victory. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap happened two months after the end of D-Day. Operation Thunderclap was a planned air raid to completeley destoy germany. But this, they wanted to destroy east German population centers. If this were to happen they might even get the surrender of Germany completely. About 100,00 people had been killed due to the air raids. http://ww2orc.tripod.com/id15.htm -
Battle of Okinawa
During World War II the last and biggest of the Pacific Island battles was the Okinawa Battle which involved 287,00 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese 32nd army. By the end of the battle Japan lost about 77,000 soldiers. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE Day
VE Day was Victory in Europe on MAy 8th 1945. VE Day was the official announcement of the end of World War II in Europe. On May 7 the German general surrendered to Europe. With that the nation was making up ways to celebrate their final victory against the Germans. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ve_day.htm -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
First off the United States was the first to be ablr to use atomic weaponry when it dropped an atomic bombed on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Then three days later another bomb was dropped in Nagasaki. KIlling more than 100,000 people Japan finally gave up and surrendered. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ Day
News had spread around the world about the surrender and which was the final ending of World War II. VJ Day was also known as "Victoryover Japan Day." From all the battles that have accured over the past years it has finally come to a close that everybody was waiting for, for quite some time. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
