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Japanese invasion of China
Sino-Japanese War/ HISTORY
Japan invaded China, because they had many resources for everything, especially oil. They wanted to secure control of China by defeating their internal enemies first. Many thousands of Chinese were killed in the indiscriminate bombing of cities by the Japanese air force, and started a guerrilla war. 10 to 20 million Chinese people died because of the invasion. -
Rape of Nanking
Source The Rape of Nanking took place in December of 1937, when the Japanese army marched into Nanking, which is located in China, and killed 300,000 out of 600,000 people. The Japanese men were disgusting and they raped many women and killed a lot of pregant women as well. "Pregnant women were not spared. In several instances, they were raped, then had their bellies slit open and the fetuses torn out." -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
Source The Ribbentrop/Molotov pact was also known as the Hitler-Stalin Pact. It was basically a pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, a non-aggression act. When they signed this agreement, it was stated that Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-be World War IIand the Soviet Union was awarded land, which included parts of Poland and the Baltic States. -
German Blitzkrieg
Source Blitzkrieg is German for "lightning war". It was a military tactic used by the Germans, that required very effective and offensive weapons, such as tanks, planes, and artillery. Germany used this tactic against Poland, Denmark, Norway, Luxembourg, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Yugoslavia, and Greece. The Blitzkrieg was a success, and gave Germany and higher power and status. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
<a href='http://http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland' >Germans invade Poland-Sep 01, 1939- History.com</a
September 1, at 4:45 AM, the invasion began' the Germans used their military strategy, widely known as the blitzkrieg, or "lightning war". Hitler attacked Russia, which broke the nonaggression act with Soviet Union, and at the end, Germany seized all of Poland. -
Fall of Paris
Source The Fall of Paris was very successful for Germany because they took over France. On this day, Gemany entered Paris to occupy the territory. By the time Germany tanks rolled into Paris, two million Parisians had already fled, with good reason. While Parisians who remained trapped in their capital, waited as French men and women in the west cheered as Canadian troops rolled through their region, offering hope. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa-European History
Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II, for its failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war. It’s original name was Operation Fitz, which was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Hitler renamed it to Operation Barbarossa after the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, whose goal was to establish German power in Euro. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor-WWII-HISTORY.com The Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. They destroyed 20 naval vessels, 8 battleships, and about 200 airplanes. 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died, and 1,000 were wounded. After this attack occured, President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan, Germany and Italy declared war on United States, and that's when the U.S. joined World War II. -
Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference and the "Final Solution" It was a conference that took place in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. It was a conference to discuss of what they called "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The "Final Solution" was a code name for the physcial annihilation of the European Jews. Heydrich was the main guy in this conference, and basically called all the shots and the plans they had to annihilate the Jews. The basic goal of this conference was to further the coordination of a policy aimed at the annihilation of the Jews. -
Bataan Death March
Source Bataan Death March began when the Japanese assembled 78,000 prisoners. It was a very hard and conflicting march to Camp O' Donnell, which was north of the peninsula. The soldiers would beat up the prisoners, and that's why most of them died. Some would just kill themselves to end the pain, or continue walking to relieve themselves. they had no food or water, and they began to feel very fatigue and weak. -
Battle of Midway
Source The Battle of Midway happened when the U.S. Navy would defeat the Imperial Navy and more importantly and would inflict damage to the point that the Japanese fleet would not recover from during the war. The plan of the Japanese army was to lure the United States into a trap and get them out. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah is launched-July 24, 1943 Operation Gomorrah occurred when British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. It's said that more than 1,500 German civilians were killed in this raid, and it affected many people's lives. Operation Gomorrah proved devastating to Hamburg, because at the end of this raid, more than 30,000 people were killed. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
D-Day-World War II- HISTORY.com This battle began on June 6, 1944, when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily managed coast of France’s Normandy region. At the end of the invasion, more than 4,000 Allied troops lost their lives in the D-Day invasion, with thousands more wounded or missing. It was a really terrifying situation. -
Operation Thunderclap
source Operation thunderclap was basically a proposal to bomb the eastern cities of Germany. At the Yalta Conference on February 4, 1945, the Soviets asked for allied air attacks on communication centers to stop the shifting of German troops to the Eastern Front. The operation started on February 13 with two separate British raids. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
source Iwo jima was barely defended by 20,000 Japanese troops. also it was attacked by three marine dividons. The capture of Iwo Jima was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. Iwo Jima is a very small Pacific island just over 4.5 miles long and 2.5 miles wide. -
Battle of Okinawa
source This was the biggest pacific island battles of WWII. It involes more than 250,000 troops of U.S tenth army. By the end of the campaign Japan lost more than 77,000 soldiers. The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. -
VE day
source VE day is a day when people celebrate a victory. It stands for victory in Europe. It's the day when Europe defeated Germany. More than 1 million people celebrated in the streets of cities, towns and villages in the UK. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
source United states used a large bomb on Japan. This atomic bomb, was equal to 20,000 tons.There had been four cities chosen as possible targets,which included, Hiroshima, Kokura, Nagasaki, and Niigata. the United States used atomic bombs to win wars. -
VJ Day
Source It was on August 14, 1945 that it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” After that day, Many V-J Day celebrations fell out of favor over the years due to concerns about their being offensive to Japan. -
Battle of the Bulge
source The task of this battle was to split allied armies by blitzkrieg. this battle was taken place in southern Belgium in winter. American soldiers were caught off guard and more than 200,000 were left killed or wounded by the germans. Some german soldier even stole american soldiers uniforms to get into their territory.
