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Japanese invasion of China
The Second Sino-Japanese War (July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945), so named due to the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95, was a war between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1941. China fought Japan, with economic help from Germany, the Soviet Union and the United States. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Japan’s defeat in that by the Allies in 1945 ended its occupation of China. http://www.britannica.com -
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Rape Of Nanking.
In late 1937 Imperial Japanese Army forces brutally murdered hundreds of thousands of people–including both soldiers and civilians–in the Chinese city of Nanking. The horrific events are known as the Rape of Nanking, as between 20,000 and 80,000 women were sexually assaulted. Nanking, then the capital of Nationalist China, was left in ruins, and it would take decades for the city and its citizens to recover from the attacks.http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm -
Germany's invasion of Poland.
Hitler really wanted Polands territory so he sent 1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland -
German Blitzkreig
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns. German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940. The blitzkrieg was also used by Erwin Rommel, and adopted by George Patton for his army’s European operations.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bli -
Fall of Paris
Hitler wanted to rule the world so he decided to invade France. He was successful in this invasion. By the time German tanks rolled into Paris, 2 million Parisians had already fled. In short order, the German Gestapo went to work: arrests, interrogations, and spying were the order of the day, as a gigantic swastika flew beneath the Arc de Triomphe. http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/fall-of-france -
Pearl Harbor.
Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. It was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked to declare war on japan.
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Operation Barbarossa.
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: over three million German soldiers, and three thousand tanks went into the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered the North Cape to the Black Sea. forces invading Russia represented the finest army to fight in the twentieth century. Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II, for its failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war.
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Wannsee Conference.
This Days was a meeting to discuss how to deal with the jews. They had horrible ideas on how to do this soch ass killing all. Killing many Jews by gas was a result.
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Battle of Midway.
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. The United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. The victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position.
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
From April 19 to May 16, 1943, residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged an armed revolt against extermination camps. The Warsaw ghetto uprising inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe. The SS forces came and killed 7,000 Jews and took back the Ghetto’s.
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Operation Gomorrah.
Operation Gomorrah was the military codename for the Allied bombing of Hamburg (Battle of Hamburg) during World War II .The attacks during the last week of July in 1943, created one of the largest firestorms in World War II, killing at least 42,600 civilians (other sources account for up to 125,000 deaths) and wounding over 37,000 in Hamburg and practically destroying the entire city leaving over 1 million residents homeless .
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D-Day
The Battle of Normandy, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. The battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the fortified coast of France. The invasion was huge. The Allies conducted a plan to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. By late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated, http://www.history.com/topics/world-war -
Battle of the Bulge.
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance. As the Germans drove deeper, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge. Lieutenant General George S. Patton’s successful maneuvering of the Third Army to Bastogne proved vital to the Allied defense, leading to the neutralization of the German counteroffensive despite heavy casualties. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/battl -
Liberation of Concentration Camps.
Video: http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust/videos/concentration-camp-liberation
When the Soviet army entered Auschwitz, they found 7,600 sick who had been left behind. The liberators also discovered mounds of corpses and seven tons of human hair that had been shaved from detainees before their liquidation. According to some estimates 6 million Jews died in Auschwitz and other camps. USA armies were in horror when they saw this. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/ausc -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was a plan to bomb Germany. It would kill 220,000 Germans including many German leaders. It was kill German moral. The plan was said to not work though so they held off. Then in 1945 they decided to do it in a smaller way. Attack the cities of Berlin, Dresden, Chemnitz and Leipzig. This plan did work but was smaller. http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/6320-operation-thunderclap/ -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The American invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island. Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese troops, who fought from a network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. The marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting, and the battle earned a place in American lore. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle of Okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. By the end Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE-Day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as V-E Day to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. It marked the end of World War II in Europe.Adolf Hitler, committed suicide during the Battle of Berlin. Germany's surrender, therefore, was authorized by his successor Karl Dönitz. The act of military surrender was signed on 7 May in Reims, France and on 8 May in Berlin, Germany. http://www.infoplease.com/spot/veday1.html -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs.
On August 6, 1945, the United States used a massive, atomic weapon against Hiroshima, Japan. This atomic bomb, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, flattened the city, killing tons of civilians. While Japan was still trying to comprehend this devastation three days later, the United States struck again, on Nagasaki. This ended the war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victory over Japan Day,”“V-J Day. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close.
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