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German Blitzkrieg
German Blitzkrieg or " Lightning War" is an anglicised term, describing a method of warfare, whereby an attacking force spearheaded by a dense concentration of armoured and motorized or mechanized infantry formations with close air support, breaks through the opponent's line of defense by short, fast, powerful attacks and then dislocates the defenders, using speed and surprise to encircle them. -
Japanese Invasion of China
China fought Japan with the economic help of Germany, Solviet Union, United States and the British Empire.The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. It followed the First Sino-Japanese War of 1894–95. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the beginning of World War II in Europe. It began one week after signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Polish forces withdrew from their forward bases of operation close to the Polish. After the mid-September Polish defeat in the Battle of the Bzura, the Germans gained an undisputed advantage. -
Fall of Paris
The Battle of France is also known as " The Fall of France",it was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. Beginning on 10 May 1940, the battle defeated primarily French forces -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was a crucial and decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II. -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japanese fighter airplanes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near by Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack lasted two hours nonstop and the Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels including 8 enormous battleships , and more than 300 airplanes.More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded.The day after the attack President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan and they approved it. -
D-Day
Allied forces invated Northern France by means of beach landings in Nornandy. Hitler knew that with the help of a powerful invasion they would wiin the war.He wanted time to throw the majority of his forces into defeting the Solviet Union in the East.The Germans were hampered by effective Allied air support , which helped them take out many key bridges and forced the Germans to take long detours . The Allies were able to land only fractions of the supplies and vehicles they -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. It was a major battle in which the United States Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Army during WW II. The Americans had a goal of capturing the entire island,including the tree Japanese -controlled airfields,to provide a staging area of attacks on the Japanese main islands. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was a series of battles fought in the Ryukyu Islands and included the largest assault in the Pacific War during World War II. The battle lasted 82 days from April 1 until June 22,1945.The Allies planned to use Okinawa as a base for air operations on the planned invasion of the Japanese mainland.The severity of the campaign, along with many civilians fighting, led to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki which together with the Soviet invasion of Manchuria. -
VE Day
VE Day stands for Victory in Europe Day. It was the public holiday celebrated on March 8, 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of it's armed forces. -
Dropping of The Atomic Bomb
President Harry S. Truman was theopne who gave the orderto drop the atomic bomb. His advisers warned him that any attempt to invade Japan would result in horrific American casualties. On August 6, 1945, the American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. This powerful weapon destroyed a lot of property and showed them hoe poeweful and srtong the United States really is. -
VJ Day
News of surrenderwas announcedon August 15,1945. It was the official end of World War II and also caused many celebrations to take place all over the United States.a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri on September 02,1945.President Truman declared September 2 to be VJ Day.
