-
Period: to
World War II
-
Japanese Invasion of China
Japanese army invades China because Japan wanted to be an imperial power. https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-did-japan-invade-china-1937-an-what-was-marco-315915 -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland because of the German-Soviet Pact, which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between two powers. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 -
German Blitzkrieg
A German word meaning “lightning war” which was a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler believed that if he invaded the Soviet Union, the German army would be seen as the finest army in the 20th Century. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa -
Pearl Harbor
Japan launches a surprise attack on the US because the US cut off the oil supply to Japan needed to go to war with China. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Wannsee Conference
15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gather at a villa on the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the “Final Solution of the Jewish Question.” https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477 -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany because Britain had suffered in July the same raid that killed 167 civilians. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
Battle of the Bulge
Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied Armies in Northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
The Allies invade Western Europe in the largest amphibious attack in history. Germany invaded and occupied northwestern France beginning in May 1940. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Operation Thunderclap
The proposal was to bomb the Eastern cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure behind what was becoming the Eastern front. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The American soldiers made their first strike on the Japanese Home Islands at Iwo Jima. -
Battle of Okinawa
Allied forces invaded the island of Okinawa and engaged the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War -
VE Day
To mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War 2 of Nazi Germany’s unconditional surrender of its armed forces -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this devastation led to Japan’s unconditional surrender and brought an end to World War 2 -
VJ Day
It was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War 2
