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Japan Invades China
When Japan invaded China, this started the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japan opened fire on China near the Marco Polo Bridge in Wanping. Japan was more advanced with their weapons and their soldiers started to hurt the civilians of China. After this China was no longer economically stable, the people of China were scarred from the horrendous events that Japan forced upon them. https://alphahistory.com/chineserevolution/sino-japanese-war/ -
Rape of Nanking
During the Sino-Japanese War, Nanking was ordered to be destroyed. While Japan was in the process of destroying Nanking, the Japanese soldiers killed about 150,000 male "war prisoners" and raped about 20,000 girls of all ages and when they were done they ended up killing the girls. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-rape-of-nanking -
Germany Invades Poland
Hitler wants to regain land from Poland and he decided to send the army and a few planes to bomb Poland. Poland was a neutral country and didn't pick sides during previous wars so when Germany bombed Poland World War II started. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland -
German Blitzkrieg
A blitzkrieg is considered a "lighting war" which is designed to attack the enemy using mobile forces. Germany used this tactic on Poland before they started to invade Poland with German troops. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Pearl Harbor
During this time and before this attack the United States was not involved in WWII. It was until Japan decided to bomb our base Pearl Harbor which is located near Honolulu Hawaii. The Japanese destroyed many planes, battleships and killed thousands of American soldiers. The next day we joined the war. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Bataan Death March
The day afterJapan bombed Pearl Harbor, Japan decided to invade the Phillipeans. A year later the United States was there to help the Phillipeans but surrendered to Japan. The Japanese forced the civilians of the Phillipeans and U.S. soldiers walk 65 miles in harsh weather to the prison camps. This walk became known as the Bataan Death March. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Battle of Midway
Six months after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States and Japan got into a naval war called the Battle of Midway. America ended up defeating Japan and this allowed the United States and the allies to get a better offensive position during the war. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Russia and Nazi troops from Germany and the axis powers. This battle was one of the worst battles during WWII and millions of civilians and soldiers were killed and injured. This battle took place in Stalingrad because it was the center of Russia and it could affect Russia the most. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Warsaw Poland was overtaken but German Nazi's. Warsaw's community was filled with Jewish people and the Jews revolted against the Nazis. They revolted because they didn't want to get sent to a camp. This revolt inspired more groups of people to revolt against the Nazis. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/warsaw-ghetto-uprising -
Allied Invasion of Italy
Britain and the allies went after Italy and started to invade the country. Italy on the same day just decided they would surrender to the Allies but it didn't go out to the public. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-invade-italian-mainland -
D-Day
During WWII the allies had an operation called Operation Overload. This operation started on D-day which is a code name for what day this operation started on. If it was two days after d-day it would be known as 2+day. The Allies on this day invaded Normandy France in hopes to get to the German Nazis there. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Liberation of concentration camps
A bunch if concentration camps run by the Nazis. Nazis imprisoned Jewish people into their camps. Jewish people were let out after WWII http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/liberation_camps_01.shtml -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler led the Germans to surprise attack the Allies. They attacked the Americans by blitzkrieg. Germany has blitzkrieg this area multiple times but this time was the worst because of America's inexperienced leaders. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
Operation Thunderclap
The allies wanted to bomb Germany and wanted to only keep one city good and maintained so they would have somewhere to go when the allies invade Germany. http://ww2today.com/13-february-1945-operation-thunderclap-raf-start-firestorm-in-dresden -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was between the Japanese and the Americans. This was one of the worst battles of WWII. Over tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers died and thousands of US marines died in this battle. America ended up winning the battle. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle of Okinawa
The battle of Okiwana was the last major battle during WWII. America was going after the Japanese troops one last time through the islands of Ryukyu Islands. America called this "Operation Iceberg" https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE day
VE day was the day that Britain and the United States celebrate victory in Europe over the win of Germany and WWII was finally over. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam conference held the big three country's leaders from America, the Soviet Union, and Britain. They all agreed on how they would punish theGermans for WWII. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/potsdam-conference -
Dropping the Atomic bombs
The Americans dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and have been the only country to use an atomic weapon. Some people believe this led to the cold was starting. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ day
This was the day Japan officially surrendered to the Americans and the allies. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
