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Japanese Invasion of China
It was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of Chine and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1945. -
Rape of Nanking
During the Sino-Japanese war, Nanking, capital city of China, falls to Japanese fores. To Break the spirit of Chinese resistance, Japanese General Matsui Iwane order that the city be destroyed. much of the city was burned and the Japanese butchered 150,00 male "war Prisoners". The Japanese Murder 50,00 male civilians and raped 20,000 women of all rape. These women were ether mutilated or killed during this. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, German troops invade Poland. The German bombed polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Hitler, leader of Germany, claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France wee not convinced. they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a German term of "lightning war". Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to crate disorganization among enemy forces. -
Pearl Hardor
On December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The attacked only lasted two hours but it was devastating. The Japanese destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 American soldier and sailors died in the attack and another 1,00 were wounded. -
Bataan Death March
on April 9, 1942, approximately 75,000 Filipinos and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps. This men were divided into groups of approximately 100 and what become know as the Bataan death march typically took each group around five days complete. The marcher made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland, staged an armed a revolt against deportations to extermination camps. Himmler,leader of Nazi paramilitary corps, sent SS forces with tanks and heavy artillery to Warsaw ghetto. Several hundred resistance fighters managed to fight the German, who outnumber them in terms of manpower and weapons, for nearly a month. German killed or captured thousands of Jews. By May 16, the ghetto was finally under Nazi control. -
D-Day
The Battle of Normandy began on June 6, 1944, when some 156,00 American, British, and Canadian forces landed on five beached along a 50 mile stretch of the fortified coast of France's Normandy region. D-day is a code name for the Allied invasion of France. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet Soldiers were the first to liberate prisoners in the final stages of the war. The Soviet liberated Auschwitz, the largest killing center and concentration camp. When they enter Auschwitz, they found hundreds of sick and exhaustion prisoners. American and British troops also freed prisoners from the camps. Americans were responsible for the liberation of Buchenwald and Dachau. British forces liberated the camps in northern Germany, including Bergen-Belsen and Neuegamme. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
World War II battle in 1945 between the United States and Japan. Us Marines invaded Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, after months of naval and air bombardment. After a month of fighting, US marines captured 126 Japanese soldiers; the rest killed in action. -
VE Day
Britain and the United States Celebrate Victory in Europe Day. VE Day marks the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945. -
Battle of Okinawa
World War II battle in 1945 between the United States and Japan. The Battle of Okinawa is also know as Operation Iceberg. It was the largest amphibious invasion in the Pacific campaign of World War II and the last major campaign of the Pacific war. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber drops the world's first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a result of the blast and another 35,000 are injured. On August 9, 1945, a second American B-29 dropped another atom bomb on the city Nagasaki. Estimated of 40,000 killed in the bomb. -
VJ Day
On August 14,1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II -
Battle of the Bulge
World War II battle in which German forces launched a final counterattack in the west. The German created a "bulge" around the area of the Ardennes forest in pushing through the American defensive line, was the largest fought on the Western front.
