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The Japanese Invasion of China
The Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops.The Japanese occupied large areas of Eastern China in1937-38.Japanese forces were diverted to Southeast Asia and to the Pacific theatre of WW11 against the western powers and their allies beginning in late 1941.Japans defeat by the Allies in September 9, 1945 ended its occupation of China. -
Ribbentrop/ Molotor Pact
It was named after the former soviet foreign minister vyacheslar molotor and the german foreign minister joachim von ribbentrop. It was a non agression pact signed on this date. The pacts publict stated intentions were a guarantee of non belligerence by each party towards the other and a commitment that neither party would ally itself to or aid an enemy of the other party. Germany invaded poland on sept. 1st, 1939. Stalin ordered his own invasion of poland on september 17. -
Fall of Paris
In 1940 France was gearing up for a defense against the German Invasion.It had been at war for 9 months.It was a tense period of anticipation which came to be known as the 'Phoney War' - met an abrupt end on 10 may 1940, when Germany launched an invasion of France and the low countries. -
Operation Barbarossa
HItler's grand vision, the soviet union and its varied peoples were to capture lands to serve to feed Army Advances and slave labor would provide Germany with the necessary manpower for victory and a long- standing existence after the war.Onthis date, it was the German Invasion of the soviet union.A massive land and air campaign was drawn up that involved everything from tanks, cars, aircraft, artillery, supply trucks, and 600,000 + horses. The manpower was 3.8 million against the soviet. -
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. The barrage lasted for 2 hours, but it was devastating: The Japs managed to destory nearly 20 American Naval vessels, including 8 enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 American soldiers and sailors died. 1,000 Americans were wounded. The day after, President Franklin Roosevelt declared war on Japan. -
Bataan Death March
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Allied Invasion of Italy
Mussolini envisioned building Fascist Italy into a new Roman Empire but opposite groups in Italy were uniting to overthrow Mussolini and make peace with the allies but a strong German military presence in Italy threatened to resist action. The new government promptly entered into secret negotiations with the allies, despite numerous German troops in Italy. On April 28 Mussolini was captured by Italian partisans and executed. Germans forces in Italy & all of Germany surrendered on May 1st. -
The Liberation of Concentrarion Camps
On this date, the soviet soldiers entered the majclanek camp in poland, and later overran several other killing centers. On january 27, 1945, they entered Auschwitz and there they found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. The germans had been forced to leave these prisoners behind their hasty retreat from the camp. Also left behind were victims' belongings. 348,820 mens suits, 836,255 womens coats, and tens of thousands of pairs of shoes. -
Operation Thunderclap
A under discussion within the allied command for sometime, the proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport in frastructure behind what was becoming the eastern front. Also to demostrate to the German population, in even more devastating fashion. -
Dropping Of The Atomic Bombs
The U.S. Became the 1st and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime. The U.S. Had been working on making atomic weapons,after Albert Einstein warned that the nazi Germany's was already conducting research into nuclear weapons.
