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japanese invasion of china
japanese claim they were fired by chinese troops. launched a full scale invasion on china using machura as their base. all of the chinese were affected.http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/china_war.htm -
veterens day
after the aftermath of the korean war there is a day when we celebrate the soldiers who fought for america.http://www.google.com/search?q=veterens+day&oq=veterens+day&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4559j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8&gws_rd=ssl#safe=active&q=when+did+veterens+day+start -
germanys invasion of poland
adolf hitler broke the treaty by invading poland so great britain declared war on germany. native slavs would be enslaved. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-invade-poland -
german blitzkrieg
used offensive method towards denmark, poland, norway etc to gain land and power. Because hitler wanted to gain land. people had to evacuate from the bombing by going to other places.http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/blitzkrieg.htm -
rape of nanking
japanese army went into nanking china to murder civillians and chinese soldiers.http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm -
fall of paris
the french in paris fall to the germans as they try to take over france in world war 2 -
battle of midway
six months after pearl harbor the united states had succssfully defeated japan in this battle.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
operation barbarossa
germanys invasion of russia. biggest battle of world war two. hitler wanted to sieze russia and was too focused on that not the battle of britain.http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/operation_barbarossa.htm -
pearl harbor
japanese tried to destroy the pacifis fleet in which america would be able to protect the south pacific. the united states and japanese were not happy with eachother because japan was doing things with china.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
bataan death march
there were alot of american prisoners of war captured by the japanese who were murdered along an trail -
wannsee conference
decided to meet all the nazi officials and decide what to do with the jewish population.http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005477 -
battle of stalingrad
battle and successful soviet union defense in the city of stalingradhttp://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad -
kasserine pass
german general launched offensive attack on the tunisia in africa americans first major defeat of world war two.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-kasserine-pass -
operation gomorrah
the british suffered heavy casualties and so the americans and british start raiding and bombing hamburg germany.http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
d-day
the usa landed in normandy to fight the nazi and there was victory for the allies.http://www.army.mil/d-day/ -
battle of the bulge
adolf hitler wanted to split american troops northwest of europe. the americans win because of the third army in ther defense and eventually the germans ran out of fire power and stopped.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-the-bulge -
battle of iwo jima
battle against the japanese and americans. the japanese were defending the iwo jima. but the americans had victory.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
battle of okinawa
biggest and last compaign of the pacific.http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
dropping of the atomic bombs
japanese needed to be stopped so americans dropped two atomic bombs and wanted japan to surrender and they did.http://www.google.com/search?q=veterens+day&oq=veterens+day&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4559j0j4&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8&gws_rd=ssl#safe=active&q=date+when+the+atomic+bomb+was+dropped -
victory over japan day
day that celebrates the end of world war 2.http://www.google.com/search?q=vj+day&oq=vj+day&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.1607j0j7&sourceid=chrome&es_sm=93&ie=UTF-8&gws_rd=ssl
