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Japanese invasion of China
japanese invasion of china Japanese claimed that they were fired on by the China troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. They used this as an excuse, Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of china using the conquered manchuria as a launching base for their troops. November 1937, China’s most important portal Shanghai, fell and Nanjing, Chiang Kai-shek’s capital, fell in December 1937. -
Raping of Nanking
rape of nanking
the Japanese occupied the Chinese province of Manchuria transforming it into a Japanese puppet state. It was the first step in Japan's drive to control all of China.During the Nanking Massacre, the Japanese committed a litany of atrocities against innocent civilians, including mass execution, raping, looting, and burning. It is impossible to keep a detailed account of all of these crimes -
Germany's invasion of Poland
germany's invasion of poland German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.This was characterized by extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks, and artillery. -
German Blitzkreig
german blitzkreig
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940. -
Fall of paris
fall of paris Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing via loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed. The French, having decided not to fight in the capital itself, have withdrawn south of the city.There was no pause in the German attacks, but at some points of the front they were less violent. -
Operation Barbarossa
operation barbarossa
Germany invaded Soviet Union. Hitler believed that teh German " master race" should seek in the east, at the expense of the ‘subhuman’ native Slav people, who were to be exterminated or reduced to serf status. -
Pearl Harbor
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Wannsee Conference
wannsee conference
up to 15 high-ranking Nazi Pparty and German government officials gathered at a villa in the berlin suburb of wannsee to discuss the implementation of " final solution of the Jewish question". They decided on the concentration camps. the event cost millions and millions of jewish lives to be wasted. -
Battle of Midway
battle of midway United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. This fleet engagement between U.S. and Japanese navies in the north-central Pacific Ocean resulted from Japan’s desire to sink the American aircraft carriers that had escaped destruction at Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Stalingrad
battleof stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia, on the eastern boundary of Europe. Lacking the manpower to remain on the offensive all along the Eastern Front, he decided to focus German efforts in the south with the goal of taking the oil fields. -
operation gomorrah
operation gomorrah
Germany is to open its first museum dedicated to bomber offensives of the Second World War that will lay bare how the Allies attacked civilian areas in response to German aggression. the German authorities felt able to portray themselves as victims as well as aggressors in a war narrative dominated by Nazi atrocities such as the Holocaust. -
D- Day (normandy invasion)
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. -
Battle of the Bulge
battle of the bulge
Germans launch other last major offensive of the war an attempt to push the allied front line west from northern France to northwestern belgium. Hitler wanted to split the allies in two in their drive toward Germany and destroy their ability to supply themselves. the outcome of it was that german losses were greater than their army could take. german industries wouldnt be able to replenish. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
battle of iwo jima It occurred because the U.S. was following a military strategy of island hopping. In other words, they'd capture/recapture one island and use that island as a base to prepare for an invasion of the next island. The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment. -
Battle of Okinawa
battle of okinawaAllied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War.Okinawa was a well defended island that the Americans needed to capture as they advanced across the Pacific towards Japan. It was needed as a base to prepare for the planned invasion of Japan. The Japanese lost over 65k people. -
VE Day
ve day
officially announced the end of World War Two in Europe.even by the afternoon there was no official notification even though bell ringers had been put on standby for a nationwide victory peal. Ironically the Germans had been told by their government that the war was officially over. -
Operation thunderclap
operation thnderclap
The background of "Thunderclap" was long and complex. Two months after D-Day, Sir Charles Portal, chief of the Air Staff, had suggested that the moment Germany approached military collapse. Consequently, "Thunderclap" was shelved until ten days after the great Soviet offensive on January 12, 1945, when the Joint Intelligence Committee reported that a four-day. the outcome was deadly. -
Potsdam Declaration
potsdam declaration The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II. The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki remains among the most controversial events in
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Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
dropping of the atomic bomb
In the early morning hours of July 16, 1945, great anticipation and fear ran rampant at White Sands Missile Range near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Robert Oppenheimer, director of the Manhattan Project, could hardly breathe. The explosion immediately wiped out around 90% of the city and killed around 80,000 people. Tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. -
VJ Day
vj day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Japan’s devastating surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, capped a decade of deteriorating relations between Japan and the United States and led to an immediate U.S. declaration of war the following day. Japan’s ally Germany.