Emily

WW11 timeline Julia Bolin & Emily Birkner

  • Japanese Invasion of China

    Japanese Invasion of China
    War was over china and japan over the control of Kora that resulted in the norminal independence of korea and the chinese cession to japan of Formosa and the pesadores this is the end with the World War defeated of Japan.
  • Naking Massacre

    Naking Massacre
    A six-week period after Japan’s capture of Nanjing—former capital of the Republic of China—in 1937, during which hundreds of thousands of civilians were murdered and 20,000–80,000 women were raped by soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army.
  • Germany's Invasion of Poland

    Germany's Invasion of Poland
    Only days after singing the Nazi-Sovoiet non-Agression pact under which the solviet union agreed not to defend poland from the east if germany attacked it from the west.
  • German Blitzkrieg

    German Blitzkrieg
    troops in vehicles, such as tanks made quick surprise strikes with support from airplanes tactics resulted in the swift german conquest of france in 1940 "lighting War'
  • Fall of Paris

    Fall of Paris
    In the Second World War, the Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the successful German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, defeating primarily French forces.
  • Operation Barbarossa

    Operation Barbarossa
    Nazi Germany invaded the soviet union the largest german military operation of world war 2.
  • pearl Harbor

    pearl Harbor
    The attack on pearl harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the imperial Japanese Navy againest the united states naval base at pearl harbor.
  • Wannasee Congerence

    Wannasee Congerence
    a high level meeting of nazi officals that took place in berlin to discuss the final solution of the jewish
  • kasserine pass

    kasserine pass
    the site of the United States' first major battle defeat of the war. General Erwin Rommel was dispatched to North Africa in February 1942, along with the new Afrika Korps, to prevent his Italian Axis partner from losing its territorial gains in the region to the British.
  • battle of midway

    battle of midway
    A naval and air battle fought in World War II in which planes from American aircraft carriers blunted the Japanese naval threat in the Pacific Ocean after Pearl Harbor.
  • Battle of Stalingrad

    Battle of Stalingrad
    Was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with combined military and civilian casualties of nearly 2 million.
  • Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

    Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
    Polish Jews under Nazi occupation in 1943 to the deportations from Warsaw to the Treblinka extermination camp. The revolt began on April 19, 1943, and was crushed four weeks later, on May 16.
  • Operation Gomarrah

    Operation Gomarrah
    British bombers raid hamburg germany by night while americans bomb it by day in its own 'Blitz week' Death 167 Civilians results of german bombing raid in july.
  • D-Day Normady Landings

    D-Day Normady Landings
    The largest seaborne invasion in history the operation began the invasion of german occupied western eurpose led to the liberation of france from nazi control and contributed to an allied victory in the war.
  • the battle of the bulge

    the battle of the bulge
    A major german offensive compaign lanched through the densely forested ardemes regain of wallonia in belgium france an luxembourg on the western front toward the end of world war 2.
  • Battle of Two Jima

    Battle of Two Jima
    was a major battle in which the United States Armed Forces landed and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.
  • Battle of Okinawa

    Battle of Okinawa
    Operation Iceberg, took place in April-June 1945. It was the largest amphibious landing in the Pacific theater of World War II. It also resulted in the largest casualties with over 100,000 Japanese casualties and 50,000 casualties for the Allies
  • VE day

    VE day
    the day on which the Allies announced the surrender of German forces in Europe.
  • Dropping of the atomic bombs

    Dropping of the atomic bombs
    a bomb whose violent explosive power is due to the sudden release of energy resulting from the splitting of nuclei of a heavy chemical element (as plutonium or uranium) by neutrons in a very rapid chain reaction —called also atom bomb
  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    news of the surrender was announced to the world. This sparked spontaneous celebrations over the final ending of World War II. On September 2, 1945, a formal surrender ceremony was held in Tokyo Bay aboard the USS Missouri. At the time, President Truman declared September 2