WW2

By mbullock23

  • Rape of Nanking

    Rape of Nanking
    1.Japanese soldiers went door to door in china and raped girls
    2. Japan and China were in a war so Japanese troops did bad things
    3. Between 20,000 and 80,000 women were sexually assaulted and Nanking was left in ruins

  • Pear Harbor

    Pear Harbor
    1. Japanese bombed the United States Naval Base
    2. Japan didn't want US to interfere with there conquest
    3. Made US join the World War

  • Battle of Midway

    Battle of Midway
    1. United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles in the war
    2. Japan was in control of the waters so the US attacked and made a turning point in the war
    3. This victory allowed the allies to move into offensive position

  • D-Day

    D-Day
    1. 156,000 American, British, and Canadian troops landed on beaches for one of the largest military assaults. invade central Europe
    2. It happened becasue only way to defeat Germany was to invade Europe
    3. Helped lead to end of war

  • Battle of the Bulge

    Battle of the Bulge
    1. The Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist
    2. They were trying to push Allie front West
    3. Helped lead to end of war

  • Battle of Iwo Jima

    Battle of Iwo Jima
    1. America invaded Iwo Jima
    2. It happened because American needed a base near the Japanese coast
    3. America took their air fields so they couldn't scout for incoming allied bombers

  • Liberation of concentration camps

    Liberation of concentration camps
    1. Freeing the prisoners of the camps
    2. War was over and Nazis no more could have the concentration camps
    3. Jews and prisoners were freed

  • VE Day

    VE Day
    1. The day the Nazis finally surrendered
    2. The Allies finally won
    3. The Germans surrendered so it became a day US and Britain celebrate victory

  • Dropping of the atomic bombs

    Dropping of the atomic bombs
    1. President Truman ordered for the new weapon be used to end war quickly
    2. Advisers said attempt to invade japan would result in horrific casualties
    3. Japan surrendered

  • VJ Day

    VJ Day
    1. Formal signing of surrender
    2. Japan surrendered and this day was when it was formally signed
    3. Marked the end of World War 2