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Japanese invasion of China
What happened:Japan gained control over the three northeastern province of China know as manchuraln.
Why happened & effects: Japan rapidly gained control over the three northeastern the subsequent major thrust of 1937–1938, the Japanese overran most of northern and central China. Chinese refused to surrender and Japan found herself stuck in an unforeseen quagmire. Unable to extricate herself from this strategic predicament, Japan compounded her problems by responding to the outbreak of war. -
German blitzkrieg
In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a long war. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns. Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons along a narrow front.defenses, permitting armored tank divisions to penetrate rapidly and roam freely behind enemy lines. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland all along its 1,750-mile border with German-controlled territory. Simultaneously, the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. -
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 just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
Operation Barbarossa
Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. By this point German combat effectiveness had reached its apogee; in training, doctrine, and fighting ability, the forces invading Russia.Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II, for its failure forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war against a coalition -
Wannsee conference
The "Final Solution" was the code name for the systematic, deliberate, physical annihilation of the European Jews. At some still undetermined time in 1941, Hitler authorized this European-wide scheme for mass murder. Heydrich convened the Wannsee Conference to inform and secure support from government ministries and other interested agencies relevant to the implementation of the “Final Solution,” and to disclose to the participants that Hitler himself had tasked Heydrich to run the operation. -
Operating Gomorrah
British attacks on Hamburg continued until November of that year. Although the percentage of British bombers lost increased with each raid as the Germans became more adept at distinguishing between Window diversions and actual bombers, Operation Gomorrah proved devastating to Hamburger not to mention German morale.a whole lot of people were killed. Hitler effect was to significant -
D-Day (Normandy invasion)
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when 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. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target. -
Battle of the Bulge
In 1944 Adolf Hitler attempted to split the allied armies in Northwest Europe. American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St. Vith, Elsenborn ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. One of the main objectives was to split the Allied armies by means of a surprise. -
Operation "Thunderclap"
This was a long complex in 1945. Two months after D-Day, Sir Charles Portal, Chief of the Air staff had suggested that the moment Germany approached military collapse a series of heavy raid. Before this attack on Dresden the air ministry had, for several months been considering a series of particularly heavy area raids on German cities causing problems. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
On February 19, 1945 American soldiers make their first strike on the Japenese home islands at Iwo Jima. The Americans searched for a base near the Japanese coast. U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. This battle was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops. B-29 bombers damaged Japan Iwo Jima was attacked by 3 marine divisions. -
Battle of Okinawa
On April 1, 1945 Allied forces invade the island. They engage the Japanese and this was considered the bloodier battle of the pacific war. Okinawa campaign included 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth army vs. Japan's 130,000 soldiers apart of the Japanese Thirty-second army. Japan lost 77,000 and the Allies suffered more than 65,000 casualties including 14,000 dead. Japanese navy mounted mass air attacks. In the end both generals died in the course of this battle. -
VE Day
This is usually celebrated in May 8th. Both the British and the United States celebrate victory in Europe Day. This is the Day that Europe finally laid down their arms. About 1 million Germans attempted a mass exodus to the West when fighting in Chechoslavakia ended. They were stopped by the Russians and taken captive. The Russians ended up taking approximately 2 million prisoners before and after the German surrendered. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima August 6, 1945. The U.S. was the first and only nation to use atomic weaponly during wartime. This was the end of World War ||. The making of that atomic weapon had been in session since 1940. The bomb had the power of 15,000 tons TNT. Many more injuries and deaths occurred weeks after the bomb was dropped due to infections and radiation poisoning. After the final bombing in Nagasaki which killed nearly 40,000 people, Japan announced it's surrender. -
VJ Day
August 15, 1945. This is the day that Japan surrendered unconditionally to the Allies durning World War ||. This day is known as "Victoryover Japan Day". This is also used for September 2, 1945 when Japan's formal surrender took aboard the U.S.S Missouri.
