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Japanese Invasion of China
In 1937 the japanese and the chinese troops had a dispute over the fronteir and this led to the Marco-Polo Bridge Incident. This sparked the second sino-japanese war. Russia supplied arms to china and germany created an allience with japan in 1938. By 1940 the war was at a stalemate. Japanese were unable to force victory and the chinese were unable to get their land back. -
Rape of Nanking
During the war, japanese troops conquered the capital of china. They ended up killing 10 to 20 millions of civilians and raping 80,000 women. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
German forces bombard Poland from the land and from the air. This happened because Hitler seeked to regain lost territory and rule Poland. The effect was that begins World War 2. -
German Blitzkrieg 1939-1940
the blitzkrieg was a form of warfare used by German forces in world war 2. In a blitzkrieg troops in vehicles like airplanes or tanks, made quick surprise attacks and strikes. This german conquest led to the fall of paris in 1940. -
Fall of Paris
This was the invasion of France by the German Forces. The Germans took over Paris only after Six short weeks. They took over 2 million prisoners and on the 16th of June The new Prime minister asked for an Armistice and on the 22nd of June it was signed. -
Operation Barbarossa
The Operation Barbarossa was the code name for when the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. It was the Largest Military Mission in History. It included over 3 million Axis troops and 3500 tanks. -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of japanese fighter planes attacked the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese destroyed 20 American Naval vessels, 2 thousands soldiers and sailors died, 1 thousand wounded, Then America declared war on Japan and finally joined WW2. -
Wannsee Conference
The Nazi party and German Government officials met up to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "final solution of the Jewish question". The "Final Solution" was the codename for the annihilation of the European Jews. Most were on board with the mass murder. -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany. 167 civilian deaths as result of the German bombings. Later the Britsh aircraft dropped 2,300 tons of bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. More than 1500 German civilians were killed. 17,000 bomber sorties dropped more than 9,000 tons of explosives which killed more than 30,000 people. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
Marshal Montgomery from the british 8th Army starts an allied invasion on the Italian Peninsula. The Italian Government secretly agrees to the Allie's terms for surrender. Benito Mussolini envisions building Italy into a new Roman Empire. July 10 the allies began their invasion of the Axis controlle Eurpoe. Patton arrives in Messina on August 17th. July 25th Mussolini is forced to resign and is arrested. On July 26th the Italian government falls under the control of Marshal Petro Badoglio. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
D-Day began on June 6th. American, British and Canadian forces landed on the beaches of the coast of France's Normandy region. All of Northern France was liberated by August 1944. This was one of the largest military attacks in history. -
Battle of the Bulge
Operation Mist is launched by the Germans. 250,000 soldiers, 14 German Infantry Divisions went against 80,000 Americans. German commandos impersonated American Military and took over their communications. 72 American soldiers were murdered in Ardennes town of Malmedy byb SS soldiers. -
Operation Thunderclap
A series of allied firebombing raids begins all against the german city of dresdaen. 135,000 people were killed. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Three US marine Divisions landed on the Island . It was defended by 23,000 Japanese Army and Navy Troops. 5,900 Americans died and 17,400 were wounded. The Japanese changed their tactics concentrating on the in lands. -
Battle of Okinawa
There was 287,000 troops of the US Army versus 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Army. The Air bases were in danger from being invaded by Japan. 77,000 soldiers from Japan were lost. Allies sufferd 65,000 casualties. American General Simon B Buckner died by artillery fire. Ushijima Mitsuru died by suicide. -
Liberation Of Concentration Camps
60,000 prisoners were released from the first camp. Most prisoners were unhealthily thin and sick from diseases like typhus. -
VE Day
Celbrate the defeat of the Nazi War Machine. Greta Britian and the UnitedStates celebrate victory. The Russians took almost 2mmillion prisoners. 13,000 POW's were sent back to GreaT Britian.Soviets lost 600 more soldiers by the time the Germans finally surrendered. -
Dropping of the atomic Bombs
The United States was the first nation to use atomic bombs on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The drop of the atomic bomb marked the end of world war 2. On August 6, 1945 the american bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over Hiroshima. It immediatley killed 80,000 people. Three days later another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing 40,000. Finally Japan surrendered. -
Potsdam Declaration
A day later following the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan submits its acquiescence to the Potsdam Conference terms of unconditional surrender. -
VJ Day
The news of the surrender was announced to the world. This ended World War 2. V-J stands for Victoryover Japan.
