-
Japanese invasion of china
Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria in 1931. By 1937 Japan controlled large sections of China, and war crimes against the Chinese became commonplace. China suffered 15 million deaths massive destruction of industrial infrastructure and agricultural production, and the shattering of the tentative modernization begun by the Nationalist government. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a German word meaning " lighting war. It was Germany's way to avoid a long war in the first phase of World War 2 in Europe. Blitzkreig tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons along a narrow front. -
Pearl harbor
The Japanese military launched a suprise attack on the united states naval base at pearl harbor. Since early 1941 the U.S. had been supplying Great Britain in its fight against the Nazis. It had also been pressuring Japan to halt its military expansion in Asia and the Pacific. https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/pearl-harbor-fact-sheet-1.pdf -
Battle of Bulge
The battle of bulge was the largest and bloodiest battle in American WWII history. This battle was between us and german soldiers over 15,000 men died in this battle. This battle marked the last line of offense on the western front. Throughout the battle the US was highly outnumbered. -
The wannsee conference
The Wannsee conference was a meeting of the nazi party members they got together and made the final decision. Hitler decided that the final decision was that he was going to send the jews to Europe and north Africa. The -
Battle of Midway
Aircraft from japanese carriers attacked and damaged the US base on midway. the US carrier forces were just to the east of the island and ready for battle. After their initial attacks, the Japanese aircraft headed back to their carriers to rearm and refuel. -
D-Day ( Normanday invaison)
The normanday invasion was an attack that caught Germany of guard `and was the end of the nazi reign. It was also called D-day because the operation had a departed date, This invasion brought together the land, air and sea forces of allied armies -
Liberation of concentration camps
These camps were made as another way to get rid of jews. Over 6 million jews were killed and tortured in these camps. Jews were killed by gas chambers, starvation and murder. The concentration were orginally based in Germany. These camps were apart of the final solutions. -
Battle of Iwo Jiwa explanation
That battle was a battle in which the united states and the US marine corps landed and captured the island of Iwo Jiwa. A total of 6,104 died during this battle. This island was an emergency site for more than 2,200 B-29 bombers. The US sustained 24,053 casualties. This was the highest in marine corps history -
VE Day
VE day is when Germany surrendered its military forces to allies including the united states. VE day is also known as victory day in Europe. This day is also marked the end of WWII in Europe in the eastern front. The invasion or normandy marked for Hilter. -
Dropping of atomic bombs
These bombs were dropped as retalliation for japan bombing pearl harbor. The two bombs had to two separate names. Hiroshima&Nagasaki these bombs killed over 200,000 people in japan -
VJ Day
VJ is when japan was defeated and it marked the end of WWII japan surrendered because they realized that victory was impossibe. when the war was over citizens around the world erupted in cheers.