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Japanese Invasion of China
1937-45
began when China resisted the expansion of Japan in its territory
Japan’s defeat in world war 2 ended its occupation in China. -
Rape of Nanking
in 1931, japan acquired the city of manchuria and was the first step in their plan to expand into Asia.
both armies met at the Marco Polo Bridge
The population of Nanking was subjected to butchery by the Japanese. They were shot or bayoneted
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German Invasion Poland
This was the first battle of WW2
1 September 1939 the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish Westerplatte Fort, Danzig
Germans used Blitzkrieg tactic (attacking as quickly as possible with tanks and air raiding) -
German Blitzkreig of Western Europe
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Operation Barbarossa
Massive attack that mostly relied on blitzkrieg tactic
3 army groups attacked Russia on June 22nd 1941
3 million soldiers, 3580 tanks, 7184 artillery guns and 1830 horses were used along with 750,000 horses -
Attack On Pearl Harbor
Happened December 2nd, 1941
2,390 people died as a result of this attack by the Japanese
The US Pacific Fleet had 21 ships sunk or heavily damaged with 164 aircraft lost and 159 damaged.
The Japanese saw this as a victory, Because of this attack, the U.S. entered the war later that year -
Creation of the United Nations
Was created January 1st 1942
The name was thought up by President Roosevelt during the second world war
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Wannsee Conference
On January 20, 1942, 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered to discuss the final solution for the Jews
High Profile Nazi leaders were there including Heinrich Himmler and Adolf Hitler
The final solution was the physical annihilation of the jewish population Which in turn was the Holocaust -
Battle of Stalingrad
The soviets successfully defended the city of Stalingrad from the Nazi forces
The city would’ve been a great prize for the Nazi’s and Hitler personally
330,000 of Germany’s finest fighters were sent to this battle but they were met with heavy resistance from the red army
Operation Uranus was a turning point in this battle for the soviet union.
The soviets gathered over 800,000 casualties from Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Romania
more than a million russians died
many captured were sent to russi -
Operation Gomorrah
It was an aerial bombing campaign and started the night of July 24th 1943 and lasted until August 3rd
it left over 1 million residents homeless and killing 40,000-50,000 civilians
Was done by Britain and American air forces on Germany -
Mussolini
When Allies took Sicily in 1943 mussolini was overthrown from dictatorship and was given a significantly weaker eat of power
Was Killed by Italian Partisans in April 1945 -
D-Day (Invasion of Normandy)
D-Day stands for Designation Day and it was June 6th 1944
Many men who were in service that day weren’t even 20 years old yet
4,000 men had died but the allies still succeeded -
Liberation Of Cncentration Camps
First camp to be liberated Majdanek in 1944 by the soviet union, Some so weak the could not even digest food, many died weeks after liberation. Soldiers did not know of concentration camps until the first one was found. -
Battle of The Bulge
Hitler's last real attempt at winning the war, with
Battle at first was in favor of the Germans due to numbers but on the 24th of January 1945 reinforcements came 3 times more troops than the Germans
only 200,000 troops and 1,000 tanks to defend Ardennes forest -
Operation Thunderclap
Allied strategic bombing raid against the German city of Dresden.
Happened February 13th 1945
25,000-35,000 people were killed -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Iwo means Sulfur and the small Island of Iwo Jima was literally filled with sulfur
Began December 4th 1944
American Deaths= 2,420 with nearly 7,000 dead by the end of it
We claimed the island on March 26, 1945 -
Battle of Okinawa
Took place between April-June 1945
Japanese took 100,000 casualties while the Allies suffered 50,000 casualties
80 plus day battle on the Island of Okinawa -
Hitler
Many people in Hitler’s party wanted him dead
He became extremely paranoid
Lived the remainder of his life in his bunker in Berlin with his fiance
Committed Suicide after marrying his wife. Did this by biting into a cyanide capsule and shot himself along with his wife, Did this to avoid capture and defeat. Died in the early morning of April 30th 1945 -
VE Day
VE Day stands for Victory in Europe Day
Happened Tuesday May 8th 1945
Marked the end of Hitler’s war in Europe -
Dropping of the Atom Bombs
On August 6th, 1945 the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb, codenamed Littleboy, on Hiroshima
Littleboy was a uranium bomb
Japan didn’t surrender so the U.S. dropped a second atomic bomb Codenamed Fatman on another Japanese city
On August 9th, 1945 a plutonium type bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan
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Creation Of Nato
Nato was created to insure "civilised" countirs had eachothers backs and would quickly go too war with eachothers enemies and get it over with quickly.
