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germany invades poland
german luftwaffe bombed polish artfeilds and german warships and u boats attacked polish naval forces in the battle sea
it was a deffensive action
began ww2 and lots of people died -
german blitxkrieg
forced the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower
germany wanted to build its empire and felt that other europeans were restricting them. -
pearl harbor
japanese planes attacked and killed about 2,300 americans
Japan and the U.S had been unhappy with japans increasingly belligerent attitude toward china
lead america to join ww2 -
d-day normandy invasion
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battle of bulge
Hitler attempted to split the allied armies in to north west europe by means of a suprise blitzkrieg thrust through the ardennes to antwerp.
happened because of hitlers plan to launch a counter offensive thrust through the allied armies in the antwerp region of the northwest europe and recapture antwerp in belglum.
the out come was thatr it ensured thatb the allies would meet nuch resistance in their attempt to cross rhine -
battle of iwo jima
iwo jima was defended by roughly 23,000 japanese army and naval troops who fought from and elaborate network of caves dugouts tunnels and underground installations
japanese wanted to take over land in asia but knew U.S would get in the way -
Ve day
On this day in 1945, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
battle of okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June 22, 1945) involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. By the end of the 82-day campaign, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties—including 14,000 dead -
dropping of the atomic bombs
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another A-bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. -
vj day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or simply “V-J Day.” The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Coming several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany,
