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Japanese invasion of china
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria started on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. -
Fall of Paris
On May 10 1940, German forces defeated Allied forces by mobile operations and conquered France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, bringing land operations on the Western Front to an end until 6 June 1944. Italy entered the war on 10 June 1940 and attempted an invasion of France. -
Operation Gomorrah
Bombing of Hamburg during World War II included numerous strategic bombing missions and diversion/nuisance raids. -
Operation Thunderclap
On August 1944, an operation code named Thunderclap, but it was shelved and never implemented. The plan envisaged a major attack on Berlin that caused 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed, many of them key German personnel, which would break German morale. -
Potsdam Declaration
The Potsdam Declaration or the Proclamation Defining Terms for Japanese Surrender is a statement that called for the surrender of all Japanese armed forces during World War II.