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Germanys new plan
The Blitzkrieg was a new force with the German army, one that would destroy anyone in its path. The plan was in motion the first nation to experience this was Norway and they stood no chance with their very poorly armed army they only lasted two months. Blitzkrieg is a term used to describe a method of offensive warfare designed to strike a swift, focused blow at an enemy using maneuverable forces, including armored tanks and air support. an attack ideally leads to a quick victory. -
Rape of Nanking
The Nanjing Massacre, also called Rape of Nanjing, was the mass killing and the ravaging of Chinese citizens and capitulated soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army after its seizure of Nanjing, China, on December 13, 1937, during the Sino-Japanese War that preceded World War II. this lead to many to fear Japan and also see them as savages and rather kill your self instead of being captured. -
Japanese invasion of China
Japan, wanting more resources, decided that invading China was their best bet. So they ran through China taking everything and also committing many war crimes on the chinese. Thus the Japanese were able to mass produce weapons. giving them an advantage over other forces. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river. This led to the downfall of Germany taking this bid lose. -
Pearl Harbour
The Japanese planned on bombing America as they thought that it would take months just for America to respond. America sent forces about two weeks later and then dropped two suns on the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Making Japan “BOW” out AHHAH get it. -
Wannsee Conference
The Final Solution was the codename for the systematic, deliberate, physical annihilation of the European Jews. At some still undetermined time in 1941, Adolf Hitler authorized this European-wide scheme for mass murder. Heydrich convened the Wannsee Conference -
Bombs of the sun
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. the bombs killed many people after as well giving them cancer and also making them infer tail -
Operation thunderclap
In 1944, during World War II, a plan called Operation Thunderclap was proposed. The idea was to bomb Berlin, which would inflict many casualties. However, the project was never put into action. -
D-Day
The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944, brought together the land, air, and sea forces of the allied armies in what became known as the largest amphibious invasion in military history. The operation, given the codename overlord, delivered five naval assault divisions to the beaches of Normandy, France. -
Here comes the sun
On 6 and 9 August 1945, the United States detonated two atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
It had been one of the bloodiest battles in Marine Corps history. After the battle, Iwo Jima served as an emergency landing site for more than 2,200 B-29 bombers, saving the lives of 24,000 U.S. airmen. Securing Iwo Jima prepared the way for the last and largest battle in the Pacific: the invasion of Okinawa. -
Battle of the Bulge
Called “the greatest American battle of the war” by Winston Churchill, the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes region of Belgium was Adolf Hitler’s last major offensive in World War II against the Western Front. Hitler’s aim was to split the Allies in their drive toward Germany. The German troops’ failure to divide Britain, France and America with the Ardennes offensive paved the way to victory for the allies. -
Liberation day
As Allied troops moved across Europe against Nazi Germany in 1944 and 1945, they encountered concentration camps, mass graves, and other sites of Nazi crimes. The unspeakable conditions the liberators confronted shed light on the full scope of Nazi horrors. 2020 marked the 75th anniversary of the liberation of prisoners from Nazi concentration camps and the end of Nazi tyranny in Europe. -
VE Day
On May 8, 1945 - known as Victory in Europe Day or V-E Day - celebrations erupted around the world to mark the end of World War II in Europe. The war had been raging for almost five years when U.S. and Allied forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. -
VJ Day
V-J Day, or Victory over Japan Day, marks the end of World War II, one of the deadliest and most destructive wars in history. When President Harry S. Truman announced on Aug. 14, 1945, that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, war-weary citizens around the world erupted in celebration -