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Japanese invasion of china
The Japan-China War
The War between Japan and China started in July 1937 when Japan claimed that they were fired on by China at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. japan used this as an excuse, and launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops. As a result of the war 6 million chinese people died and 60 million were homeless. -
Rape of Nanking
http://www.historyplace.com/worldhistory/genocide/nanking.htm' >Rape of Nanking</a>
The Japanese Imperial Army marched into China's capital city of Nanking and proceeded to murder 300,000 out of 600,000 civilians and soldiers in the city. During this time many people where starting to become addicted to heroin. -
Germany Blitzkrieg
Germany Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg "lightning speed," is a tactic designed by the military to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and firepower. Germany was successful in many cases using this tatic. -
Germanys invasion of poland
[germany invades poland](www.history.com)Germany invaded poland so they can gain more land to build their empire. As a result soviet russia joined in and took land for themselves also. -
Germans Enter Paris
Germans enter parisGerman Troops entered Paris and took over completly. They set new rules for the town including a curfew which was 8 p.m. Everyoe thought it was going to go down hill but the british prime minister told them that everything was gonna be okay that america was going to save them. As more Germany troops came in, the people of paris started to flee else where. -
Operation Barbarossa
operation barbarossaOn June 22, 1941,Hitler launched his armies east in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. He sent three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II,because it failed and forced Nazi Germany to fight a two-front war against a coalition possessing immensely superior resources. -
Pearl Harbor
pearl harboron December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. This action made the United States of America entered WWII. -
Wannsee Conference
WANNSEE CONFERENCE AND THE "FINAL SOLUTION"15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." Thus causing the beginning of the holocaust. -
Battle of Midway
battle of midway
6 months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. This was an important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah is launched
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.” Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians -
Warsaw Ghetto
WARSAW GHETTO UPRISINGThe war saw ghetto was an area the germanys mak=rked and surrounded. within the gettoh the would deport poeple they chose to concentration camps and kill the rest. Over 300,000 jews where deported and killled. -
Allied Invasion of Italy
Allied invasion of italy
Great Britain invaded the toe of italy crossing the Messina from Sicily. On the day of the landing, the Italian government secretly agreed to the Allies’ terms for surrender, but no public announcement was made until September 8. -
D-Day
D-Day On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 troops, More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft to supported the D-Day invasion landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany and by the end, the Allies gained a foot-hold in Continental Europe. The cost in lives on D-Day was high. More than 9,000 Allied Soldiers were killed or wounded, but their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 Soldiers to begin the slow -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the bulge
December 16, with the onset of winter, the German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces in a manner that would turn the tide of the war in Hitler's favor. The battle that ensued is known historically as The Battle of the Bulge. The courage and fortitude of the American Soldier was tested against great adversity. -
Operation Thunderclap
The purpose was to drop bombs on all of the east side of germany. It was supposed to disrupt the transportation to the eastern front of germany so it can be weakened. many bombs where realesed and in theory it worked. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
operation iwo jima
It was a bigg battle between 23,000 japanese army and navy troops in trenches open land and tunnle and the Americans. America concord that land to plan an attack on japan some 500-600 miles -
VE Day
http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ve_day.htm'
VE Day
On this day German General Jodl signed the unconditional surrender document that formally ended war in Europe. But the japanese war was still going on. -
Battle of Okinawa
battle of okinawa
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. America wanted to invade japan. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
bombing of hiroshima
To end the war quickly and not risk any more lives of the americans, the president of the united states ordered an atomic bomb to be dropped on hiroshima called "little boy" which killed an estimate of 80,000 people and seriously wounded 35,000. -
VJ Day
[VJ DAY 1945](www.google.com)
On this day Japan decided to surrender after a horibble loss in citizens and solders. After the celebrations The united states decided to help them clean up and demilitarize them.
