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Japanese invasion of China
Japan wanted natural resources and saw an obvious weakness and invaded Manchuria. It was turned into a nominally independent state called Manchukuo, but the Chinese Emperor who ruled it was a person that listened to the Japanese. They used the emperor to make the people think that they were being ruled by one of ther e own people. The japanese quickly captured all the main chinese ports, and industrial centewrs. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
1.5 million German troops invaded Poland. At the same time the German Luftwaffe bombedPolish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. hitler claimed that the invasion was a defensive action but Britian and Frace didnt believe it. September 3rd they declared war on Germany initiating WW2 -
German Blitzkrieg
Germans used blitzkrieg on the Netherlands and Belgium. The Blitzkrieg moved really fast. In England, the invasion forced Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to resign, to be replaced by Winston Churchill. The reprieve lasted 48 hours, long enough for the British to defend Dunkirk and evacuate what they could of the Allied armies -
Pearl Harbor
Alot of Japanese fighter planes attacked the american naval base. The attack lasted about 2 hours. The Japanese destroyed 20 naval vessels, including 8 big battelships. The attak on Pearl harbor was a surprized so nobody was rady for it . The Japanese plan was to destroy the Pacific fleet. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi officals meet to discuss the final details about the jews. Hitler was one of the people in the meeting. Along with the chief of the Central Office of jewish emigration. They wanted to devise a plan that would render a final solution to the jewish question. One of the solutions were to include mass sterilization and deportation to the island of Madagascar -
Operation Gomorrah
At night Britch bombers bombed Hamburg Germany while in the day time Americans bombed it. This was also known as blitz week. Britiasn hadd suffered alot of deaths. The tables were starting to turn. More than 1,500 German civilians were killed in that first British raid. -
D-Day
Its codename was operation overload. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Late August 1944, all of northern France had been liberated. By late spring they had defeated the Allies. The normandy landing was known as the begginging and the end of the war. -
Operation barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the name given to Nazi Germany’s invasion of Russia on June 22nd 1941. It was the largest attack in WW2. It was based on the attackof blitzkieg. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II -
Battel of the Bulge
Hitler tried to split the allied armiesin northwest eroupe. Americans cought off gaurd they tried to fight desperate battles to stem the german advance. Third Army to Bastogne proved vital to the Allied defense. The object of this battle was to split allied forces up. -
Operation Thunderclap
The proposal was to bomb the eastern most cities of Germany. it was also to prove a point to th ecitizens. ompared to most other German cities the air raid precautions and the range of air raid shelters available were relatively poor. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
the attack stemmed from the need for a base near the Japanese coast. It was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. The battle earned a place in American lore with the publication of a photograph showing the U.S. flag being raised in victory. -
Battel of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa started in April 1945. The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East.
