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Japanese invasion of Manchuria
It all started on September 18, 1931, when Japan invaded the Manchuria area of China. In 1937 Japan had control of a large part of China also killing China which became a routine.
The reason that Japan invaded the Chinese province of Manchuria was that they were looking for raw materials for their industries. The Japanese invasion of Manchuria impacted World War ll by raising the tension that ultimately triggered the Second Sino-Japanese war. -
The Rape of Najing
The outbreak was when many cities were burned and the Japanese troops launched a campaign of atrocities verse the civilians. About 150,000 males were killed by the Japanese and there were an additional 50,000 male civilians while there were also 20,000 girls and women of many different age groups. They were mostly mutilated or killed during the process. The Japanese General Matsui Iwane gave the order to destroy Nanjing which broke the spirit of the Chinese resistance. -
Invasion of Poland
German troops invaded Poland which triggered World War II. The German aggression caused Great Britain and France to go into a war with Nazi Germany. The Germans had invaded Poland because they wanted to regain their lost territory. When the Germans had broken the forces through the Polish defenses near the border quickly advanced on to Warsaw, the Polish capital. -
Battle of Dunkirk
The Battle of Dunkirk was when the French and the British soldier split apart by the german invasion that was surrounding the French coastal town of Dunkirk, in which the French and the British were cut off from their allies. It impacted the war it served as the turning point of tf the allied war effort. -
Battle of Moscow
This battle was between Nazie Germany and the Soviet Union. When the Germans tried to advance to Moscow they had gotten into trouble because of the weather conditions. In which the Soviet Union's ability was so good that it had the Germans in shock at how they kept on forwarding more reserves. There weres some NAzi officers that had thought that Moscow was not able to reach so they ended up pushing cause the war had to end at some point before the winter would set in. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is a U.S. Naval Base close to Honolulu, Hawaii which was the scene of a horrible surprise attack from the Japanese. About 2,4000 Americans died from the attack and there were 1,000 people were wounded. The attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. Right after the attack, the United States declared war on Japan. -
Women in the war
There were about 350,000 women that joined and served the U.S. Armed forces in WWII. They were able to serve from their home and abroad. The first lady Eleanor Roosevelt also the other women groups impressed the British, General George Marshall and supported their idea of having women service the Army branch. It impacted the WWll that the women would work jobs in factories and also would help the Red Cross. Also, there were some that served in the military. -
The Battle of El Alamein
It had started when the ground was hit with an aerial bombardment launched by Britain and its allies. Right after the troops began to advance. There were about 230,000 British and Rommel’s forces had been outnumbered by 80,000. It impacted the WWll cause it had made a turning point in the North African campaign in the second war. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad was between Russian forces and Nazi Germany and the war was a very bloodthirsty military campaign. It was known as the longest and bloodiest war in modern warfare. About 2 million were killed during the war also with tens of thousands of Russian civilians. The Battle of Stalingrad ended up turning in favor of World War ll to cause its Allied Forces. The battle started in August 1942 and ended in February 1943. -
Kamikaze
It was any type of Japanese piots that were made for deliberate suicidal crashes to their enemies which they aimed the ships. The places would have bombs or also would have extra gasoline tanks right before they were going to crash into their enemies. -
D-Day invasion
The result of the D-Day invasion was the liberation of Western Europe through the Allies from Nazi Germany’s rule. About 156,000 Americas then the British and some of the Canadian forces ended up landing on the five beaches that lay along 50 miles of heavily fortified coast on the coast of France’s Normandy region. This impacted World War II by leading to the liberation of France and that it prevented Germany from using their economy also their resources of human. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was between the U.S, and the Japanese forces on Okinawa, Japan. About 12,000 Americans and 100,000 Japanese soldiers were killed. An additional 100,000 Japanese civilians were killed in combat or ordered to kill themself by the Japanese military. Though this battle was one of the bloodiest of the Pacific War it was a victory for Allied Forces. -
Munich Conference
The leaders of Britain, France, and Italy had agreed with the German annexation of Sudetenland to exchange a pledge of peace with Hilter. The Munich signing impacted the war as the British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier signed the Munich pact with the Nazil leader Adolf Hilter. This agreement avoided the outbreak of the war but at the same time Czechoslovakia had given away to the German conquest.