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Japenese invasion on China
What Happened? The Japanese methodically moved south, seizing control of most of eastern China and all of the major ports by the time war broke out in Europe.
Why? Japan wanted to be an imperial power. Japan needed more recources.
Effects? Struggle with hunger.
http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war -
German Blitzkrieg (lightning war)
What? Germany took over much of Europe in the Blitzkrieg formation with planes, tanks, ect, along a narrow form.
Why? Germany did not want a long war so they thought of the Blitzkrieg plan.
Effects? Government evacuated to Britain, was unable to return to Poland after Red Army occupied it in 1944/5 and intalled a puppet communist government. They were defeated and jews were removed and killed
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId -
Fall of Paris
What? Parisians awaken to the sound of a German-accented voice announcing on loudspeakers that a curfew was being imposed for 8 p.m. as German troops enter and occupy Paris.
Why? They wanted to spy and take over Paris.
Effects? Germans locked down everyone, canadian army and U.S army came and held Germany.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-enter-paris -
Pearl Harbor
What? Japenese planes invaded our most famous and strongest naval base on Dec 7th , a sunday morning while noone expected it.
Why? The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Also so japan could advance at nutrelizing U.S. as they say.
Effects? Destroyed our best naval base and the next day we declared war on Japan.
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
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Wannsee Conferance
What? 15 high-ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss what was said to be the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question."
Why? Extermanation of Jews.
Effects? Millions of jews killed.
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Operation Gomorrah
What? British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day.
Why? Britian had suffered many casuatilies earlier in july, so they turned the tables and it was Britians turn.
Effects? Killed thousands of people and destroyed hundred thousands of buildings.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
Allied Invasion of Italy
What? The British 8th Army under Field Marshal Bernard L. Montgomery begins the Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula,
Why? in 1943, Italy was still an ally of Germany, but after the fall of Sicily, Mussolini was deposed and King Victor Emanuel III had his successor take Italy out of the war.
Effects? Italyy devastated, Mussolini killed.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-invade-italian-mainland -
D-Day
What? the day the Allied powers crossed the English Channel and landed on the beaches of Normandy,
Why? To liberate nazi control on the western European area.
Effects? Thousands of ships , planes , troops anything and everything had gotten deployed there. Allied forces took back normandy.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/d-day -
Liberation of concentration camps
What? Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war.
Why? to free or help the jew prisoners or the other prisoners. all allied forces helped.
Effects? Allied forces liberated the largest camps and let prisoners free.
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131 -
Battle of Iwo Jima
What? we wanted a base in japan.
Why? we dropped the bomb to end ww2 against Japan.
Effects? Japan being bombed and destroyed and they surrender.
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Battle_of_Iwo_Jima -
Battle of Okinawa
What? Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army.
Why? so we could advance across the pacific to japan
Effects? The Japanese lost 120,000 troops in the defense of Okinawa, while the Americans suffered 12,500 dead and 35,000 wounded. Of the 36 Allied ships lost, most were destroyed by the 2,000 or so Japanese pilots who gave up their lives in kamikaze -
VE Day
What? to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces.
Why? We finally crushed nazi germany, war in Europe was finally over.
Effects? War in Europe was ended.
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Dropping of the atomic bombs
What? we dropped the bomb on hiroshima
why? because tey destroyed pearl harbor and we turned the tables on them.
Effects? hundred thousands of peopele died and japan announced their surrender few days later
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ Day
What? we finally had japan surrender to the allied forces.
Why? we defated japan
Effects? war on japan was ended.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/15/newsid_3581000/3581971.stm -
Battle of the Bulge
What? Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg plan.
Why? attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium.
Effects? loss of american soldiers and civilians,
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge
