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Japanese invasion of china
On July 7, 1937 is the beginning of Japan's undeclared war on China when a clash occurred between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China. Japan needed resources that China had but in order to get these recources to create their empire they had to invade but China wasn't going to let them without a fight. -
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Years of WWII
starting officialy in 1939 with Germanys invasion of poland World War 2 lasted until 1945 with the U.S., Britain France, Russia, and Canada fighting on the allies and Germany, Italy, and Japan on the axis side. along with several other nations on either side. -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Adolf Hitlers German Army crossed into Neighboring Poland to start WWII, this forced British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to declare war on Germany, because two days after Germany signed the non-aggression pact with Russia Brtitain signed a military alliance with Poland. Germany accomlished this by using Blitzkrieg or lightning war (1939-1940) which is a combination of fast moving ground and air units. -
Battle of Britain
In the fall German and British air forces fough tin the skies over England, in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. A significant turning point of the War, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, and military posts. Britain’s decisive victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a plan using blitzkrieg to invade the Soviet Union that was Russia that led from June to December. but due to bad winter weather and low supplies the attack made it only half way to its goal and now just focused on captureing Russias industrial strength Hitlers new plan was to strangle the Russians from their industries. -
Pearl Harbor
Just before 8 a.m. on 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 was crippleing The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. the day after President Roosevelt declared war on Japan. -
Bataan Death March
After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese, approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make a 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and were subjected to harsh treatment by Japanese guards. thousands died on the march. -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of Nazi high officials to answer their ultimate question about what to do with the Jews in Europe. the result was the killing of millions of Jews in concntration camps by working to death or gas chambers. This is also Known as the Holocaust -
Battle of Stalingrad
the battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest battles of the the entire war. But the Battle of Stalingrad, was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the U.S.S.R. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning point of the war -
Allied invasion of Italy
On July 10th the allies invade sicily and island off the coast of Italy and took it on August 17th and later on September 3rd land on Italy itself, Bonito Mussolini is removed from power and Italy's new government made secret agreements to surrender. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah was a bombing raid on Hamburg by british forces at night and american forces by day destroying buildings and factorys. Not only did it destroy lives and structures but it destroyed morale as well. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, Adolph Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by means of a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. Caught off-guard, American units fought desperate battles to stem the German advance at St.-Vith, Elsenborn Ridge, Houffalize and Bastogne. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, giving rise to the battle’s name. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima was the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Following air and naval bombardment, three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by roughly 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from a network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. beside the difficulty of the conditions, the marines the island on March 26. -
Battle of Okinawa
The last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June 22, 1945) involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army, for critical air bases. -
Liberation of concentration camps
U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau, the first concentration camp established by Germany’s Nazi regime. A major Dachau subcamp was liberated the same day by the 42nd Rainbow Division.Established five weeks after Adolf Hitler took power as German chancellor in 1933, it was originaly for political enemies of the Nazi party and later took houseing Jehovah’s Witnesses, Gypsies, homosexuals, and repeat criminals, Beginning in 1938 Jews. -
VE Day
VE-day is the day both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. A blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people. Three days later, another bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki, killing nearly 40,000 more people. A few days later, Japan announced its surrender. -
VJ Day
VJ day is the day that Japan surrendered after the atomic bomb droppings on hiroshima and nagasaki, but papers weren't officialy signed until september 2nd on the USS Missouri anchored in Tokyo Bay. Victory was celebrated all over the country in America because the ENTIRE war with Europe and Japan was over.
