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Japanese invasion of China
The Second Sino-Japanese War was a conflict between China and Japan stemming from the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. China was aided by the Soviet Union and the United States. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, the war merged with other conflicts of World War II. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was an attempt by the Japanese to keep the US out of WWII,this failed greatly. The attack only catalyzed the entry of the United states. -
Bataan Death march
After the April 9, 1942, U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula American and Filipino captive soldiers were marched to concentration camps under harsh conditions. -
D-day invasion of Normandy
British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along Normandy in an effort to regain control of western Europe. D-day was the beginning of the end due to the Allied powers' victory. -
Battle of Bulge
Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by using a blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. US soldiers were caught off guard and there were many casualties but the Allied forces were able to defeat the Germans. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II by the United States stemmed from the need to control the Japanese coast. US marines defeated Japanese defenses after a month of fighting. -
VE Day
US and European citizens celebrated the victory after Germany surrendered all of their forces. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps.
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camps. They entered the Majdanek camp in Poland and many other camps to find sick and dying prisoners after the German retreat. The US liberated Buchenwald and Dachau. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
The US had already successfully defeated the Germans but the war against Japan still raged on. In an effort to end the war the Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.The bomb immediately killed 80,00 on impact, tens thousands died in the following days. Then another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing 40,000 more, resulting in the surrender of Japan. -
VJ Day
A day commemorating Japan’s formal surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, after the dropping of the atomic bombs.
