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Japanese Invasiom of China
Also known as the Sino- Japanese War, was a conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. War amongst them started in July 1937 when Japan claimed the Chinese fired on themat the Marco- Polo Bridge near Beijing. -
Germany's Invasion of Portland
During the previous month, Hitler signed the German- Soviet pact. This stated that Poland was to be partioned between the two powers. The was Hitler's effort to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. The German invasion was the premier of Hitler's Blitzberg strategy. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to cripple enemy forces through the use of concentrated firepower. German forces tried out the Blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before using the tactic during the invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa also known as Operation Fitz, was a code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union, which was launched on June 22, 1941. -
Pearl Harbor
On this day in history before 8 a.m. hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harber near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and almost 200 planes. More than 3,000 American soldiers and sailors either died or were wounded on the day of the attack, -
Wannsee Conference
On this day high- ranking Nazi Party and German government officials gathered in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and organize what was known as the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The "Final Solution" was the code name for the systematic annihilation of the European Jews. -
Operation Gomorrah
Due to the deaths of 167 british civilians from German bombings in July, Britain retaliated by dropping 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours.More than 1,500 German civilians were killed in that first British raid. Britain only lost 12 aircraft from a whopping 791 total. -
D- Day
On this day, more than 160,000 troops landed on the heavily- fortified French coastline, to fight Nazi Germany on the beach of Normandy, France. Though more than 9,000 soldiers were killed or wounded, their sacrifice allowed more than 100,000 soldiers cross Germany to defeat Hitler's troops. -
Battle of the Bulge
The German army launched a counteroffensive that was intended to cut through the Allied forces. This was Hitler's effort to change the war in his favor. Hundreds of German tanks and several hundred thousand German troops broke through the thinly held American lines. Although the Germans advanced as much as 50 miles in some areas, US forces managed to delay the enemy -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Roughly 23,000 japanese troops defended Iwo Jima from a network fo caves and dugout, tunnels. he American amphibious invasion of Iwo Jima, was sparked by the desire for a place where B-29 bombers damaged over Japan could land without returning all the way to the Marianas. -
Operation Thunderclap
The Allied Command for some time were discussing "Operation Thunderclap". The idea was to bomb the eastern- most cities and distrupt transport of what was becoming the Eastern front. After discuss the raid for a while on February 13, 1945 the first wave of aircraft bombed Berlin, Dresden, Chmnitz and Leipzig. -
Battle of Okinawa
The Battle of Okinawa was on the largest battles of the Pacific island. Starting on April 1 and ending on June 22, and included more than 287,000 troops. The japanese had changed their tactics of resisting at the water's edge, They built a series of defense lines across the island on the north and south of the American landing beaches giving them tim to form a good defense. During the course of this battle civilan casualities rose up to 100,000 people due to the heavily populated area of Okinawa -
VE Day
On this day, both Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. 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. This day spelled the day when German troops throughout Europe. finally laid down their arms -
Dropping of Atomic Bombs
The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Many say that bombings had two major objectives. 1. Bring the war with Japan to hault and 2. demonstrate the new weapon of mass destruction to the Soviet Union
