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Japanese invasion of China
Japanese invasion occured on July 7, 1937. What occured during that attack was because Japan accused China for one of their troops, firing them. They used this exucuse so Japan launched a full-scale invasion of China using Manchuria as a launching base for their troops. China's most important port, Shanghai fell and other capitols. Americans helped China by sending supplies. They created Airstrips to allow American planes to bomb the Japanese. Japanese surrendered and left 1 million troops. -
The Rape of Nanking
The Rape of Nanking was one of the most tragic inccident in history where it was a mass murder and mass rape. Nankings killed tens of thousands as it went. The final death toll of Nanji was 250,000. Although this was only an estamation, they kept this a secret. What caused this was when the Japanese captured Nanking. Japanese demanded for surrender but the Nankings refuesed. The Naking massacar ened when World War ll ended. -
German Blitzkrieg
Blintzkrieg, which means lightning ware, with tanks, planes, artille. German air power prevented the enemy from adequately resupplying or redeploying forces and thereby from sending reinforcements to seal branches infront. Soviet union was defeated by Germany but then later on soviet union launched a counteroffensive in November 1942, trapping and destroying an entire German army at Stalingrad -
The Nazi -Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non Agression pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. Germany had protected themselves from having to fight a two-front in the soon-to-begin WWll. The Soviet was awarded land, parts of Poland and Baltic Sea. The pact was broken when Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union less than two years later. Since Hitler fought a two front war in WWl; split his force and weakend. They lost; he didn't want to mistake -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Poland was attacked at 4:45 a.m by 1.5 million German troops surrounding all 1,750- mile border. Hitler was the leader who ordered Germans to bomb poland airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Hitler claimed that the massive invasion was a defensive action. Although, Britain and France didn't believe it. They declared war which lead to WWII. Hitler planned out the attack on August 26 but learned that Britain had signed a trearty. -
Fall of Paris
Paris awaited the arrival of the Germans. There were a few police seen in the streets and a handful of soldiers aimlessly. A mobile guard was posted at the door of the shop, gun slung over his shoulder. There wasn't a sound of gunfire or exploding bombs. The French decided not to fight. -
Pearl Harbor
The attack was a surprise military strike conducted by the imperial Japanese navy against Uniteds States naval. It was 8 am when the Japanes attacked it lasted for two hours but it was devastating. They destroyed 20 American naval vesselse, including 8 enormous battleships, and almost 200 planes. More than 2000 American soldiers died and 1000 wounded -
Operation Barbarossa
A name given to Nazi German invasion of Russia and was the largest military attack. Three army groups attacked Russia. Although Russia had a large army , though the purges had wiped out a considerable part. The attack started at 3:00, Sunday morning. There were Germans and allied used 3 million soldiers, 3580 tanks, 7184 artillery guns, 1830 planes, and 750000 horses. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi party and German governmenofofficials gathered at a villa in Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question". People participated at this meeting and were aware that the National Socialist regime had engaged in mass murder of Jews and other civilians. The Jews were deployed under appropriate supervision at a suitable form of labor deployment in the East. -
Operation Gomorrah
The bombing Of hamborg the Royal Air Force and the United States Airforce in defending attacks from Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia, and few Slovak States. One of the largest firestorms raised by Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces killing 42600 civilians and wounding 37000 in Hamburg and practically destroying the entire city. -
D-Day
The Battle of Normandy was the proper name giving to the day the Allied forces charged the beaches of France. Countries involving the beach landings were the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Austrailia. US troops stormed Omaha Beach to take over German command posts on the other side of the beach -
Battle of Bulge
Germany's final stand and last battle before they surrendered. This was there last major battle in all of Europe. This was there final front before VJ Day. -
Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima was a battle fought in the Pacific Islands in Japan fought by the United States Marines and the Japanes Imperial Army and the place of the Marines putting up the US Flag over Japan. -
Battle of Okinawa
Thr battle of Okinawa ws fought on April 1st 1945. The US Marines launched an attack to disarm of the Japanese navel ships and to kill off any reinforcements of the Imperial Army. -
VE Day
VE Day was on May 8th 1945, when the allied forces invaded all of Europe and declared victory over the Axis power and also the anouncment of Germany surrendering. -
Atomic Bombs
Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the spots where the bombs were droped to end the war with Japan. It did work but ended up creating huge famin in all of Japan. United states was the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during war time. American bomber dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshmia. A blast equivalent to the power of 15,000 tons and immediately killing 80,000 people. Three days later another bomb was dropped killing nearly 40,000 more people; they surrendered. -
VJ Day
VJ Day was the day that Japan surrendered to all of the Allied forcers, ending the World War. Several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany. Japan's capitulation in the pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final and highly anticipated close. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation thunderclap was a plan by Soviet Russia to invade Germay to try to stop them from invading any other countries at the end centers. Massive attack on Berlin in the belief that would cause many death would shatter German moral. They later decided that the plan wouldn't work. It was two months later from D-Day , sir Charles suggested that the moment Germany approached militiray collapse, a series of of heavy air raids to be launched against east German population centers.
