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Japanese invasion of China
The Japanese claimed that they were fired on by chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge. They used there defeated land of Manchuria to use as a launching base. within 5 months, 1 Million Chinese people were under Japanese control.after inital control the Japanese didnt really go any further. -
Rape of Nanking
The Japanese Imperial Army went into China and murdered 300,000 out of 600,000 people that lived there, many of which were soliders. It lasted 6 weeks and was soon knowns as the worst tragity of World War II. The Japanese only had one order, and it was to "Kill all captive." Most women were raped and kept captive to see if they were pregnant, if they were they where held until they had the baby then killed. The child was often used to become more army support. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany signed a nonaggression pact with Poland in 1934 but it soon avoided. Germans dystroyed the Czechoslovak state in 1939 with broke the Munich agreement. Britian and France, in responce, guaranteed integrity of the Polish state.Germany then signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union so they they could invade Poland without the fear of Soviet interaction. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of being attacked. After shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans. -
German Blitzkrieg
"Blitzkrieg" is a gernam word that means "Lightning War". This was a military tactic made to create problems through disorginization. It is called a "lightning war" because it is a short and fast way to stop military champains. Germans first attepted Blitzkrieg on Poland in 1939 but it was not successful. Later, in 1940 Blitzkrieg was successful against Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. -
Fall of Paris
The people in Paris awake to a German voice saying that they have an 8PM curfew as German forces are preparing to occupy Paris. Prime Minister Winston Churchill reaches out to the United States for help. By the time German tanks rolled into Paris, 2 million perople of Paris had already fled. In little to no time, the German Gestapo went to work. Arrests, interrogations, and spying were the order of the day. -
Battle of Britain
German troops began with a long series of bombing raids against Britain. Britain knew that sooner than later the Axes Powers were going to turn thier sights and focus across the channel. As thought, 120 german bombers and fighters struck a British Convoy and 70 other bombers hit several dockyards in South Wales. -
Opperation Barbarossa
Hitler launched his armies eastward, having in mind the mass invasion of the Soviet Union. They widely underestimated the power of the Soviet Union and thier preparations were highly inadequate. Germany came in as conquerors instead of Liberators in hope of taking over the Slavic population. Barbarossa had failed, and Nazi Germany confronted a two-front war that it could not win. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese fighter planes attacked the American Naval base near Hanalulu, Hawaii. It only lasted two hours but they dystroyed 20 American Naval vesseles, eight battle ships, and almost 200 planes. More than 2,000 soldiers and sailers dies, along with 1,000 wounded. -
Wannsee Confrence
Reinhard Heydrich, Himmler's second in command of the SS, convened the Wannsee Conference in Berlin to make the Final Solution happen. The Nazis would attempt to kill the entire Jewish population of Europe. The plan was that there would be 11,000,000 Jews in the Nazi program for the “Final Solution to the Jewish Question." As a result, consentration camps were established in which millions of Jews were murdered. -
Battle of Stalingrad
This was the successful Sovet defense of the city Stalingrad. Russians say that the battle was the greatest and most intense battle of their Great Patriotic War. This stopped Germany from coming into the Soviet Union and marked a very important turning point.It was the bloodiest war in history and killed over 2 million military and civilian people. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, Poland orginized an arms revolt against deportations to concentratiopn camps. At this time the Nazi's owned Warsaw and were contributing to more deaths than ever. The Warsaw ghetto uprising lead to other revolts in concentration camps and ghettos throughout Eastern Europe. -
D-Day
More than 160,000 Allied troops landed near a 50-mile stretch of extreamly protected French coastline. More than 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircrafts were involved in the D-Day invasion. More than 9,000 soldiers were killed or hurt. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jime was cause because of the need for base land during World War II near the Japanese coast. Iwo Jima was only protected by about 23,00 Japanese army and navy troops. This battle was mostly fought in caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground installations. The marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting even thought the conditions were terrible. -
Battle of Okinawa
287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. By the end of the 82-day campaign, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties—including 14,000 dead. -
VE Day
Great Britain and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. The day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms In Prague. More than 13,000 British POWs were released and sent back to Great Britain. -
Potsdam Declaration
Potsdam Declaration was the last of the World War II meetings held by the “Big Three” heads of state. This included Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, President, Harry Truman, and Soviet premier Joseph Stalin.The leaders had different agreements on the German The leaders had different agreements on the German economy, punishment for war criminals, land boundaries and reparations. This established a Council of Foreign Ministers and a central Allied Control Council for administration of Germany. -
Dropping of The Atomic Bomb
American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, dropped the world’s first atomic bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. 80,000 people were killed directly from the impact of the bomb. 35,000 were injured, and at least 60,000 were dead by the end of the year from the after effects.Harry Truman thought that dropping the bomb would be a much safer way to end the war rather than the US actually invading the Japanese. -
VJ Day
V-J Day, formally known as Victoryover Japan Day, was the marked ending of WWII when Japan surrendered to the Allies. This took place aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, which was anchored in the Tokyo Boy. After several months after the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation in the Pacific brought six years of hostilities to a final close. -
Nuremburg Trials
This was a series of 13 trials held to bring the Nazi war criminals to justice. Charges include crimes against peace and crimes against humanity. This was held in Nurmenberg, Germany. Leader, Adolf Hitler, committed suicide before being able to be tried. Used as a milestone today toward the establishment of a permanent international court, their procedural ideas were unagreeable at the time. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by a surprise blitzkrieg. As the Germans went farther into the Ardennes trying to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a large bulge, hense the name of the battle. George S. Patton’s successfulaatemp to move the Third Army to Bastogne proved important power to the Allied defense,
