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Japenese Invasion of China
The Japenese invaded China because they claimed that they were fired on by the Chinese at the Marco Polo bridge near Beijing. They attacked the Guomintang with little resistance. Shanghai and Chiang Kai-shek's capital fell on December 1937. Withen five months one million Chinese people were under Japenese control. www.historylearningsite.co.uk -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Poland was invaded by Germany after some long-term political crises. Throughout this whole attack many were killed and injured. The total amount of casualties were great. Germany had 8082 to 10,572 killed, 27,278 to 30,322 wounded and 3,404 to 5,029 missing. Polish had 66,300 killed, 133,700 wounded and 420,000 taken prisoner. www.achtungpanzer.com -
German Blitzkrieg
The German Blitzkrieg is a tactic used by Germans. It was first a form of elite infantry units known as Storm Troopers. These Storm Troopers were used to rapidly overrun enemy positions using momentum and speed. The strategy evolved by adding heavily armored tanks supported by infantry, motorized infantry, artillery and air power to encircle the enemy. www.olive-drab.com -
Fall of Paris
More than 2 million Persians left Paris that night. Paris had more tanks but lost. At the time Hitler wanted to control all of Europe. -
Operation Barbarossa
Nazi Germany and its allies invaded the Soviet Union. Some 4.5 million troops were deployed from Poland, Finland, and Romania for a surprise attack. Even though the German had massive advantages, Hitlers plan of conquering the Soviet Union before winter had failed and at a great cost. This failure could prove to be a turning point in the war. www.theatlantic.com -
Pearl Harbor
Hundreds of Japenese fighter planes attacked the the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The Japenese destroyed almost 20 American naval bases, 8 colossal battleships, and about 200 airplanes. 2,000 American soldiers and sailors died and 1,000 were wounded. www.history.com -
Wannsee Conference
The Nazi party and German government officials gathered at the ville in the Berlin suburbs of Wannsee to discuss and plan on their tactical plan called the "Final Solution of the Juwish Question". www.ushmm.org -
Bataan Death March
U.S. surrendered in The Bataan Penisula on the main Philippine island 7,500 Filipinos and American soldiers had to take a 65 mile march to prison camps. Thousands died along the way. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw ghetto uprising was like a strong rebellion against German soldiers that at some point were captured or killed. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah was an aerial bornbire campaign that occurred in the European Theatre of Operation. It destroyed a significant percent of the city of Hamburg. Over 1 million residents became homeless 40,000-50,000 civilians were killed. www.militaryhistory.about.com -
D-Day
America planned to defeat Germany first with its allies. America assumed that there would be a massive invasion of northwest Europe. By 1943 it would be possible to begin the formal planning for the operation. www.nationalww2museum.org -
Monument Men
Monument men are a group of men and women from thirteen nations. Their job was to save as much European culture as they could. They understood how much trouble they could be in. www.monumentmen.org -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunder was an Allied Command proposal to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure. www.ww2today.com -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the Bulge was a huge battle between the allies and Germany, which the plan was to seperate the allies but it failed. And so the allies defeated Germany making it one of the reasons for the end of the war. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle of Iwo Jima was one of the bloodiest battle of Pacific Ocean which involved the U.S. and Japan which the U.S. won for revenge of Pearl Harbor. -
Battle of Okinawa
Another battle between the U.S. and Japan which U.S. also won causing the Japan empire to fall and also over 107,000 men died during this battle. -
VE Day
VE Day is a day of celebration because of the signing of the surrender documents. This ended the greatest conflict ever to envelope Europe on May 7 in the French city of Reins. -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
Summer 1944 the soviets over ran sabibor, reblinka camp. They also liberated auschwitz the largest killing center and concentration camp in 1945. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
In 1945 a plane called the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb into the city of Hiroshima. 70,000 Japenese were vaporized and after 2 days later the Soviet Union dropped the second atomic bomb in the of Nagasaki. -
VJ Day
VJ Day marks the end of World War II it is considered victory over Japan day. www.holidayinsight.com