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Japanese invasion of china
The japanese invasion of china was a devistating blow to china. The Japanese claimed that chinese soldiers fired on them at marco polo bridge they used this as an excuse to start a full scale invasion of china. There were many onslaughts racking up the death rates to an record number. -
Germans invade poland
what really kicked off the world war was the germans invading poland. just like when japan invaded china they slaughtered many civilians without mercy. This event marked the official start of the world war 2. This was shown by the frequent bombing of poland before the invasion. Once the German forces had plowed their way through, devastating a swath of territory, infantry moved in, picking off any remaining resistance. -
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German Blitzkrieg
German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 efore successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940. The blitzkrieg was also used by German commander Erwin Rommel during the North African campaign of World War II, and adopted by U.S. General George Patton for his army’s European operations. -
Operation Barbosa
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union. Over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. By this point German combat effectiveness had reached its apogee; in training, doctrine, and fighting ability, the forces invading Russia represented the finest army to fight in the twentieth century. Barbarossa was the crucial turning point in World War II, for its fai -
Pearl Harbor
One of the most devistating things to happen to our nation through out history. oil still rises form the water at pearl harbor. the jappanese kamikazi bombers dived on the oil tankers in peral harbor succesfuly destroying them and themselves in the process. -
Wannsee Confrence
Heydrich met with Adolf Eichmann, chief of the Central Office of Jewish Emigration, and 15 other officials from various Nazi ministries and organizations at Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin. The agenda was simple and focused: to devise a plan that would render a “final solution to the Jewish question” in Europe. Various gruesome proposals were discussed, including mass sterilization and deportation to the island of Madagascar. Heydrich proposed simply transporting Jews from every corner Europe to con -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.”Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians as a result of German bombing raids in July. Now the tables were going to turn. The evening of July 24 saw British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. The explosive power was the equivalent of what German bombers had dropped on London in their five most destructive raids. More tha -
D-Day
Codenamed Operation Overlord, the battle began on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day, when some 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning. Prior to D-Day, the Allies conducted a large-scale deception campaign designed to mislead the Germans about the intended invasion target.
