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Japanese Invasion of China
Japanese Invasion of China Conflict started when China stres a full-scal resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its terriory. In an effort to throw the Nationalist government, the Japanese occupied large aera of eatern China. Japan's defeat by the allies in 1945 ended its occupation of China. -
Rape of Nanking
Rape of Nanking During the Sino-Japanese War, Naking falls to Japanese forces and the Chinese government flees further inland. To break the spirit of the Chinese resistance, Japanese General ordered the city of Naking be destroyed. Much of the city was burned, 150,000 male "war prisoners" were butchered, 50,000 male civilians were massacred and at least 20,000 women and girls were raped, mutilated and killed. -
German Blitzkrieg
German Blitzkreig Blitzkreig was a military tactic. Blitzkreig proved to be a formidable combonation of land and air action. The essence is the use of mobility, shock, and locally concentrated firpower in a skillfullu coordinated attack to paralyze the enemy. The tatcis are remarkably economical, useful, and effective. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germany's Invasion of Poland The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. More than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 plans broke through Polish defenses along the border and advances on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. Nazi Germany occupid the remainder of Poland when it invaded the Soviet Union. -
Fall of Paris
Fall of ParisThe Fall of Paris was a German a launched invasion on France and the Low Contries. German offensive quickly overcame Dutch forces along iwth the Netherlans surrendering. The German forces made their way thorugh Francha nd Belgian resistance. Attmepts where made by Allies to launch counterattacks by lanf and air but both failed. Attacks made did a lot to assure America of the strenght of the British purpose, along with the evacutaion of Dunkrik did much dmage to Frano-Britich wartime relaitons. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation BarbarossaAdolf Hitler launched a large attack on the Soviet Union. They had over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions and three thousand tanks. The Germans finally hit a struggle when they reacted the gates of Moscow where they meat Soviet counterattacks. Operation Barbarossa failed and Nazi Germany confronted a war that was impossible to win. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor was an attack on American naval base by Japanese fighter planes. The attck only lasted two hours but had devestating affects. The attcl destrpyed nearly 20 naval vessels including 8 enourmous battleships, almost 200 airplanes and more than 2000 american soliders and 1000 injured. Only one day after the attack President Franklin D. Roosvelt asked congress to declare war on Japan. -
Wannsee Conference
Wannsee Conference 15 high ranking NAzi party and German government officals gathered in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to talk about the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question". At the same time of the conference most of the participants already knew od the National Socialis regime had participated in the mass murder of Jews and othe civilans in German occupied ares of Soviet Union as well as Serbia. -
Bataan Death March
Bataan Death March In April of 1942 the United States surrendered the Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine ismal to the Japanese during Wrold War II. Around 75000 Filipino and American troops were forced to march 65 miles to prison camps. The soliders were expericened harsh treatment by the Japanese Gurads. Thousand died during the harsh Death March. General Douglas MacArthur promised to take revenge in the Phillippines. MacArthir made good on his word and recaptured the Batan Peninsula. -
Battle of Midway
Battle of MidwayThe Battle of Midway took place six months after the devastating attck on Pearl Harbor. The United States won in one of the most decisive naval battles of WWII. The battle was an important truning point in the Pacific campaign, allowing The United States and its allies to move to the offensive position. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of StalingradThe Battle of Stalingrad was a successful Soviet defense of Stalingrad. Russians consider the battle to be the greatest battle of their Great Patriot War and most consider it to be the greatest battle of the entire conflict. The battle stopped the German advances and marked a truning point. This was one of the bloodiest battles in history, casualties of almost 2 million people. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising The Warswa Ghetto uprising was when residents of the Jewish ghetto in NAzi Warswa, Poland staged an armed reveolt against deportation to exterminatino camps. This revolt insipred other throughout Eastern Europe. An estimated 7000 Jews perished during the uprising however, early 50000 survived were sent to extermination or labor camps. It is also believed that Germans lpst several hundreed men in the uprising. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation GomorrahOn the day of Operation Gomorrah British bombers raided Hamburg, Germany by night while Americans bomb it by day. The day was know as "Blitz Week". British aircraft drop 2300 tons of incendiary bombs in a coupl of hours. Britsh attacks continued until Novemner, however the number of bombers decreased with each raid. Hitler refused to visit the burned cities, along with Germans officals just couldnt come to terms with the defeat. -
D-Day Normandy Invasion
D-Day Normandy InvasionThe battle of Normandy lasted from June 1944 to August 1944 and ended in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany. Around 156000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five different beaches. The Allies carried out a large scale deception campaign to mislead the Germans about the invasion target. All of northern France was liberated and soon after the Allies had defeated the Germans. The landings have been called the beginning of the end of the war in Europe. -
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of the BuldgeThe Battle of the Buldge was and atempt made by Adolph hitler to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe by suprise blitzkreig. The American units were caught off guard and desperatly tried to fight off the unites. As the Germans continued to move in the ALlied lines statred to look like a lage buldge. The battle eneded in a draw. The Germans ran out of fuel and the couldnt continue fighting. The battle was the costliest action ever fought, the US Army lost over 100000 men. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Battle of Iwo Jima The Battle od Iwo Jima was an American amphibios invasion, which happened due to the need for a base near the Japanese coast. Fist there was an elaborate air and naval bombardment, then three US marine division landed on the island. The condidiotns of the battle where very difficult the marines wiped out the defending forces after a month of fighting. one of the most enduring images of Americans raising the flag over Mount Suribachi came from this battle. -
Battle of Okinawa
Battle of okinawaThis Battle was the last and the largest of the Pacific island battles of WWII. The campaign involved 287000 of the US tenth army against 130000 soldiers of the Japanese thirty-second amrny. At the end of the 82 day campaign Japan lost more than 77000 soldier and the ALiies had sufferend more than 65000 casualties. The commanding generals on both sides died during the battle. -
VE Day
VE Day On VE Day Great Britian and the United States celebrate Victory in Europe Day. On this day the German troops in Europe laid down their arms. The main concern of many German soldiers was not be taken as a prisoner. Around a million Germans attempted to leave to the West when fighting in Czechoslovakis ended but were stopped by Russians and taken captive. -
Dropping of the Atomic Bomb
Dropping the Atomic Bomb A US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing around 80000 people. A second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days after the first, killing around 40000. This two bombs remain the only nucleat attacks in history. The months following roughly 100000 more people died slowly of radiation posing. The dropping of the bombs forced Japan to surrender and stopped the war. -
VJ Day
VJ DayOn VJ Day it was known that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, ending the WWII. In the several months following the surrender of Nazi germany, Japan's capitulation int he Pacifif brought and end to the highly anticipated close.
