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Japanese Invasion of China
A conflict that broke out between China and Japan in 1937 because china resisted to the expansion of Japanese influence in it's territory. This had begun in 1931 to try to destroy the nationalist government of Chiang Kaishek. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/546188/Sino-Japanese-War -
Rape of Nanking
In a period of about 6 weeks Japanese absolutely obliserated Nanking. They raped, tortured, and killed thousands of chinese people. It took decades for the city and its p[eople to recover from the attack. It is estimated that about 20,000 to 80,000 women were sexually assaulted. http://www.history.com/topics/nanjing-massacre -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
On September 1st, 1939, Germany had invaded poland via the air. This happened because Adolf Hitler wanted to regain lost teritory and be the ruler of poland. Many historians consider this the beginning of WWII. In the beginning, Poland made many mistakes. Poland had an army of 1 million, but the were imensely under equiped. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland -
German Blitzkrieg
A German term for "lighting war." This is a military strategy that is meant to create disorganization of the enemy forces via mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. If executed succsesfully, it creates short military campaigns, preserves the lives of humans, and limits the expenditure of artillary. Germany first tried this out in Poland to see how succsesful it is before succsesfully executing it on Poland. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Fall of Paris
The people of paris awoke to a loudpeaker of Germans saying that curfew was at 8pm. Later that night, Germans occupied Paris. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-enter-paris -
Battle of Midway
Six months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, The Japanese were defeated by the U.S in the most decisive battles of WWII. Thanks in part of major codebreaking. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway -
Operation of Barbarossa
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler moves his military eastward to invade the Soviet Union. Germany brang over 3 million soldiers, 150 division, and about 3 thousand tanks along. Also, by this time, the effectivness of the German army had reached it's peak in everything. Barbarossa was also a crucial turning poing in WWII http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/operation-barbarossa -
Pearl Harbor
A few hours before 8 in the morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked an american naval base at Pearl Harbor. It only lasted about two hours, but it was immensely devastating. More than 2,000 salors and soldiers died and about 1,000 were wounded in the harrible attack. The next day, FDR asked congress to declare war on Japan. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Bataan Death March
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Wannsee Conference
This is a conference were Nazi officials meet and discuss the Final Solution and the Jewish Question. Adolf Hitler had instructed Herman Goering, to order Reinhard Heydrich, SS general and Heirich Himmler's number two man, to submit "as soon as possible a general plan of administrative, material, and finacial measures necassary for carrying out the desired final solution of the Jewish question." http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-wannsee-conference -
Operation Gomorrah
In the Operation of Gomorrah the Britsh raided Germany at night while America bombs it by day. Britain dropped 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Germany. This bombing was equivalent to that of what Germany to London. More than 1500 German civillians were killed in the British raid. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
D-Day
This was codenamed operation overlord and this battle began on June 6. About 156,000 American, British and Canadian troops landed on a 50 mile stretch on the coast of Normandy. This is one of the largest military assualts in history. This invasion also called for an imense amount of planning. By late August the allies had defeated Germany. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day -
Operation Thunderclap
This operation was a proposal to bomb the eastern most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport. It started on the night of Febuary 13th with two british attacks. The casualties ranged from about 25,000-35,000. The Soviets asked the allies to conduct an air raid on Germany to prevent the shift of their troops. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
Three U.S marine divisions landed on the island that day. Iwo Jima was defended by a whopping 23,000 Japanese troops. Despite the conditions, the marines absolutely wipped them out after about one month of fighting. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle of Okinawa
This is one of the last and biggest battle of WWII. This battle involved a total of about 287,000 of the U.S tenth army and about 130,000 Japanese troops of the Thirty-second army. There were vital air bases at stake for this battle. The Japanese lost more than 77,000 troops while the allies had about 65,000 casualties with 14,000 dead. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE day
Known as Victory in Europe day. Celebrated by Great Britain and the U.S by defeating Germany. German Troops finally laid dopwn their arms. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
On this day, the U.S becomes the first and only country to use atomic weaponry. This day marked the end of WWII, but many historians will argue that it also marks the beginning of the cold war. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ day
This is the day that it was announced that the Japanese had finally surrendered. It is known as, "victory over Japan Day." Japan also had a formal surrender ceromony on September 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay.
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