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Japanese Invasion of China
-"War of Resistance"
-Chinese victory as part of the allied victory in the pacific war
-Surrender of all Japanese forces in mainland China
-China becomes a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
-The "September Campaign"
-1939 Defensive war in Poland
-German forces invaded Poland from the north, south, and west the morning after the Gleiwitz incident. -
German Blitzkrieg 1939-1940
-A german term for "Lightning War"
- Blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.
-The Blitzkrieg was used in Poland and helped dominate and take over -
Operation Barbarossa
-Code name for Nazi germanys invasion of the soviet union -The operation was ran by Adolf Hitler -
Pearl Harbor
-The japanese prepared a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
-More than 2,000 American soldiers and Sailors were killed
-They destroyed nearly 20 ships more than 300 airplanes
-The japanese government got the US really good when they attacked pearl harbor many were lost and many were injured and we will never forget those who lost their life -
battle of midway
The USA went from japan island to island called island jumping they started to reduce the japan empire to nothing and then the battle of midway it was a win for the USA and it started the island jumping.loss of life was of the charts and so many ships were destroyed. -
battle of iwo jima
The battle of IWO JIMA was the turing point of the war the USA bombared the island of IWO JIMA thinking that it would kill almost all of the japan troopsin the battle but they were wrong japan troops went under ground and built a bunch of caverns and the japan troops were not affected by the USA bombardment -
battle of okinawa
the battle of okinawa was the last stand from the main land of japan it was the longest standoff cause the defence was great they lured USA troops into ithe middle of the island they got very little of resitence from japaniese forces untill 3:00 am the japan forces inloaded fire on th USA troops killing most of them then the Japan forces just got over ran by too many USA troops this was the final push on japan. -
the atom bombs
the United States Of America devolped two bombs that caused crazy amount of damage they droped the fat man and the little boy from the plane enola gay droped the boms on japan which marked the end of the war for japamn -
vj day
japan gives up the war japan loss the war USA celebrates -
numberg trials
the trial aginst the nazi party for there wrong doings
