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Japanese invasion of china
In the 1930s, the Japanese took control of the Manchurian railway. In September 1931, they said that Chinese soldiers had sabotaged the railway, and they attacked the Chinese army. By February 1932, the Japanese had conquered Manchuria, thousands of Chinese soldiers and civilians were killed. In 1933, Japan invaded China. http://www.johndclare.net/EL5.htm -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, German-Soviet Treaty of Nonaggression, which involves Hitler-Stalin Pact, Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, nonaggression pact between Germany and the soviet union that was concluded only a few days before the beginning of WWII and which divided eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence. http://www.britannica.com/event/German-Soviet-Nonaggression-Pact -
Germany’s invasion of Poland
On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated in the invasion within weeks, it was from East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, they invaded with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, and broke through Polish defenses along the border. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070 -
German Blitzkrieg
Its 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. It was a successful execution results in military campaigns, which preserves human lives. German forces tried the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 after they employed the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
Fall of Paris
Britain and France, have declared war on Germany following Hitler’s attack on Poland, had seen little real fighting. when Germany launched an invasion of France and the Low Countries.The German plan of attack. http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/fall-of-france -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, it’s the largest German military operation of World War II. https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164 -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor is located in Hawaii on the island of O'ahu. Hawaii is between California and Japan. When it was World War II, Hawaii was not actually a state, but a US territory. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise and hundreds of Japanese fighter planes and bombers flew to Pearl Harbor and attacked. There were a number of US ships were destroyed. http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/pearl_harbor_attack.php -
Bataan Death March
The Bataan Peninsula on the main Philippine island of Luzon to the Japanese during World War II, the approximately 75,000 Filipino and American troops on Bataan were forced to make an arduous 65-mile march to prison camps. The marchers made the trek in intense heat and harsh treatment by Japanese guards. It became known as the Bataan Death March. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march -
Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was established in the United States during WW2 to create the atomic bomb. It was used by Robert Oppenheimer and General Leslie R. Groves from the United States, Great Britain and Canada. The Manhattan Project was located in three secret locations at Hanford, Washington, Oak Ridge, Tennessee and Los Alamos, New Mexico. http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/manhattan-project.htm -
Battle of Midway
it was the turning point of the war in the Pacific between the United States and Japan. It was an important and decisive victory for the US, during which four important Japanese aircraft carriers were destroyed enabling America to halt the Japanese advance in the Pacific. http://www.american-historama.org/1929-1945-depression-ww2-era/battle-of-midway-facts.htm -
Battle of Stalingrad
its the turning point of the war, it was between Russia ad Germany. It was the most historians and to be the greatest battle. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the allies. http://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad -
Operation Gomorrah
In 1943, British bombed Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah. Britain had suffered the deaths of 167 civilians as a result of German bombing raids in July. On the evening of July 24 saw British aircraft drop 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs on Hamburg in just a few hours. British attacks on Hamburg continued until November of that year. British attacks on Hamburg continued until November of that year. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
On 1944 the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German on the coast of Normandy, France. With over 150,000 soldiers, the Allies attacked and gained a victory that became the turning point for World War II in Europe. http://www.ducksters.com/history/world_war_ii/d-day_invasion_of_normandy.php -
Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, fought over the winter months of 1944 – 1945, was the last major Nazi offensive against the Allies in World War II. The battle was the last attempt by Hitler to split the Allies in two in their drive towards Germany and destroy their ability to supply themselves. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/world-war-two-in-western-europe/the-battle-of-the-bulge/ -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was the code of an operation planned in August 1944 but shelved and never happened. The plan was a massive attack on Berlin in the belief that would cause 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed. However, it was later decided that the plan was unlikely to work. https://history.com -
Battle of lwo Jima
The American invasion of Iwo Jima during World War II began at the base near the Japanese coast. Three U.S. marine divisions landed on the island in February 1945. Iwo Jima was defended by 23,000 Japanese army and navy troops, who fought from an elaborate network of caves, dugouts, tunnels and underground. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle of Okinawa
It was the last and biggest battles of World War II, the Okinawa involved 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. By the end of the 82-day war, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties and 14,000 dead. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
VE Day
Victory day in Europe, VE Day was officially the end of World War II in Europe. On Monday May 7th at 02.41, German General Jodl signed the unconditional surrender document that formally ended war in Europe. Winston Churchill was informed of this event, while no public announcements had been made, large crowds gathered outside of Buckingham Palace. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/world-war-two/world-war-two-in-western-europe/ve-day/ -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The first atomic bomb was dropped by the U.S. military over Hiroshima, a city in southwestern Honshu near the end of World War II. About 264,000 people have died from this bomb
The second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, a city in Kyushu, three days later. So far about 150,000 people have died as a result of this bombing. http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/history/q5.html -
VJ Day
on this day Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, and ending World War II. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victoryover Japan Day,” or “V-J Day.” http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
