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Japanese Invasion Of China
The japanese needed resources so they decided to invade China because China had most of the resources that they were looking for. The first invaded Manchuria and basically made it as theircenter of command.The people in China didn't put up much of a fight and were dealt with by brute force. The Japanese attacked the internal enemies of China including the communists and the nationalists. http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/sino-japanese-war -
German Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg is a german word meaning Lightning War. The definition of Blitzkrieg is when an army general decides to make a fast and swift attack on the enemy in short bursts to prevent a great loss of men. This form of military tactic was used on the poland and many other coungries as well. A US gfeneral also decided to use this type of warfare as well because he thought it was a great way to defeat enemies. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg -
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Gemany Invades Poland
at 4:45 A.M in the morning 1.5 million Germans cros over the 1,750 mile long border of poland so that they may expand their empire. The German Luftwaffe bomb polish airfields and German warship and U-boats attack the naval fleet. To Adolf Hiter he thought as poland as just a living space for his people and then sought out the idea to enslave the natives because they weren't German.While advancing on Poland
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Operation Barbarossa
It was the invasion of the USSR that was critical in many ways. The Germans adbvanced about 50 miles on the first day of the onslaught but killed many Russians. They failed to land a critical blow on the USSR and eventually failed the invasion because they underestimated the USSR's resources. http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-ww2/barbarossa' -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor was one of the most critical key aspects of the war. On December 7 1941 a bunch of Japanese airplanes invaded US territory by attacking Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and dropping bombs on the Naval Fleet and crashing their airplanes into Hospitals and airfields. This tactic was called Kamikaze http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor -
Wannsee Conference
This was a conference where Nazi officials gathered to discuss a solution to the " Jewish Question." Tehy met and discussed all these solutions as putting them in concentration camps and incinerating them but they finnaly came to a decision on placing the Jews in the gas chambers in Chelmno, Poland. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-wannsee-conference -
Operation Gamorrah
An operation that was led by Britain to deop Bombs on Hamburg. On the first raid in 1943 Britain aircrafts dropped more than 2,000 tons of explosives on Germany and killed 1,750 people. The British only lost 12 planes on the first raid and flew in with 791 planes. To make matters worse the US also bombed Germany. At the end the casualty ended up being 30,000 people dead. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched -
D-day
This was an event in which the allies of the US succeeded in infiltrating the normandy beaches and air. The allies won due to the fact that Hitler thought the attack was a feint attack so that the actual attack would happen to the north of the seine river so he kept troops there which caused a delay of defensive aid that had to come from miles away. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/d-day -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was an operation in which the allied troops would bomb the eastern cities of Germany. Their main point of attack was on Dresden. The reason for the attacks was to hit Germany where it hurt most. Dresden was a huge industrial district and the infrastructure of transportation which is why the allied armies decided to bomb it.There were 244 bombers to bomb Dresden. http://ww2today.com/13-february-1945-operation-thunderclap-raf-start-firestorm-in-dresden -
Battle Of The Bulge
In December 16 of 1944 Hitler created a defensive strategy that was meant to divide the allied forces in northwest Europe using the tactical warfare called blitzkrieg launched the deadliest and most desperate battle of the war in the west in the poorly roaded, rugged, heavily forested Ardennes.A crucial German shortage of fuel and the gallantry of American troops fighting in the frozen forests of the Ardennes proved fatal. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-the-bulge -
Battle Of Iwo Jima
In February of 1945 US troops invade the island of Iwo Jima using amphibious machines so that they may set up a command scenter close JApan instead of having their B-29 bombers that were damaged could land without going all the way back to the marinas. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima -
Battle Of Okinawa
A US invasion of the Japanese state of Okinawa which consisted of 287,000 US troops and 130,000 japanese troops. This battle lasted 87 days. The US suffered 65,000 casualties and only 14,000 resulted in death. The Japnes however suffered with the death of 77,000 deaths. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa -
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VE Day
On May 9th 1945 The U.S and UK celebrat Victory in Europe day.In Prague, Germans surrendered to their Soviet antagonists, after the latter had lost more than 8,000 soldiers. All over Europe German militants gave up fighting and decided to give up the qar because of the amount of injured and dead soldiers. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe -
Dropping Of The Atomic Bombs
President Harry S Truman who was warned by some of his advisers that any attempt at ivading Japan would end in many US casualties. So He decided to use the new weapon the atomic bomb to bring the war to a fast end. The bomber, Enola Gay, dropped a five ton bomb on hiroshima. The blast was equivelent to that of 15,000 tons of TNT reduced four square miles of the city to ruins and immediately killed 80,000 people. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/atomic-bomb-dropped-on-hiroshima -
VJ Day
This was the day where the allied nations celebrated the surrender of the Japanese military . The official surrender of Japan occured aboard the U.S.S Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
