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Japanese invasion of China
The Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Left the chinese society devasted. -
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German Blitzkrieg
Germany quickly took over much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg", or the lightening war. -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
A non-agression pact. Promising not to attack one another. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Germans did not like the idea of the treaty stating you can't attack others. So in the end, this is the outcome. -
Fall of Paris
The French army was a very powerful group. One of the most powerful actually. But it only took six weeks for them to be over ran. This was due to the German troup adding around 5,000 soldiers each day, The French couldn't handle that. -
Operation Barbarossa
"Germany invaded the Soviet Union. Codenamed Operation Barbarossa, it was the largest military operation in history, involving more than 3 million Axis troops and 3,500 tanks." This was basically an attack. Soviet Union was invaded. There were many things involved. -
Pearl Harbor
Steemed from intensifying Japanese-American rivalry in the Pacific. Japan's imperial ambitions had been evident from as early as 1931, when she invaded Manchuria. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." -
Bataan Death March
The prisoners that were captured and were forced to walk 85 miles in six days. The only things provided for them was one meal of rice during the entire march. Hundred of Americans had died. And many more Filipinos died as well. -
Battle of Midway
The United States Navy defeated a Japanese attack against Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the war in the Pacific theatre. After this battle, American forces retired. American resources would begin to overwhelm the Japanese Navy. -
Battle of Stalingrad
Soviet forces counter-attacked during the Battle of Moscow and successfully drove the German Army from the environs of Moscow. -
Operation Gomorrah
British bombers raid Hamburg, Germany, by night in Operation Gomorrah, while Americans bomb it by day in its own “Blitz Week.” -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
This day is made for Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
A major German offensive campaign launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. This ending of this "battle" was the beginning for the final military phase for Hitler. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The capture of Iwo Jima was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. "The tiny island had taken America over one month to take. The Marines lost 6,891 men killed and 18,070 wounded. Out of the 22,000 Japanese soldiers on the island, only 212 were taken prisoners." -
Battle of Okinawa
The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. This battle had taken a toll on both sides. -
VE Day
The day marking the Allied victory in Europe in 1945. The Germans had surrendered, and the British rejoice. And this day drew a line under the past, ending an era. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
A uranium gun-type atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, followed by a plutonium implosion-type bomb on the city of Nagasaki on August 9. 42,000–93,000 people died, based on the amount of dead bodies. -
VJ Day
The day in 1945 on which Japan ceased fighting in World War II, or the day (September 2) when Japan formally surrendered. -
Operation Thunderclap
Operation Thunderclap was the code for a cancelled operation planned in August 1944 but shelved and never implemented.
