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Japnese Invasion of China
Picture clash occurred between Chinese and Japanese troops near Peiping in North China. When this clash was followed by indications of intensified military activity on the part of Japan, Secretary of State Hull urged upon the Japanese Government a policy of self-restraint. In a conversation of July 12 with Japanese Ambassador Saito, Secretary Hull elaborated upon the futility of war and its awful consequences, emphasizing the great injury to the victor as well as to the vanquished in case of war. -
The rape of Nanking
Picturethe Nanking massacre occurred during the period when the Japanese captured the city of Nanking. There were an estimated 300,000 deaths during the massacre. There was many rapes and lootings that occurred during this time by the Japanese also. Many of the Japanese soldiers who were in this were tried for there war crimes during this, and many were executed. Some people tried to say that this didn't even happen at all, but it was just for propaganda -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Picture When hitler came to power he promised Poland that he would sign a nonaggression pact. Hitler also signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union called the German-Soviet. This is what lead to the invasion of Poland because the Soviet Union and Germany were going to split the land between each other. On September 1st, germany invaded Poland. Polands military was defeated within weeks of the invasion. -
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German Blitzkrieg
PictureGerman blitzkrieg was a certain type of war tactic. They started with heavy groupings of armored vehicles such as tanks. They were then followed by mechanized infantry units which were followed closely by air support. Hitler also gave his soldiers pervitin on the front line which was speed. This made the soldiers go all night and all day. After the war most of the soldiers were addicted to these drugs. -
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Fall of France
Picturethe fall of France was also known as the battle of France. Germany successfully invaded France and the Low Countries. The Germans had such an organized system of soldiers that the British decided to evacuate. The French fought back for a while but the Germans were too stong. 360,000 French people were either killed or wounded. -
Operation Barbarossa
Picturethis was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union by the Germans. Over 4 million soldiers from the axis power invaded the USSR. It was the largest invasion in the history of warfare. In this invasion the Germans used 600,00 motor vehicles and 750,000 horses. This battle accounted for most of the casualties during the period from 1941 to 1944. This operation failed due to the soviet unions counter attacks. -
Pearl Harbor
Picturethis was the war that brought the United States into WW2. It was a complete surprise attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy. Many japanese Bombers and torpedo planes launched in two waves from 6 aircraft carriers. All of the United States Navy battleships were damaged during the attack and four of them sank. Only 69 Japanese service mendied and one was captured. The United States declared war on japan the day after they attacked pearl harbor. -
Wannsee Conference
PictureThe Wannsee conference was a meeting of all of the Natzi senior officials. It was held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the final solution to the Jewish question. They discussed how the Jews would be rounded up and be taken to death camps. All of the legal discrimination against Jews started directly after the Natzis took power. This is what started the holocaust. -
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
this was an act from the Jewish resistance that happened in the Warsaw ghetto. This opposed the Germans plan to send the rest of the Jews to the Treblinka extermination camp. This was the largest single revolt by the Jews in the entire war. TheJews were out weaponed and highly out number. The Germans succeeded in sending the rest of the Jews to the camp -
Operation Gomorrah
Picturethis was a campaign of air raids from the British and the United States that lasted for 8 days and 7 nights. This occurred during the heaviest assault in the history of aerial warfare. 9000 tons of bombs were dropped in all over 250,000 houses. -
Operation Gomorrah
Picturethis was a campaign of air raids from the British and the United States that lasted for 8 days and 7 nights. This occurred during the heaviest assault in the history of aerial warfare. 9000 tons of bombs were dropped in all over 250,000 houses. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion)
Picturethis occurred during operation overlord. D-day is when the allied forces invaded Normandy France. This was a battle were both sides lost many people. The allies whole plan was to make hitler think they were attacking somewhere up north of Normandy more. The allies had at least 12,000 deaths. Germany had an estimated 4 to 9 thousand deaths -
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Battle of The Bulge
PictureOn December 16, 1944, the most desperate, and blood battle of the west commenced. Three German armies, of more than a quarter million troops attacked the 101st Airborne Division. Left “flat-footed”, the American unit fought desperately. The Germans tricked the American soldiers by using an English-speaking German to go behind enemy lines, wearing the uniforms of captured US soldiers, trucks and jeeps, and impersonated U.S military personnel. This immense battle lasted three weeks costing the li -
The Battle of Iwo Jima
PictureIwo Jima was an essential airbase for fighter escorts supporting long range bombing missions against the mainland’s of Japan. The island gave way for an airstrip that would provide emergency landing zones for B-29s that were returning from their bombing runs. It would allow for sea and air blockades, and the ability to conduct intensive air bombardment and to destroy the enemy's air and naval capabilities. As necessary as it seemed, capturing Iwo Jima was easier said than done. The actual attac -
Operation Thunderclap
PictureThe Air Ministry had been debating, for many months, on whether or not to perform a series of heavy area raids on German cities, in hopes that the German war machine and civil administration would break down and the war would end. The name of this plan was Operation Thunderclap. However it was decided that this operation was not to be fully implemented, or put into effect, until absolutely necessary. Meanwhile, the Germans were fighting hard inside of their own territory in two fronts, with the -
VE Day
On March 7,1945, the Western Allies-British Empire, United States, France and other European and Latin countries, crossed the Rhine, shortly after breaking through the strongly fortified Siegfried Line. After Hitler’s death, the ruins of Berlin, and the invasion of the Western and Russian armies at Torgau, the Third Reich collapsed. -
Okinawa
PictureThe battle of Okinawa, A.K.A Operation Iceberg, was fought Ryukyu Islands. The assault lasted 82 days, from early April until mid-June of 1945. This assault is often called the “typhoon of steel” or tetsu no ame or “rain of steel” when translated to English. These nicknames come from the ferocity of the battle, and the violent persistence of the kamikaze attacks from the Japanese defenders. The results of these actions were recorded as the highest numbers of casualties in the Pacific Theaters o -
VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, ending World War II. The day is known as “Victory Day Over Japan” or “VJ Day”. The term has also been used for September 2, 1945, when Japan surrendered while aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
An American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first atomic bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. The “Mother Of All Bombs” killed approximately 80,000 people, injured 35,000, and 60,000 would be dead by the end of the year, as a result of the nuclear fallout. President Harry S. Truman quoted “it was a conventional bombing, that prevented, what was predicted to be, a much greater loss of life in the US. Before “Little Boy” was dropped, there were 90,000 buildings in Hiroshima, only 28,000 were left sta