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Japaneses invades china
on July 7, 1937 – September 9, 1945 the Japaneses invaded china.they did this because the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in 1937 in which a dispute between Japanese and Chinese troops escalated into a battle. -
rape of nanking
The Nanjing Massacre or Rape of Nanjing was an episode of mass murder and mass rape committed by Imperial Japanese troops against the residents of Nanjing.The massacre occurred over a period of six weeks starting on December 13, 1937, the day that the Japanese captured Nanjing. During this period, soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army murdered Chinese civilians and disarmed combatants who numbered an estimated 40,000 to over 300,000,[7][8] and perpetrated widespread rape and looting.[9][10] -
german blitzkrieg
in this attack , Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying on a new military tactic called the Blitzkrieg or lightning war. Blitzkrieg tactics required the concentration of offensive weapons like tanks, planes, and artillery along with a narrow front. that got the Germans Belgium and the Netherlands and part of France -
operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, which started on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. -
pearl harbor
The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. The attack led to the United States' formal entry into World War II the next day -
wannsee conference
top-ranking Nazi party, SS and government officials gathered in a tiny Berlin suburb to discuss the so called Final Solution to the Jewish Problem in Germany and wider Europe. The Wannsee Conference was held at the guesthouse of the Security Police in the Villa Minoux. to host this final solution meeting -
battle of midway
The Battle of Midway was a decisive naval battle in the Pacific Theater of World War II that took place between 4 and 7 June 1942, only six months after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor and one month after the Battle of the Coral Sea -
d day
The D simply stands for "day." The designation was traditionally used for the date of any important military operation or invasion, according to the National World War II Museum. Thus, the day before June 6, 1944, was known as D-1 and the days after were D+1, D+2, D+ and so on so forth.so on d day Allied forces launched a combined naval, air and land assault on Nazi-occupied France. -
battle of the bulge
On this day, the Germans launch the last major offensive of the war, Operation Mist, also known as the Ardennes Offensive and the Battle of the Bulge, an attempt to push the Allied front line west from northern France to northwestern Belgium -
battle of iwo jima
American forces invaded the island on February 19, 1945, and the ensuing Battle of Iwo Jima lasted for five weeks total. In some of the bloodiest fighting of World War II, it's believed that all but 200 or so of the 21,000 Japanese forces on the island were killed, as were almost 7,000 us Marines. -
ve day
Victory in Europe Day, generally known as VE Day or V-E Day, was celebrated on Tuesday, 8 May 1945 to mark the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's unconditional surrender of its armed forces. -
liberation of concentration camps
the allied army taking over and closing the concentration camps while they advanced across Europe at the end of the Second World War, they came across these concentration camps filled with sick and starving prisoners. The first major camp to be liberated was Majdanek near Lublin, Poland in July 1944. -
hiroshima
On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion wiped out 90 percent of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people; tens of thousands more would later die of radiation exposure -
nagaski
two atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The devastation led to Japan's unconditional surrender and brought an end to World War II. both atomic bombs levied and insinuated anything close to them. this one was deopped on augest 9th 1945 -
vj day
On August 14, 1945, it was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively ending World War II
