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Japanese invasion of china
The Japanese invasion started when Japan claimed that China had fired upon them first at the Marco Polo Bridge neaar Beijing. Because of this Japan started a full scale invasion on China. -
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Raping of Nanking
A six week masacre that happened after Japan captured the capital of China. 250,000 were left dead -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany signed a pact with the Soviet Union in Augest. This pact allowed Germany to attack poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. On september 1st Germany attacked and within just three weeks polands army had been defeated. -
Blitzkrieg
Germany employs a tactic known as blitzkrieg which is German for "lightning war". This tactic was used to cause confusion in the enemy by bombarding them with vehicles and localized central power. This was such a succesful tactic it lead to the defeat of France, Poland, Netherlands, and Belgium. -
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa was a massive invasion on Russia. Adolf Hitler launched the attack on june 22, 1941, with the use of over three army groups with each containing 3 million soldiers, 150 divisions, and 3 thousand tanks. The massive invasion ultimately failed leaving Germany with a two front war thet they would end up losing. -
Pearl harbor
A suprise attack by the Japanese on the U.S. This attack of hundreds of japanese planes cause America more than 2,000 lives. This attack was most likely to scare American into not stopping Japan and their plan to conqure more of Asia. -
Wannsee Conference
High ranking Nazi officials gathered and discussed the "Final Solaution" to the Jewish question. This happened because the wanted to pure europe of jews. -
Operation Gomorrah
This mission was an attack from Britain to Germany. Britain heavily bombes Hanburg, Germany, by night killing over 1,500 German civilians. This happened because Germany had killed 167 civilians. -
Normandy Invasion (D-Day)
An attack on the beach of Normandy. More than 160,000 allied troops supported by more than 5,000 ships and 13,000 aircrafts helped in the invasion. -
Battle of the Bulge
Known as the most desperate attack in the war. Adolph attemped to split the allied armies in northeast Europe with a quarter million soldiers. The battle plan did not go so well for the Germans because they ended up surrendering after running out of fuel, ammo, and manpower. This battle went down in history as one of the bloodiest battles ever. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
This battle was the U.S. invasion a major Japanese island of Iwo Jima. Three U.S. marine divisions landed on this island. Over 100,000 U.S. soldiers were fighting against a mere 20,000 Japanese soldiers. This happened so that bombers could be staged here isntead of having to fly all the way back to the Marianas to refill. -
battle of Okinawa
The last big pacific capaign carried by the U.S. This battle was so devistating that it earned itself the nickename of "the typhoon of steel" because of all of the shells that were used during this battle. The japanese swtiched there defense up to deep land defense instead of coastal defense. In the end over 100,000 civilians died with an equally heavy loss fo the japanese army. Over 2,800 japanese aircrafts were loss while the U.S. only lost 768. -
Victory in Europe day (VE day)
The day that all the remaining German forces finally surrendered. The U.S. and Britain began celebrating victory in Eurpope, In the meantime cease fires were being signed and more than 18,000 British POW's were released and sent back to Britain. The Russians continued fighting for one more day until finally declaring the end of the war with a broadcast solute from Stalin himself: "The age-long struggle of the slav nations... has ended in victory. Your courage has defeated the Nazis." -
Atomic Bombs on Japan
On Augest 6 1945 a U.S. B-29 Bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This bomb instantly killed 80,000 people. Three days later, a second bomb was dropped on Negaski killing 40,000. In the following months 100,000 thousand died due to radiation poisoning. These bombings were carried out to force Japan to surrender. It ultimately worked with japan surrendering just 6 days after the bombing of Negaski. -
Victory over Japan day (V-J Day)
After the atomic bombins of Japan, thier emperor, Emperor Hirohito, finally surrendered to the allied forces. He stated that if they did not surrender Japan would be completely oblitterated and the human race would go extinct.
