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Japanese invasion of china http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Second_Sino-Japanese_War
Because of Japan’s imperialistic policies, and efforts to seize China for all its resources and its military Japan invaded Manchuria. At the time the Chinese were split into 2 groups CCP and KMT, who fought each other. China then united both groups to fight Japan and with the help of several countries they were able to fight Japan off. -
Germany's invasion of poland https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070
Germany launched a blitzkrieg on Poland. It sent 2000 tanks and 1000 planes to Poland, and the Nazi soldiers posed as polish soldiers and staged and attack on Gleiwitz Germany. Hitler invaded Poland because he wanted lebensraum of living space for the German people. After this Britain and France declared war on Germany, which began WWII. -
German Blitzkrieg http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/invasion_poland_01.shtml
Germany used blitzkrieg (surprise attacks) during WW2 and were ultimately successful. The first one that Hitler launched was on Poland; because of its success, he launched more on several other countries like Scandinavia, finland, Denmark etc. He also used a blitzkrieg on France, which made them surrender the country to Germany. The use of the blitzkriegs made Europe under Germany's control. -
Operation Barbarossa https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005156
Germany’s invasion on the USSR was called operation Barbarossa. The German’s had many successes before but they failed to invade Russia. They made several mistakes such as not expecting harsh Russian winter. The German soldiers starved and froze to death, which caused them to lose. -
Pearl Harbor http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor
The US put an embargo on Japan, which angered Japan. Japan retaliates by attacking Pearl Harbor. The Japanese leader ordered a surprise attack, which lasted 2 two hours, killed 2,400 people, and destroyed 12 ships. Most famous ship that was bombed was USS Arizona. The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the reason the United States joined World War 2 -
bataan death march http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bataan-death-march
The day after Pearl Harbor attack, Japan moved to invade the Philippines. Within a month, the Japanese had captured the capital, Manila. The US had tried to fight with the Filipino, to try and push Japan out. They could not succeed, so they surrendered. The Japanese rounded up the US troops and the Filipino, and forced them to march in the southern end of the Bataan peninsula. Thousands died due to the brutality of the Japanese troops. -
battle of midway http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-midway
after the attack on pearl harbor, the US defeated japan in one of the most significant naval battles of WWII. Thanks to the US’s developments that helped in decoding, the US was able to seize and counter Japan’s planned ambush of it’s remaining aircraft carriers. causing permanent damage on the japan's Navy. The victory allowed the US and its allies to move into an offensive position. This fight came from Japan’s desire to sink the US aircraft carriers that didn't get ruined at Pearl Harbor. -
battle of stalingrad http://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
It is considered the greatest battle of WWII. It stopped the German advancement into the USSR, and marked the turning point of the war in favor of allies. It was a successful defense of the city of Stalingrad in Russia. -
Manhattan project http://www.ushistory.org/us/51f.asp
A discovery was made that German physicists had learned the how to split a uranium atom. After this Einstein urged Roosevelt for the development of an atomic research program. It is an American effort to design and build an atomic bomb. Research was based at a few universities. A breakthrough occurred in December when group of physicist produced the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, funds were given more freely, and the project advanced at high speed. This put the world at a nuclear age -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/warsaw-ghetto-uprising
After the German invasion of Poland, more than 400,000 Jews were confined to a small ghetto. In 1940 the Ghetto was sealed off by brick walls, barbed wire, and armed guards. Anyone who tried to leave was shot. The nazis controlled the amount of food that was let in. residents of the Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland staged an armed revolt against exile to extermination camps. This inspired other revolts in extermination camps and ghettos throughout German-occupied Eastern Europe. -
operation Gomorrah http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/operation-gomorrah-is-launched
Because of the multiple raids Germany had on Britain and the many lives lost of it Britain decided to raid germany by night in Operation Gomorrah. 2,300 tons of incendiary bombs were dropped on Hamburg in just a few hours. Britain lost only 12 aircraft in this raid. These attacks lasted until November of that year. -
d-day http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day
It was when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region to liberate france from Germany . The invasion was one of the largest amphibious military assaults in history and required extensive planning.
The end of the battle liberated Paris and the Germans were removed from northwestern France. It began to turn the tide against the Nazis -
battle of the Bulge http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-the-bulge
It was the largest battle fought on the Western Front in Europe during WWII. it is also the largest battle ever fought by the US Army. The Germans wanted to launch a blitzkrieg on the western front to create a wedge between the british and the American army. There were many losses and it ended with the loss of Germany and the win of the British and American army. This loss didn’t hurt Germany. -
Liberation of concentration camps https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/mobile/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005131)
As the Allies moved across Europe, they came upon so many concentration camp prisoners. They survived, but suffered from starvation and disease.
Soviet forces were the first to approach the concentration camps; the first one in July 1944. Germany tried to hide evidence of the camps, so they set many of fire and burned the killed prisoners. The Soviets continued to liberate several more camps. The US and Britain also liberated some camps. The horrors of the Nazi's were uncovered. -
Operation Thunderclap http://ww2today.com/13-february-1945-operation-thunderclap-raf-start-firestorm-in-dresden
The proposal was to bomb the eastern-most cities of Germany to disrupt the transport infrastructure, it was also to show the German’s how weak their air force was. -
The battle of Iwo Jima http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-iwo-jima
During WWII the US attacked Iwo Jima. after bombing them 3 US marine divisions landed on the island. it for month. The US needed a base near the Japanese coast so that bombers damaged over japan could land without returning to the Marinas. And for a base for fighters that would help in the bombing campaign. This battle showed the US how far the Japanese would go to defend their land. American loses included 5,900 dead and 17,400 wounded. The battle resulted in the US to take control of Iwo Jima. -
the battle of Okinawa http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-okinawa
the battle of Okinawa was the last and biggest battle of the Pacific island battles of World War II, it involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties including 14,000 dead -
VE day http://www.historynet.com/v-e-day-1945-the-celebration-heard-round-the-world.htm
It memorializes the surrender of the nazi to the allied forces. VE day stands for the victory of Europe. VE day ended WWII in europe because by this point Hitler was dead and there was no one else worth participating in the fighting. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
An American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first organized atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. It wiped out 90% of the city and immediately killed 80,000 people. Three days later, a second B-29 dropped another bomb on Nagasaki, killing an estimated 40,000 people. The US thought it was the only way it can get Japan to surrender and save American lives. Emperor Hirohito suggested his country’s surrender in World War II on August 15. And officially surrendered on september 2 -
VJ day http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/v-j-day
It brought WWII to a complete halt and there was no more fighting. Japan announced its surrender to the to the allies, effectively ending the war. It is also used for September 2 1945 when japan’s formal surrender took place aboard the Missouri. It happened as a result to the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
