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Japanese invasion of China
The war was a result of a decades-long Japanese imperialist policy aimed at expanding its influence politically and millitarly. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident of 1937 marked the beginning of total war. -
German Blitzkrieg
German forces used this tactic of fighting to invade Poland and later invade Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940. -
Germanys invasion of Poland
The day Germany invaded Poland and sparked a World War. -
Operation Barbossa
Code name for Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes dropped bombs on the base on Pearl Harbor because the US threatened to stop their oil supply. 2403 people were killed. -
Wannsee Conferance
Meeting to ensure that the entire German goverment was all in the the Nazi's final solution for the Jews. -
Operation Gomorrah
Bombing of Hamburg, Germany. US Army Air Forces and Royal Air Force killed 42,600 civilians and wounded 37000 in the largest firestorm of WWII. -
D-Day
The day the Allies invaded Normandy and took a big step in defeating the Nazis. -
Battle of the Bulge
In the densly forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxemborg on the western front in Europe. Surprise attack by Germany leaving the US with 89500 causualties ans the British with 1408. -
Operation Thunderclap
A cancelled plan to set a massive attack on Berlin which would have taken out many key Germany officers but it was decided the plan wouldnt work. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
US Marines landed on Iwo Jima and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from Japanese Imperial Army. -
Battle of Okinawa
Code named operation iceberg, was battles fought on the Ryukyu islands centered around Okinawa, included the biggest pacific assault of WWII. -
VE Day
The day the allies accepted the Nazi's surrender -
Dropping of the Atomic Bombs
Two atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki which forced the Japanese to surrender and started a arms race with the Soviet. -
VJ Day
The announcement of Japans surrender
