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Japanese invasion of China (1937)
Japanese invasion of China also known as Sino-Japanese War was when Japan tried to expand its territory during World War II. Japan lacked reasources, and they desperately needed more resources not only that but it wanted to be an industrial and military power and needed some more space. Since China had all what Japan needed, Japan had the chance to invade China. Japan had to surrender in 1945 since the Allies threw an atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This made Japan attack Pearl Harbor. -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact (1939)
In August 23, 1939, Nazi and Soviet made a nonaggression pact, also known as Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact. It was made before the beginning of World War II. Soviet's foreign minister, Vyacheslav Molotov made an agreement with Nazi's foreign minister, Joachim Von Ribbentrop. Hitler wanted this pact so his army could be ready to invade Poland. Hitler alter invaded Poland, launching a blitzkrieg, which was successful. It lead to an intense point in World War II. -
Germany's invasion of Poland (1939)
Before Germany invaded Poland, Germany and Poland has an agreement not to have an aggressive pact. Hitler wanted to unite all German speaking countries including Austria, Sudetenland which later spread across Czechoslovakia, and Poland. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland along with Russia in the east side. Germany was victorious. Later, Germany took over the rest of Poland when they invaded Soviet Union. -
German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
Blitzkrieg or known as "The Lightning War" was a tactic that Germans successfully used when invading Poland. Basically, it was a sudden attack.. After successfully using it to take over Poland, the tried it in several different countries like in Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and other countries. They later used it in France. Later on, Germany tried it in Soviet Union which was successful. -
Fall of Paris (1940)
In November 1918, Germany had to sign the Treaty of Versailles in the East of Paris. They couldn't violate any term, which was a punishment for Germany. Hitler later thought it was time for revenge to the French. On June 14, 1940, Germany attacked France. About 2 million Parisians had already fled away. Hitler sent his Gestapo and did their job. This was an intense point on World War II. -
Operation Barbarossa (1941)
After Germany's temptation to launch a blitzkrieg on Soviet Union, Operation Barbarossa happened. It basically was when Germany invaded Russia in 1941. Some tactics that were included in this invasion, was blitzkrieg and lebensraum which Hitler believed that Germany should have "living space" or another way of expanding. At first, it went smooth but later on, Soviet Union attacked Germany from two sides. Soviet Union was victorious. -
Pearl Harbor (1941)
Since Japan planned the invasion of China, United States was angry about their bad behavior. In December 7, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor using bombers, submarines, torpedoes and many more. The strong weapons they had wrecked ships like USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma and left Hawaii devastated. It was a surprise attack but the main reason they attacked Pearl Harbor was the ban forced by President Roosevelt on the trade functions of Japan which upset Japan. the effects were about 2,500 died. -
Bataan Death March (1942)
In April 9, 1942, the Japanese army marched in the Philippines in a province called Bataan. After the attack in Pearl Harbor, Japan slowly started taking over Southeast Asia. Japanese soldiers were forcing captured Allied soldiers to march all the way across the Bataan Peninsula. They wouldn't feed soldiers for three days, and they would run over them by trucks or other vehicles. They beat them up and hurt them until April 13,1942. -
Manhattan Project (1942)
In 1942, some European scientists had a secret of splitting a uranium atom. Some scientist sent a letter to President Roosevelt urging the development of an atomic research program. After Roosevelt's agreement, the scientists wanted to design an atomic bomb giving it a code name-The Manhattan Project. Later when they finished designing it, they tested it in New Mexico and it was successful. The reason they planned it was to stop the Pacific war. They later bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
In July 17, 1942, Hitler invaded Soviet Union. What he really wanted was the Ural Mountains. When winter came, the Germans started freezing and suffered from the lack of food. Eventually, Germany lost and Soviet Union won by attacking from both sides. This ended in February 2, and it was one of the bloodiest battles in history. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (1943)
In April, 1943, after Germany occupied Poland, the Jewish Ghettos came to fight the Jewish resistance. There were about 400,000 Jews surrounding Warsaw. After Germany fighting them, diseases spread, an starvation, there were only 37,000 people remaining. It ended by May 16, 1943. The result was German victory. -
Operation Gomorrah (1943)
After Germany bombed London in July, the British thought it could be time for revenge to bomb a big city in Germany and leave Germany destroyed. Germany thought it would be victorious in World War II, but Britain stepped in in July bombing Germany's second largest city, Hamburg until August. They killed more than 30,000 people by 9,000 tons of explosives. This enormous damage lead Britain successful. The effects were that it left millions of people homeless, dead, wounded, and more. -
D-Day (Normandy invasion- 1944)
In June 6, 1944, General Eisenhower was appointed to be the commander of D-Day or the code name Operation Overlord. Germany occupied the northwestern part of France since May 1940. Four years later, the Allies landed on several different beaches in Normandy. This battle was ready to end war in Europe, sending more than 326,000 troops. Finally, the Allies were victorious and removed all the Germans from northwestern France. This was one of the major battles in World War II. -
Battle of Bulge (1945)
After D-Day, Germans attempted to push back the Allies from northwestern France. Hitler sent a massive army to attack the Americans. Germans made a bulge in the Allied front line. Germany was successful for a couple days, but then they ran out of fuel for their vehicles which made the Allies victorious. It was one of the largest and significant battle fought by the United States in World War II. -
Operation Thunderclap
America and Britain have planned to bomb eastern cities in Germany to destroy the transport infrastructure. One of Germany's biggest cities, Dresden, had been lacking of bombing. They sent about 1,800 bombs and 35,000 were dead. Once again, the Allies were victorious after bombing a beautiful city. This battle was also another attempt to stop the war in Europe. -
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
In February 19, 1945, the US Marines invaded Iwo Jima, a Japanese island. The war in Europe was ending, but war in pacific began. In the beginning of the battle, the US arrived and they were attacked by the Japanese thinking the bombs would've killed the Japanese but the Japanese have actually dug the deepest tunnels. The purpose was because America saw the island as a real estate on which to build airfields bombing raids against Japan. Later, the US won Mount Suribachi. -
Battle of Okinawa (1945)
In April 1, 1945, before the end of World War II, the Allies made their way to battle another island in Japan, called Okinawa. There were about 183,000 soldiers from the Allies and 117,000 soldiers from Japan. After Japan's failure of firing 13,000 artillery, the Allies were victorious. Churchill called the battle "among the most intense and famous in military history". It was one of the bloodiest battles in World War II. -
VE Day (1945)
VE Day, also known as the Victory in Europe Day. It was on May 8, 1945, in Britain, America, Australia, Soviet Union, and New Zealand. It started when the Nazi Germany surrendered to the Allied forces in 1945. The Allies still celebrate it nowadays. Millions of people celebrated across the world from Moscow to Los Angeles. After almost six years of war and destroying cities, houses. buildings, families, and suffering, the Europeans were victorious, celebrating it in the streets. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs (1945)
In 1942, America planned on working on a remarkable weapon, known as the atomic bomb. After 3 years, when America joined World War II, they dropped their first bomb in Hiroshima and destroying 5 square miles of the city. Their second target was in Nagasaki, and the bomb was more powerful at that time. It was a respond to Pearl Harbor attack, and to possibly end war. It was one of the last battles in World War II. -
VJ Day (1945)
In August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered and was defeated by the Allies. The Allies were constantly throwing more than 100,000 bombs from the air and sea on more than 60 Japanese cities. The Allies celebrated VJ Day (Victory in Japan Day). Not many people celebrate it nowadays since its a little offensive to Japan. -
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