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Japanese invasion of China (1937)
he Japan-China War started in July 1937 when the Japanese claimed that they were fired on by Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge near Beijing. Using this as an excuse, the Japanese launched a full-scale invasion of China using the conquered Manchuria as a launching base for their troops.The Japanese came up against little organised resistance. The Guomintang put up little resistance though they were up against a formidable enemy. -
Germany's invasion of Poland (1939)
In 1933, the National-Socialist German Workers' Party under its leader Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany.As early autumn of 1933, Hitler envisioned annexing such territories as Bohemia, Western Poland, and Austria to Germany and also the creation of satellite or puppet states. Without economies or policies of their own. -
German Blitzkrieg (1939-1940)
On 1 September 1939, using a manufactured pretext, columns of German forces launched Blitzkeieg across the German-Poland border at more than ten points. The Germans It had about 1 million men against about 600,000 Poles available for active duty. The Luftwaffe had 3 planes for every Polish aircraft. Most of which were destroyed on the ground in the first few days.Which allowing the Wehrmacht to do its work with little to fear from the air. -
Operation Barbarossa (1941)
About four million soldiers of the Axis powers invaded Soviet Russia along a 2,900 km. This makes it the largest invasion in the history of warfare. In addition to troops, the Germans employed some 600,000 motor vehicles and between 600 to 700,000 horses. -
Pearl Harbor (1941)
Hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating. The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels. This including eight enormous battleships, and almost 200 airplanes. More than 2,000 Americans soldiers and sailors died in the attack, and another 1,000 were wounded. -
Wannsee Conference (1942)
Legalized discrimination against Jews began immediately after the Nazi seizure of power on 30 January 1933. Violence and economic pressure were used by the Nazi regime to encourage Jews to voluntarily leave the country. After the invasion of Poland in September 1939, the extermination of European Jewry began, and the killings continued and accelerated after the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. -
Operation Gomorrah (1943)
Britian was suffering the death of 167 civilians in ther German bombing. The reason of it happening was because of the attack that Britian did in Hamburg, Germany. The bomb destructed London's five raids. -
D-Day (Normandy Invasion - 1944)
It seperated Western Europe from the Nazi controls. This began on June 6, 1944 when 156,000 American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a 50-mile stretch of the heavily fortified coast of France’s Normandy region. -
Operation Thunderclap
The plan envisaged a massive attack on Berlin in the belief that would cause 220,000 casualties with 110,000 killed. The most effective bombing was in Berlin, Dresden, Chemnitz and Leipzig. -
Battle of the Bulge (1945)
Germany campaign launched through the Ardennes region of Wallonia in Belgium, France, and Luxembourg on the Western Front toward the end of World War II in Europe. It was the suprise attack that cause what to happen. -
Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
The Americans invades Japan. The conflict was cause by the war. The U.S. then win the war and raise the flag in the picture as a victory. -
Battle of Okinawa (1945)
The Allies were approaching Japan. It was planned to use Okinawa.The Okinawa campaign involved the 287,000 soldiers from the U.S. Tenth Army which was against 130,000 troops of the Japanese Army. -
VE Day (1945)
The celebration of victory which Great Britian and U.S. celebrate. The celebration was about the defeating the Nazis. It made everyone celebrate. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs (1945)
The U.S. bombed the city of Hiroshima in Japan. The attack was order by president Harry Truman. It instantly killed 80,000 people. -
VJ Day (1945)
Japan surrendered to the Allies. The victory is known as Victoryover Japan Day. Is celebrated over the victory of the Japan surrendering
