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Japanese invasion of China
Japan invaded Manchuria. League of Nations appeased to Japan to make them stop invading Manchuria. With the result of Treaty of Portsmouth, Japan had part of the South Manchuria Railway branch. However, League of Nations wanted to make them stop. Japan saw the economic benefits of Manchuria and didn’t want to lose this opportunity. They left Leage of Nations and joined the opposing forces, Germany and Italy. -
Rape of Nanking
Japanese army forces murdered the people of China in the Chinese city of Nanking. Tons of women were sexually-assaulted. The Japanese leader made sure no Chinese people left the area. A group of Western businessmen and missionaries set up a neutral area for Chinese refugees in the Nanking City. The Chinese government abandoned rule and allowed the new group to take over. -
German invasion of Poland
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty.Which then leads to Germany invading Poland which begins the second world war in Europe. Britain and France responded to Germany’s attack by declaring war on Germany. Within a month Germany and the Soviet forces conquer Poland. -
German Blitzkrieg
Germany did not want a long war, they had a strategy to defeat its opponent with a series of short campaigns. One of them including blitzkrieg meaning lightning war. A blitzkrieg required the concentration of weapons. The Germans successfully used the blitzkrieg against Poland, Denmark and many more. -
Operation Barbarossa
The name given to Germany’s invasion of Soviet Union in Russia. It was the largest military attack of World War II. Despite, massive advances Hitler’s plan to conquer the Soviet Union failed. The Soviet Union attacked back after a while. This period of time allowed Germany’s military to stabilize and allowed them to conquer the outskirts of Caucasus, Europe. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The Japanese launch a surprise attack on the United States in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The United States was unprepared and was quick to defend themselves. Around 2,300 Americans were killed and near 1,500 were injured. After the attack Japan declared war on the United States.The following day President Roosevelt gave a speech and signed a declaration of war against Japan. Within the next few days Nazi Germany and Italy also declared war on the United states. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi’s official meeting for the solution about the Jews. Various proposals discussed in this meeting for the Jews included mass sterilization and deportation to the island of Madagascar. Heydrich proposed transporting Jews to concentration camps in Poland and working them to death. -
Warsaw Ghetto uprising
Between July and September of 1943 the Germans killed deported and murdered over 300,00 jews. The Germans were sending them to killing centers or concentration camps. The uprising of Warsaw began during the deportation of all the Jews -
Operation Gomorrah
Germany had previously attacked Britain. Britain got revenge by dropping 2,300 tons of bombs over Germany during the night and called it operation gomorrah. -
D‐Day (Normandy Invasion)
A battle fought in the summer between Allied nations and Germany forces. The largest seaborne invasion is history, crossing the English Channel from England to Normandy in occupied France. Allies tried to push Germans out of France. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitler attempts to split up the Allied armies with a surprise blitzkrieg. The Americans desperately tried to quickly defend themselves. The Germans continued into the Ardennes. The allies looked like a large bulge, which is where the name of the battle came from. -
Liberation of concentration camps
Soviet soldiers were the first to liberate concentration camp prisoners in the final stages of the war. The Soviets entered the Majdanek camp in Poland, and overran several other killing centers. They entered Auschwitz and there found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners. Most survivors were freed. -
Operation Thunderclap
The Air Ministry had been considering a series of particularly heavy area raids on German cities.They were hoping that the German war machine and civil administration would break down and the war would eventually end. The general name given to this plan was Operation Thunderclap, but it had been decided not to implement it until the military situation in Germany was critical. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The battle took place during World War II between the United States and Japan. It was the first major battle of World War II to take place on Japanese homeland. The island of Iwo Jima was a strategic location because the US needed a place for fighter planes and bombers to land and take off when attacking Japan. After 36 days of brutal fighting, the US had finally secured the island of Iwo Jima. -
Battle of Okinawa
Operation Iceberg, formed a part of the Pacific War during World War II. Fought in the spring of 1945, it was the biggest amphibious assault in that theater. The battle resulted in victory for the Allies, with huge casualties on the Japanese army. This proved to be almost the last serious defense of Japanese territory before the end of the war in August. -
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day is the public holiday celebrated on 8 May 1945 to recognize the formal acceptance by the Allies of World War II of Nazi Germany's surrender. -
Dropping of the atomic bombs
The United States becomes the first nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime. It dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The Japanese military was refused to give up their fight. American forces occupied Okinawa and Iwo Jima and were intensely firebombing Japanese cities. -
VJ Day
On August 14, 1945, Japan surrendered to the Allies, ending World War II. After the surrender of Nazi Germany, Japan’s capitulation for six years of hostilities came to a final and highly anticipated close. -
Fate of the dictators
Mussolini allied himself with Hitler, relying on the German dictator to prop up his leadership during World War II, but he was killed shortly after the German surrender in Italy in 1945. Hitler's fate was trying to still remain in power but not be hated at the same time. -
Creation of the United Nations
The creation of the United Nations came when President Roosevelt used it in the Declaration of the United Nations during world war 2. It was created to continue fighting against the Axis Powers.
