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Japanese Invasion of China
What Happened: Japan captured Chinese ports and the Japanese slughtered 300,000 civilians and reaped 80,000 women. the Chinese held them to they couldn't declare victory. Why: Japan wanted their natural resources Effect: They attacked Pearl Harbor for oil and the initiate WWII on the far east -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
What happened: 400,000 Jews in Warsaw, the capital, were confined to an area of the city that was little more than 1 square mile. In November 1940, this ghetto was sealed off by brick walls, barbed wire and armed guards, and anyone caught leaving was shot on sight. The Nazis controlled the amount of food that was brought into the ghetto, and disease and starvation killed thousands each month.
Why: They´d be in one area to deport them
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German Invasion of Poland
What happened: Hitler began to enslave Native Slavs and Jews. He put Jew's in concentraion camps and killed them Why: To make living space for the German's Effects: Killed about 3 million Jew's and a majority of the Slavic. Soviets completed the liberation of Poland and established a communist government -
German Blitzkrieg
What Happened: armoured divisions smashed through enemy lines and isolated segements of the enemy. German's destroyed Polish air capability and bombed Polish cities Why: Again, to make living space for the German's Effects: They terrorized the Polish -
Women take over men jobs
What Happened: The women had to tale over all the jobs when all the men left for war so that there was stuff still being made and produced in factories Why: The war was in full swing and we needed women to work the factories to make clothes and guns Effects: they got to keep their jobs and women were allowed to work -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese planes came and bombed Peral Harbor Why: Japan thought the only way to solve economic and demographic problems was to expand it;s neighbors territroy and take over it;s import market Effects: Hawaii became very strict and this brought us into WWII -
Wannesse Conference
What happened: Naziś met to discuss the details of the Final Soluton Why: to figure out what to do with the rest of the Jews Effects;The conference provided key evidence during the Nuremberg war crimes trial -
Bataan Death March
What happened: American troops in Bataan we required to make a 65 mile march to prison camps Why: They were captured and were forced to do everything because they had attacked the island Effects:The troops had to take a 5 day walk and most died of starvation, being beat, and disease -
Battle of Midway
What happened: the United States was able to preempt and counter Japan’s planned ambush of its few remaining aircraft carriers, inflicting permanent damage on the Japanese Navy. An important turning point in the Pacific campaign, the victory allowed the United States and its allies to move into an offensive position. Why: This battle happened because of Pearl Harbor -
Battle of Stalingrad
What happened:It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. Why; The Soviet Union did not want to let the German's win Effects; one of the bloodiest battles in history -
German's surrendered in Italy
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Operation Gomorrah
What happened: British bombers raided Hamburg, the Operation Gomorrah, American bombed at night Why: to attack and destroy the ship yeards, U boats, and oil refineries Effects: 30,000 people were killed and 280,000 buildings were destroyed -
Allied Invasion of Italy
What happened: llies began their invasion of Axis-controlled Europe with landings on the island of Sicily, off mainland Italy. Encountering little resistance from demoralized Sicilian troops. Within three days, 150,000 Allied troops were ashore. Why: to get to the Iltiian government surrender to the Allies Effects: German sources surrendered in Italy -
Hitler Commits Suicide
What happened: in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin, Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in the head. Why: German military commanders acknowledged their imminent defeat and plotted to remove Hitler from power so as to negotiate a more favorable peace. Their attempts to assassinate Hitler failed, however, and in his reprisals, Hitler executed over 4,000 fellow countrymen Effects: Germany surrenedered to the Allied forces -
D-Day
What: 156,000 American, British, and Candadian forces landed on 5 beaches of a 50 mile stretch on the coast of France. Why: The Germanś cut them off during the Battle of France Effects; The war in Germany was ended -
Battle of the Bulge
What: Germans launched the last major offensive war and tried to push the Allied forces to northwestern Belgium Why:so they didn lose the war Effects: 20,000 killed, 20,000 captured, 40,000 wonded -
Roosevelt´s birthday
What happened: He had a ball to celebrate his birhtday and he raised 18 million dollars to donate to the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis Why: all presidents get to have a ball and he had polio when he was younger and was paralyzed from the waist down Efrffects: He donated all the money and help out the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis -
Operation Thunderclap
What happened: Allied force began firebombing the Germanś war-production towns Why: So they wouldn´t ahve any war material Effects:Between 35,000 and 135,000 were killed -
Battle of Iwo Jima
What Happened: AMerican soldiers make their first strike on the Japanese Home Island Iwo Jima Why:to try to win in Japan for the war to end Effects: 5,900 dead and 17,000 wounded -
Battle of Okinawa
What happened: Allied forces invade the island of Okinawa and engage the Japanese in the bloodiest battle of the Pacific War. Why; They attacked Okinawa because it was part of the 3 point plan to win the war Effects: The Americans secured Okinawa but with many casualities -
Roosevelts Dies
What happened: He had a massive stroke while on vacation and died that day Why: He had returned back from the Sovet Union sick from the intense meetings Effects: Truman had to come and take his spot as president at a very important part of the war -
VE Day
What happened: America and Great Britian celebratedthe victory Why: the war in Europe had finally ended Effects: America could go close enough back to normal and everybody celebrated -
Dropping the Atomic Bombs
What happened;an American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima and wiped out 90 percent of the city and 80,000 people and more people died of radiation exposure. They dropped another one on Nagasaki and killed 40,000 people Why: to get Japan to surrender Effects: Japan surrendered -
VJ Day
What happened: the news was announced that the war was over Why; So everyone could celebrate Effects: Everybody celebrated -
Formal Surrender Ceremony was Held
What happened: Aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, Japan formally surrenders to the Allies Why; The Allied naval blockade of Japan and intensive bombing of Japanese cities had left the country and its economy devastated. Effects: The Allies win WWII
