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Japanese invasion of China
Japan invaded China because the japanese claimed they were fired on by chinese troops. The Japanese had 1 million people under their control in just 5 months but did not advance much farther after that. http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/china_war.htm -
Germany's invasion of Poland
Germany opened fire on poland on land and from the air. Adolf Hitler was the leader of the attack. Poland tried to fight back but poland was under equipped and tried to take the germans head on with horsed cavaliers. the war reulted in the signing of the Ribbentrop Molotov Nonaggression Pact. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germany-invades-poland -
German Blitzkrieg
Means Lighting War. Military stragety to scare the enemy they used tanks, planes, and artillery.
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Fall of paris
It was the invasion of France by Germany and it was successful. The Germans trapped the remaining Parisians that hadn't fled the county the interrigated and put spys every where.
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Operation Barbarossa
Hitler launched his armies east of the soviet union. He sent 3 million soliders , 150 divisions and 3,000 tanks to smash into the soviet territory. The invasion covered a distance of 2 thousand miles. This was a crucial turning point in world war II its failure forced Germany to fight a two-front war. -
Pearl Harbor
Japanese attack the naval base in Hawaii. sinking the USS Arizona and destroying eight giant battleships, and almost 200 airplanes and killing over 2,000 people. As a result of the attack Roossevelt declared war on Japan -
Wannsee Conference
The Natzi party and German government gathered to discuess the "Final Solution". The final solution was the code name for the genocide of Jewish people. Wannsee talked about methods of killing, liquidation and extermination. http://www.ushmm.org/outreach/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007712 -
Battle of Midway
The US broke the japanese code they planned to attack the remaining ships and planes. The US was able to turn the attack around on to the jananese -
Battle of Stalingrad
Was one of the bloodiest battles in history. The combined military and civilian casualities were nearly over 2 million. The battle was the soviet defense of Stalingrad. -
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The people in the warsaw community staged an armed revolt aginst the nazis taking the jewish people to concentration. The uprising inspired other communities to do the same. -
Operation Gomorrah
An aerial bombing campaign. It destroyed a large precentage of the city of Hamburg. leaving a large amount of the residents with no home and killing about 40,000 people. When the bombs atart dropping half the city fled. It made Hitler paranoid that if it were to hit his area it could force germany out of the war. -
D-Day
156,000 American,British and Canadian forces stormed the beaches of Normandy. The attack was one of the largest amphibious military assults in history. The normandy landing are also called the begining of the end of the war in Europe -
Liberation of Concentration Camps
The soviets found the first camp and the Nazi tried to get rid of the evedience of the mass murderings. The allies gathered up the Nazis and them their and liberated all the jewish people. -
Battle of the Bulge
Hitlers attempt to split the allied armies in northwest Europe. 3 german armies caught the american troops off gaurd and forced them to fight desperate battle to stop the germans from advancing any farther. The battle was the most expensive battle ever gfought by the US army and it suffered over 100,000 casualties.
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Operation Thunderclap
Code for a cancelled operation plans. It was supposed to be used on the soviet union the plan was rejected. -
Battle of Iwo Jima
The island was defended by 23,000 troops. They fought from caves, dugouts, and underground caves. The US wiped out the island in just 1 month. -
Battle of Okinawa
American forces invade the island and and fight the bloodiest battle of the pacific war. Killing more than half of the japanese troops. The japanese soldiers were so desprate affter losing half their troops they turned to suicide missions. -
VE Day
The day that german troops finally laid down their arms. People in the cities put out flags and banners and celebrated defeat. Also 13,000 POW's were released and sent back to Great Britian. -
Dropping of the bombs
The day an american bomber dropped a A bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing a total of 120,000 japanese people. -
VJ Day
The news of japan surrendering was announced to the world. The day is Victoryover Japan Day.
