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DONE Japans invasion of China
Japan invaded China because of Japan's desire to be an imperial power. Japan was running low on resources and to resolve this issue they invaded China. The Japanese nation was also able to gain much needed heavy industries that had the potential to grow and even expand further. The Chinese were impacted because many Chinese have died or became refugees. Also, many of their city's and lands have been destroyed.
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DONE Germany’s invasion of Poland
Hitler's first major foreign policy initiatives was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland. The German-Soviet Pact, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. After heavy shelling and bombing, Warsaw surrendered to the Germans. Britain and France, had declared war on Germany. Nazi Germany occupied the remainder of Poland. Poland remained under German occupation until January 1945. It ended the Second Polish Republic and it began WWII.
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DONE Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad, was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the USSR during WWII. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. In the battle Soviet forces surrounded and crushed an entire German army. In subsequent days the invaders fought their way into Stalingrad against fierce resistance.
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DONE Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad, was the successful Soviet defense of the city of Stalingrad in the USSR during WWII. It stopped the German advance into the Soviet Union and marked the turning of the tide of war in favor of the Allies. In the battle Soviet forces surrounded and crushed an entire German army. In subsequent days the invaders fought their way into Stalingrad against fierce resistance.
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DONE Warsaw Ghetto uprising
The remaining Jewish inhabitants began a month-long battle against the Nazis. The Nazis had established the ghetto after ordering all Jews in Warsaw to collect in a designated part of the city, they sealed it off from the rest of the city. Disease had killed more than 43,000 people or ten percent of the ghetto population. The Nazis surrounded the ghetto and the battle began. The shooting had become so intermittent that it was clear the ghetto fighters had been defeated.
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DONE Operation Gomorrah
British bombers were bombing Hamburg, Germany by night and by Americans bombers by day in its own “Blitz Week.” The U.S. Eighth Air Force began a bombing run of northern Germany, which included two raids on Hamburg during daylight hours. Hamburg was being attacked until November. Operation Gomorrah was devastating for Hamburg, Germany. Hitler was wrecked because of what happened and could not visit any of the burned cities.
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Allied invasion of Italy
The British 8th Army begins the Allied invasion of the Italian peninsula. On the day of the landing, the Italian government secretly agreed to the Allies’ terms for surrender.
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DONE Battle of the Bulge
It was a German offensive intended to drive a wedge between the American and British armies. It fell far short of its goals but managed to create a bulge in the American lines. The Germans broke through the line and killed thousands of American troops. The soldiers managed to hold out until more US troops could arrive. Soldiers held out until reinforcements could come that won the battle for the Allies.
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DONE Battle of Iwo Jima
The reason behind the American invasion of Iwo Jima during WWII is because they needed a base. Seven Japanese battalions opened fire on the US Marines as they made their way to the island. Iwo Jima was defended by the Japanese army and navy troops. The US marines killed the defending forces after a month of fighting. When the American flag was raised on Iwo Jima in victory, the memorable image was captured in a famous photograph that later won the Pulitzer Prize.
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DONE Battle of Okinawa
The final Pacific island battle of WWII is the Battle of Okinawa. The battle caused thousands of civilian casualties. As the battle continued the Japanese couldn't continue. On July 2, the US declared Okinawa safe. In the event, Japan was forced to announce its surrender in early August, after the U.S. had dropped atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The battle ended with the Allies victory, with massive casualties being inflicted on the Japanese army.
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DONE Manhattan Project
The Manhattan Project was a code name for the research program to develop the atomic bomb. On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb named “Little Boy” was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Thousands of Japanese were injured, burned, killed and/or suffered radiation sickness. On August 9, 1945, when Japan still refused to surrender, a second bomb, named “Fat Man”, was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. Japan surrendered on August 14, 1945, therefore ending WWII.
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DONE Liberation of concentration camps
The first concentration camp the Nazi’s created was named Dachau. The camp held political opponents of the Nazi's as prisoners then they increased and other groups joined the concentration camp; the majority were Jews. The prisoners were forced to work for German armaments production. The camp was served as the training center for SS concentration campsite guards. Hundreds of inmates got sick and/or died in the camp. The U.S. army liberated the Dachau main camp on April 29, 1945.
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DONE VE Day
England and America celebrate ‘Victory in Europe Day’ rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. At the time many German soldiers was to escape the grasp of Soviet forces. About a million Germans tried a mass departure to the West when the fighting in Czechoslovakia finished, but got stopped by the Russians and taken hostage. As a result the eighth of May was when German troops finally laid down their arms. On the ninth of May, the Germans finally surrendered.
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DONE Dropping of the atomic bombs
The US were the only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime. The US had been working on developing an atomic weapon. By the time the US conducted the first successful test Germany had by now been defeated. The war against Japan continued to rage. On August the US dropped a nuclear bomb over Hiroshima. They say the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan marked the end of WWII and the first shot of the Cold War.
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DONE Potsdam Declaration
The emperor pleaded the Council to think about accepting the conditions of the Potsdam Conference. Japan surrendered after the bombing of Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Soviet invasion of Manchuria. Tokyo sent a message to the Allies accepting the Potsdam Declaration. President Truman brought the atomic bombing to an end after he received the message of Japans surrender. Meanwhile, aggressive fighting continued between Japan and the Soviet Union in Manchuria.
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VJ Day
It was announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, immediatley ending World War II. Japan’s devastating surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor led to an immediate U.S. declaration of war the following day. Japan refused to surrender, and the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima and then dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
A couple of days later Japan surrendered
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D-Day (Normandy Invasion) NOT FINISHED
The Battle of Normandy resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s control. Codenamed Operation Overlord, also known as D-Day, American, British and Canadian forces landed on five beaches along a coast of France’s Normandy region. All of northern France had been liberated, and by the following spring the Allies ha. defeated the Germans. The Normandy landings have been called the beginning of the end of war in Europe.
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1945 VJ Day
Japan had surrendered unconditionally to the Allies, effectively endingWWII. Since then, both August 14 and August 15 have been known as “Victory over Japan Day." Japan’s devastating surprise aerial attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor on Oahu, Hawaii led to an immediate U.S. declaration of war the following day. On August 6 the US dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima and then dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki. A couple of days later Japan surrendered
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1937 Japanese invasion of China
Sino-Japanese War began when conflict that broke out as soon as China began full-scale opposition to the expansion of Japanese influence in its region. It was because they wanted to unseat the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek. -
1939 Germany’s invasion of Poland
Hitler responded by negotiating a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union.
The German-Soviet Pact stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention.
Germany invaded Poland.
Britain and France, standing by their guarantee of Poland's border, had declared war on Germany.
The Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland.
Poland remained under German occupation until January 1945.
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