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Japanese invasion of China (1937)
Japan's invasion of China was because of Japan's desire to be an imperial power. There was both an economic and a militaristic element to this.
Economically, Japan needed more resources. It wanted to be an industrial and military power but did not have the resources and space on its home lands. For this reason, it expanded into Korea and Taiwan and eventually Manchuria. This was also a reason for wanting to break out of Manchuria and to dominate China.
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Germany’s invasion of Poland (1939)
The German invasion of Poland was a primer on how Hitler intended to wage war–what would become the “blitzkrieg” strategy. This was characterized by extensive bombing early on to destroy the enemy’s air capacity, railroads, communication lines, and munitions dumps, followed by a massive land invasion with overwhelming numbers of troops, tanks, and artillery. Once the German forces had plowed their way through, devastating a swath of territory, infantry moved in, picking off any remaining resista -
German Blitzkrieg 1939-1940
Blitzkrieg means “lightning war”.blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. Its successful execution results in short military campaigns, which preserves human lives and limits the expenditure of artillery. German forces tried out the blitzkrieg in Poland in 1939 before successfully employing the tactic with invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands and France in 1940. The blitzkrieg was a -
Operation Barbarossa (1941).
On June 22, 1941, Adolf Hitler launched his armies eastward in a massive invasion of the Soviet Union: three great army groups with over three million German soldiers, 150 divisions, and three thousand tanks smashed across the frontier into Soviet territory. The invasion covered a front from the North Cape to the Black Sea, a distance of two thousand miles. By this point German combat effectiveness had reached its apogee in training, doctrine, and fighting ability, the forces invading Russia rep -
Battle of Midway (1942)
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States defeated Japan in one of the most decisive naval battles of World War II. Thanks in part to major advances in code breaking, 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.
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Battle of the Bulge (1945)
The American amphibious invasion of iWo Jima during world war 2 stemmed far the need for a base near the Japan coast. Following elaborate preparatory air and naval bombardment,three us Airline division landed on the island -
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Battle of Iwo Jima (1945)
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the U.S. Marines landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. -
Battle of Okinawa (1945)
Last and biggest of the Pacific island battles of World War II, the Okinawa campaign (April 1—June 22, 1945) involved the 287,000 troops of the U.S. Tenth Army against 130,000 soldiers of the Japanese Thirty-second Army. At stake were air bases vital to the projected invasion of Japan. By the end of the 82-day campaign, Japan had lost more than 77,000 soldiers and the Allies had suffered more than 65,000 casualties—including 14,000 dead. -
VE Day (1945)
VE Day marks the day both Great Britain and the United States celebrate victory in Europe all day. Cities in both nations, as well as formerly occupied cities in Western Europe, put out flags and banners, rejoicing in the defeat of the Nazi war machine. The eighth day of May spelled the day when German troops throughout Europe finally laid down their arms. -
Pearl Harbor (1941)
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 -
Operation Torch (1942)
Operation Torch took place November 1942 during WW11. Operation Torch was the name given to the Allied invasion of French North Africa. It was the first time the British and Americans had worked on an invasion plan together.
