December 13, 1937

The Japanese army captured Nanjing

They killed as many as 300,000 civilians

The Japanese army also looted the city and burned down many buildings

https://sfi.usc.edu/collections/nanjing-massacre

december 7th 1941

Japan sneek attack on america

20 ships 300 planes were damaged

2,400 americans died

1000 people were wounded

on 1935–36

armed conflict that resulted in Ethiopia's subjugation

cause they wanted to take over more land

https://www.britannica.com/event/Italo-Ethiopian-War-1935-1936

July 10 to October 31, 1940

England Britain's royal air force and navy responds to heavy bombing attacks from Germany

England Britain

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-battles-timeline

October 2, 1941 to January 7, 1942

the axis launch a campaign to capture the capital city of moscow

moscow russia

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-battles-timeline

June 4-7, 1942

american and japanese forces clash over atol

they both need that land

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-battles-timeline

June 19-20, 1944

japan attacks allied forces whi have advanced in the pacific theater

they needed more land

April 16 to May 2, 1945

soviet with support with american and British forces attack the final battle thing and Hitler commits suicide

to end the war

https://www.history.com/articles/world-war-ii-battles-timeline

In early 1942

they attached something to bats and released them from planes

to get an edge in the war

https://www.history.com/articles/weird-weapons-world-war-ii

In 1943,

shot air in aim of knocking enemies off out the air

to have better weapons for the war

https://www.history.com/articles/weird-weapons-world-war-ii

February 3, 1946.

massive aircraft carrier made out of ice

to protect themselves from where they were most vulnerable

https://www.history.com/articles/weird-weapons-world-war-ii

1941

the plan was to get dead rats and put plastic explosives in them and have someone chuck it in the boiler

they were trying out new weapons to try and get an edge on the war

https://www.history.com/articles/weird-weapons-world-war-ii

Led Britain as Prime Minister during World War 2 and again in the 1950s.

Gave powerful speeches and won a Nobel Prize for his books.

Helped shape Europe after the war and warned about the Iron Curtain

March 24

1/16 Japanese was evacuated including 17000 children

they felt some type of way towards the Japanese

https://www.history.com/articles/japanese-american-relocation

1939-1945

Jews throughout occupied Europe attempted armed resistance against the Germans and their axis powers

they got tired of it and were fighting to survive

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/armed-jewish-resistance-partisans

December 17, 1938. 

In preparation for war Hitler wanted to find substitutes for fat based products

in case imports sources were cut off.

https://www.history.com/articles/hitler-nazi-secret-expedition-antarctica-whale-oil

Germany Surrenders – Signed on May 7, 1945, in Reims, taking effect May 8.

Another surrender was signed in Berlin on May 8 (May 9 in Moscow).

Allies celebrated on May 8, Soviets on May 9.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1942-1945/german-forces-surrender-to-the-allies#:~:text=German%20armed%20forces%20surrendered%20unconditionally,London%2C%20Moscow%2C%20and%20Paris.

1940

American Indians were trained to become code talkers in ww2

to transmit secret messages using there native language

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/american-indian-code-talkers

Most Jewish armed resistance took place after 1942

Nazis had murdered most of their families and their coreligionists

many Jews throughout Germany occupied Europe attempted armed resistance against the Germans. As individuals and in group

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/armed-jewish-resistance-partisans

1942–45

A US top secret project that led to the first atomic bombs

they were later used in the war against the Japanese

https://www.britannica.com/event/Manhattan-Project

1940

Allied troops found themselves surrounded in Dunkirk.

The reasoning behind this decision is still unclear to historians

https://www.worldatlas.com/world-wars/major-battles-of-world-war-ii.html

april-may 1945

on April 16, three Soviet army attacked from the north east and south

Hitler ordered all men not already in the army most of whom were either young old or sick to join the fight

1939-1941

forever changed the way Americans prepared and consumed food

proved essential in helping the war

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/scientific-and-technological-advances-world-war-ii

1941-1943

trained dogs trained as suicide bombers

to gain a edge in the war

https://www.history.com/articles/weird-weapons-world-war-ii

1943-1945

Germany's attempt to have a gun that could shoot around corners

to have better tactics

https://www.history.com/articles/weird-weapons-world-war-ii