Significant Events of WWII by Ung, Isaak (School SA)

Operation Barbarossa- 1941

isaakung732 — 2022-03-09 02:08:42 UTC

On June 22, 1941: Hitler made a horrific decision as he broke the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact agreement with Joseph Stalin and commanded for German Invasion of Russia. During the invasion, the German Army did a fatal attack as it destroyed 4000 Russian Air crafts and wounded/killed more than 600,000 Russian Soldiers as this was devasting for the Russians. Hitler mentioned that he promised to capture Moscow before the winter kicked in. While the Russian Army managed to slow down the Germans as this was a tactical strategy to time-stall them from capturing Moscow
Reference-Operation of Barbarossa 2018, ., ., viewed 16 March 2022, .

Pearl Harbour- 1941

isaakung732 — 2022-03-09 02:12:51 UTC

On December 7th,1941: The organized Japanese Navy sent around 150 aircraft as they were instructed to viciously attack the United States as the Pearl Habour got brutally bombarded. It severely caused damage as it sunk 20 US warships and ended the lives of 2400 American naval personnel. The bombing was rapidly dropping as 1000 American sailors died from the massive bomb (800 kg) as their lives got ended in a blink of an eye.
Reference- Pearl Harbour 2018, ., ., viewed 16 March 2022, .

The Battle of Stalingrad- 1942-1943

isaakung732 — 2022-03-09 02:16:56 UTC

On July 17, 1942: The German Army was in Stalingrad as they battled in areas such as houses, sewers, streets, factories and department stores. Russian Soldiers ambushed the Germans as they held onto the ground floor, while Russians threw explosive grenades at the Germans in the same building. The Germans thought this fight was brainless as they named it "Rat War".
On November 19, 1492: Two massive Russian Army's circled the Germans as they were trapped by the Russians. While the fight was happening Hitler refused to retreat as it caused 200,000 German soldiers to freeze to death and 91,000 that didn't obey Hitler's orders as they had no option but to surrender, while Russians kept the Germans as prisoners as only 6000 were able to live.
Reference- The Battle Of Stalingrad 2019, ., ., viewed 16 March 2022, .

Guadalcanal -1942

isaakung732 — 2022-03-09 02:19:42 UTC

On August 7, 1942: Prepared American Marines, US Army's elite troops landed on a Solomon island known as "Guadalcanal". American Army was unsuspecting the Japenese to retreat to protect their precious airfield. During the Battle, the conditions were very tropical as it punished the troops. Two-thirds of the 32,000 Japanese troops were very determined to not leave, this island as they were not going to surrender that easily. 2000 US marines lost their lives during the battle as 8000 troops were contagious from malaria. It become a difficult time as the US marines had captured the airfield, while the Japanese bombarded the US as the Troops were struggling while having to deal with the natural causes.
Reference- Guadalcanal 2019, ., ., viewed 16 March 2022, .

D-Day- 1944

isaakung732 — 2022-03-09 02:28:33 UTC

On June 6, 1944: 5000 Navy Vessel troops from England arrived at the beaches of France. As 20k paratroopers dropped behind the enemy as they used sketchy gliders. Many troops suffered by landing on the beaches as the Germans were firing machine guns, the paratroopers didn't get to land on the ground as they got shot midair. During the day 156k troops' safety made it to shore as the last day of June came more than 800k allied troops gladly came to shore. American, British and Canadian troops surrounded the beaches as there were plenty of landmines and machine guns nest. Many soldier's lives were sacrificed as they died before even walking on the sand of the shore, although Hitler believed he was set up as he decided to not have defence in Normandy as it lead to mistake that caused the allied forces to win over the Germans.
Reference- D-day invasion 2019, ., ., viewed 16 March 2022, .

Berlin in the last days of World War II- 1945

isaakung732 — 2022-03-09 02:30:49 UTC

On April 16, 1945: The German Army has been very awful as they have been losing at the Battle of Kursk while claiming a major defeat at Stalingrad. It was a massive tank battle as approximately two million soldiers fought in a battle to force the Germans to back off into their territories. The giant Russian Army was steaming forwards as they reached Berlin in 1945 as Germany's fighting capacity has been crucially ruined. Although, this became the fall of Nazi Berlin as the Germans surrender and Hitler died(very ill/suicide). Russian tanks and Elite troops were storming Berlin as they scared the citizens as over 100,000 women were assaulted by the Russians. While during the battle around 81,000 Russian troops were killed and 280,000 troops were wounded.
Reference- Berlin in the last days 2019, ., ., viewed 16 March 2022, .

The atomic bombing of Japan- 1945

isaakung732 — 2022-03-09 02:33:44 UTC

On August 6, 1945: An atomic bomb was dropped on one of the Japanese cities known as " Hiroshima," as it was one of the deadliest weapons on earth. Three days after the first bombing in Hiroshima, another devasting bomb was dropped in a city known as "Nagasaki". On 6 and 9 of August, there was a singular bomb known as Little boy as it killed 80k of the city's 350k residents. The bomb was pure atomic energy as Hiroshima was almost extinct. There was a giant bomb as the Americans called it Fatman as it was the bomb that dropped in Nagasaki as 50k innocent children/adults were killed. This caused the Japanese Emperor Hirohito to announce that Japan surrendered.
Reference- The atomic bombing 2016, ., ., viewed 16 March 2022, .