These bombings may be considered war crimes. The latter resulted in the destruction of more than cities and the death of more than , German civilians. However, no positive or specific customary international humanitarian law with respect to aerial warfare existed before or during World War II.
The German government led by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party was responsible for the Holocaust, the killing of approximately 6 million Jews, 2. About 12 million, mostly Eastern Europeans, were employed in the German war economy as forced laborers. In addition to Nazi concentration camps, the Soviet gulags labor camps led to the death of citizens of occupied countries such as Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, as well as German prisoners of war POWs and Soviet citizens who were thought to be Nazi supporters.
Of the 5. Soviet ex-POWs and repatriated civilians were treated with great suspicion as potential Nazi collaborators, and some were sent to the Gulag upon being checked by the NKVD. Japanese POW camps, many of which were used as labor camps, also had high death rates. While 37, prisoners from the UK, 28, from the Netherlands, and 14, from the United States were released after the surrender of Japan, the number of Chinese released was only After , the number reached 10 million.
June 14, Germany invades Paris , France. June 22, Germany and France come together in the city of Compiegne. November 14, England is attacked by Nazi Germany. Japan takes control of Singapore. February 19, Concentration camps are opened all over the United States for retaining Japanese Americans. April 9, United States of America retreats from the Philippines.
June 10, Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia. November 8, British and American troops invade North Africa. May 12, War stops in North Africa. September 3, Allied Powers take control of Italy. September 8, Italy gives up control. September 10, Rome is taken over by Nazi Germany. The following list includes the total estimated casualties for every country involved in the war. That estimate equates to roughly Show Sources. Military Deaths Civilian and Military Deaths. Country Tot. Deaths Military Deaths Civ.
June 10, - Italy joins the war on the side of Germany by declaring war against Britain and France. Fighting spreads to Greece and Northern Africa. June 14, - German troops march into Paris. September 7, May - German bombing campaign of nightly air raids over London, known as the Blitz. June 22, - Germany invades the Soviet Union. December 7, - Japan attacks the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, destroying more than half of the fleet of aircraft, and damaging all eight battleships.
December 8, - The US declares war on Japan. December 11, - Germany and Italy declare war on the United States. February - Japan invades the Malay Peninsula. Singapore surrenders within a week. June , - Japan's plans to invade the Hawaiian Islands, starting at Midway Island, but the United States cracks the code of the mission.
Japan attacks Midway and loses four aircraft carriers and over planes and pilots in the first clear victory for the United States. August 19, - The battle for Stalingrad begins as Germany pushes further into Russia. February 1, - The German troops in Stalingrad surrender, defeated in large part by the Soviet winter. The defeat marks the halt of Germany's eastbound advance. July 10, - Allied forces land in Italy.
More Videos Stephen Colbert's emotional D-Day story A timeline of World War II July 25, - The King of Italy is restored to full power, and Mussolini is deposed and arrested. Viewing WWII through a soldier's lens The landing includes over 5, ships, 11, airplanes and over , service men. August 25, - American and Free French forces liberate Paris. January 27, - Soviet troops liberate the Auschwitz camp complex, located near Krakow, Poland. April 12, - Roosevelt dies in Warm Springs, Georgia.
Vice President Harry Truman takes the oath of office as president. April 25, - Soviet troops surround Berlin. April 28, - Mussolini is killed attempting to escape to Switzerland.
April 30, - Hitler and wife Eva Braun commit suicide. May 7, - Germany surrenders in a red school house in Reims, Germany, Eisenhower's headquarters. Victory in Europe V-E Day is celebrated on May 8 because that is the day the armistice went into effect. May 8, - V-E Day. The war in Europe is officially over. July 16, - First successful test of the atomic bomb in Alamogordo, New Mexico. July 29, - Truman warns Japan that the country will be destroyed if it does not surrender unconditionally.
Japan continues fighting. August 6, - The first atomic bomb used in warfare, nicknamed Little Boy, is dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing up to , people. August 9, - After getting no response from the Japanese government after the Hiroshima bombing, a second atomic bomb, nicknamed Fat Man, is dropped on Nagasaki, killing up to 80, people.
August 14, - Japan unconditionally agrees to accept the terms of the Potsdam Declaration and end the war. Victory over Japan V-J Day is declared.
0コメント