WW+II

World War II  Abbie Breidenbach, Kaicy Copley, & Devon Blackwelder   1939-1945

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**The war in Europe began in September 1939 , when Nazi Germany, lead by Adolf Hitler, invaded Poland. Britain and France then declared war on Germany, needless to say they didn't really do too much damage to the German power. In 1940 , Germany launched its next initiative by attacking Denmark and Norway. Then they decided that attacking those countries was not good enough so they began attacking Belgium, the Netherlands, and France. All of these nations were dominated by Nazi Germany. Later in the summer of 1940, Germany launched a further attack on Britain. This was unlike other attacks made by Germany because this was an air attack. The Battle of Britain  was Germany’s first military failure because they could not overcome Britain’s Royal Air Force. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">**The war in the Pacific began on December 7, 1941 , when Japaneses planes bombed Pearl Harbor. After that Japan began a massive campaign of expansion throughout the Southeast Asia–Pacific region.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;">**Pearl Harbor being attacked made the United States declare war on Japan the very next day.However, it would be several months before U.S. forces would get seriously involved militarily. In late spring of 1942, the United States and Japan engaged in a series of naval battles. The worst one was the Battle of Midway on which took place on June 3, 1942. It was during this battle that Japan suffered a terrible defeat by the Americans. **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">**Between August 1942 and February 1943, Allied forces carried out an invasion on the island of Guadalcanal. In the meantime, British and Indian forces were combating Japanese troops in Burma. Fighting continued throughout the Pacific in 1944 and early 1945 including major battles such as: Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. By the late 1945, most of Japan had been liberated, and Allied forces were closing in on the Japanese home islands. In early August of 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. Japan was taken down and surrendered just a few short days later.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">

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10 links- Heinrich Himmler-This site tell us where he was born, which was Germany and was married in 1928. In 1940 he established the Waffen SS. Adolf Hitler-This link talks about how he was born in Austria. Hitler had a very good academic ability and got recognized for his leadership skils. Franklin Delano Roosevelt-This website mentions that he is a distant cousin of Theodore Roosevelt, and he was born in New York. In 1905 he married his cousin. Winston Churchill-This site tells us about his education at Harrow and Sandhurst. He was a part of the army for a very brief time, but make a lot of good events. Douglas MacArthur-This link mentions how he was a son of a high military figure. And he graduated from West Point Military Academy. Benito Mussolini-This website talks about how he was born in Italy and was school teacher for a short while. For about 10 years he worked as a journalist. Joseph Stalin-This site tells us that he was his mothers 4th child is less than 4 years. His mother was very protective of him because the other 3 kids died. Chiang Kai-Shek-This link mentions that he was a son of a wine merchant. He went to live with relatives and ran up and joined the provincial army. Reinhard Heydrich-This website tells us that he was a son of an actress and was born on March 7th. After taking part in battles he joined the German Navy. Albert Speer-This site tells us the he was a son of an architect. And he decided to become an architect in 1927.

All great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the midst of the people.

[|Adolf Hitler] BrainyQuote .com

10 Key Terms 1. Appeasement- a policy based on the belief that if Europeans states satisfied the reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers, the dissatisfied powers would be content, and stability and peace would be achieved in Europe. 2. Demilitarized- Germany was not permitted to have weapons or fortifications there. 3. Sanctions- restrictions intended to enforce international law, unless Japan withdrew from the area and returned to its borders of 1931. 4. Blitzkrieg- or lighting war, used armored columns, called panzer divisions, supported by airplanes. 5. Partisans- resistance fighters. Hitler committed suicide two days after Mussolini had been shot by Italian partisans. 6. Genocide- physical extermination. The Nazis final solution was to genocide of the Jewish People. 7. Collaborators- people who assisted the enemy. They also helped the Nazis hunt down Jews. 8. Mobilization- the act of assembling and preparing for war. The mobilization of women was more extensive. 9. Kamikaze- or divine wind.Young Japanese were encouraged to volunteer to serve as pilots. The pilots were called a kamikaze. 10. Cold War- the total victory of the Allies in WWII was followed not be a real peace buy by a period of political tensions.

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