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Means to Rearm/Disarm.

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A policy to remain apart from the interests of other groups, especially political affairs of other countries.

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Sept. 30, 1938: Chamberlain's Policy of Appeasement

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Sept. 30, 1938: Chamberlain's Policy of Appeasement

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Appeasement means to give into aggressive demands in order to maintain peace. Chamberlain showed appeasement by allowing Hitler to take Sudetenland unless Hitler promised no further demands. Chamberlain gave Hitler what he wanted because he thought that after he gave him something he wanted, he would stop. Hitler didn't stop at all.

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Nonaggression Pact is basically where two sides promise not to harm one another. The Nazi's and the Soviet's made a agreement to not harm/attack each other. The outcome of this agreement was that Germany could continue acting aggressively without the intervening of the Soviets.

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At this time there was a lot of tension in Germany. This was the cause of the "official" or actual start of World War 2.

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Thousands of the Allied troops retreated all the way to Dunkirk, France, and were cornered by the Germans. Allied ships came and rescued 300,000 Allied soldiers, and brought them to Britain.

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In the operation to evacuate at Dunkirk, Britain's Royal Navy needed every vessel possible, big or small, to evacuate as many soldiers as possible. So the British public responded unexpectedly huge, and a big number of vessels were sent to the Royal navy. People were giving up small paddle steamers to yachts for the operation, there were some vessels that came as far away as the Isle of Man. A Tamzine is on display in the Imperial War museum, and it was the smallest vessel used in the operation, it was only 14 feet long. The patience and resilience of the soldiers was outstanding, Signaller Alfred Baldwin recalled at Dunkirk there were no pushing or aggressive acting from the troops, and it seemed as if they were waiting for a bus.

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July 10-Oct. 31, 1940 - Battle of Britain

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July 10-Oct. 31, 1940 - Battle of Britain

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Hitler had planned to wipe the British Air Force, but Britain had developed a new technology called "radar" which allowed them to see planes anywhere near in the sky. This helped the British win and made Germany call off the invasion.

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Japan sneaks up on America with a surprise attack on the American harbor. The attack killed 2,400 Americans, destroyed 200 aircrafts and all 8 battleships. This United States entered the war the next day.

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Feb. 19, 1942 - Japanese Internment Camps

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Feb. 19, 1942 - Japanese Internment Camps

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The U.S., after enteering into the war with Japan, was worried that people of Japanese heritage would help Japan in the war. The patriotism caused the U.S. to make internment camps on the West coast and force 100,000 Japanese Americans to leave their homes and businesses.

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Britain launched an attack on El Alamein and with the help of more troops and tanks than the enemy, Britain was victorious. This allowed a early victory and weakened the Axis powers in North Africa.

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What caused Britain to win the Battle of El Alamein, and what did this victory help in the long run?

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The plan was for American and British forces to attack on the East and West in North Africa led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, this was called "Operation Torch". This made strong allied forces on both sides, and eventually ended in the Axis forces to surrender.

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What did Operation Torch hope for, and what was the outcome of it?

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The invasion of Germany to the Soviet Union was failing, so a Military blockade was ordered, in which they were to try to make the city surrender. The attack lasted 900 days, 1 million civilians were killed.

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The Soviets defended Stalingrad in order to protect their leaders name and honor "Stalin", Hitler commanded for the German commanders to not surrender even though they were willing to surrender. 90,000 Axis people were put into soviet prison camps, and 500,000 Axis died, and 1 million Soviets died.

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The Americans surrendered under the authority of Mac Arthur, the Japanese forced 70,000 prisoners to march to a distant prison camp. Because of the lack of food and water and because of all the violence = 600 American and 10,000 Filipino's died.

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In the Bataan Death March, since the prisoners received very little food and water, some local Filipino civilians would try to throw food at them, and most civilians who did this were killed by Japanese soldiers.

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The Japanese were planning to capture Midway, but Americans found out the date and location of the attack by breaking the code. This allowed for the American's to now be on the offensive and changed the tide of the war.

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Island hopping was basically where Allies would skip over any strong Japanese structures and capture the weaker ones. They would then use those islands they captured as bases.

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What was the strategy that was used by the Allies to capture and control many of Japan's islands?

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Kamikazes were first used by the Japanese against the allies. A kamikaze was a plane that was loaded with explosives and the pilot would fly into allied ships on purpose sacrificing their own lives, because it was more honorable to take your own life then let another take it. This made an advantage for the Japanese.

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From a total of 650 suicide missions flown during the Philippines’ campaign, approximately 27 percent were considered successful.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower led over 150,000 troops on the beaches of Normandy on day 1. They fought through strong defenses, and there were very high causalities. It was a big victory for the Allies, it also made it possible for the Germans surrendering Paris.

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After a huge victory over the Germans, the Germans surrender. The war in Europe was finally over, and victory in Europe was called the V-E-Day.

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7,000 Americans die after trying to capture the island Iwo Jima. But 19,000 Japanese died and only 1,000 survived fighting.

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March 26 - July 2, 1945 - Battle of Okinawa

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March 26 - July 2, 1945 - Battle of Okinawa

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Over 12,000 Americans died in the battle. In the end Americans won and the Japanese lost over 100,000.

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President Harry Truman makes the tough decision to drop an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. 70,000 Japanese were killed instantly, but Japan did not surrender.

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The Atomic Bomb: Crash Course History of Science #33

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The second Atomic bomb was dropped after Japan did not surrender, this one was in the hope that Japan would finally surrender. 40,000 people died instantly, and thousands upon thousands would die from radiation poison.

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Hirohito, Japanese emperor, acknowledged that Japan was defeated. Surrenders Japan in a radio address saying a "new and most cruel bomb". The war was over, there was victory in Japan.

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Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill meet to decide what should happen for postwar Europe. They plan on what should happen to Germany that is soon to be conquered.

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April-June 1945 - Forming of the United Nations

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April-June 1945 - Forming of the United Nations

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Roosevelt convinced Stalin to join the organization. The United Nations was made to keep peace internationally, and to cooperate and prevent any more wars. Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and China were the United Nations security Council.

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https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/07/world-war-ii-the-battle-of-britain/100102/

https://un.globalcmf.com/2020/08/on-75th-anniversary-of-atomic-bomb-over.html

https://www.historyonthenet.com/intelligence-warnings-of-the-pearl-harbor-attack-before-dec-7-1941

https://publicintelligence.net/japanese-internment-camps-war-relocation-authority-photos/

http://www.history.com/news/the-siege-of-leningrad

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/us-history-timeline-3-0

https://bataandeathmarchkv.weebly.com/interesting-facts.html

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/dunkirk-evacuation-40-facts.html

https://historyforce.com/15-interesting-facts-about-the-kamikaze-pilots-you-need-to-know/

https://www.historyhit.com/10-facts-about-battle-el-alamein/