WWii timeline by William Martin https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760 en-us 2018-02-26 20:18:02 UTC 2025-10-25 19:48:26 UTC hello@padlet.com WWII was caused by wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/235613876 Among the causes of WWII wre italian fascism in the 1920s japanese militarism and invasions in china in the 1930s]]> 2018-02-26 20:19:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/235613876 wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/235617314 2018-02-26 20:26:26 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/235617314 The German-Soviet Pact of August 1939, which stated that Poland was to be partitioned between the two powers, enabled Germany to attack Poland without the fear of Soviet intervention. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236124301 Invasion of poland]]> 2018-02-27 19:51:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236124301 Holocaust wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236129480 destruction or slaughter on a mass scale, especially caused by fire or nuclear war.
1939–1941


"a nuclear holocaust"
]]> 2018-02-27 19:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236129480 Manhattan Project wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236130948 The code name for the effort to develop atomic bombs for the United States during World War II. The first controlled nuclear reaction took place in Chicago in 1942, and by 1945, bombs had been manufactured that used this chain reaction to produce great explosive force.]]> 2018-02-27 20:01:30 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236130948 D-Day wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236133395 the day (June 6, 1944) in World War II on which Allied forces invaded northern France by means of beach landings in Normandy]]> 2018-02-27 20:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236133395 Tuskegee Airmen wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236135011 The Tuskegee Airmen is the popular name of a group of African-American military pilots (fighter and bomber) who fought in World War II. They formed the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group of the United States Army Air Forces.1941]]> 2018-02-27 20:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236135011 wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236136563 Pearl Harbor . A major United States naval base in Hawaii that was attacked without warning by the Japanese air force on December 7, 1941, with great loss of American lives and ships.]]> 2018-02-27 20:10:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236136563 wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236137081 n naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the MidwayIslands. Synonyms: Midway Example ]]> 2018-02-27 20:11:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236137081 Battle of guandal wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236138215 The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction.]]> 2018-02-27 20:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236138215 wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236139616 September 2, 1945 - Day the Japanese delegation formally signs the instrument of surrender on board the USS Missouri, marking the official ending of World War II. 2,194 -- Days between the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, through September 2, 1945, when Japan signs the unconditional surrender.]]> 2018-02-27 20:16:41 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236139616 Roles of women wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236141005 Roles for women in WWII. ... It soon became clear that the war was going to demand much more than the government had expected. Women could do the technical jobs normally performed by men, freeing those men for combat. Each branch of the armed services formed their own auxiliary corps for women.September 1, 1939 ]]> 2018-02-27 20:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236141005 nuremberg trials wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236142594
Nuremberg, Germany, was chosen as a site for trialsthat took place in 1945 and 1946. Judges from the Allied powers—Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union, and the United States—presided over the hearings of twenty-two major Nazi criminals. Twelve prominent Nazis were sentenced to death.
]]> 2018-02-27 20:21:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236142594 japan invasion of manchuria wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236143542 The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident.]]> 2018-02-27 20:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236143542 internment of japanese americans wmartin0164 https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236144478 The internment of Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II was the forced relocation and incarceration in camps in the western interior of the country of between 110,000 and 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most of whom lived on the Pacific coast. February 19, 1942.]]> 2018-02-27 20:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/wmartin0164/44zzl3op7760/wish/236144478