https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil By Noah Sanchez p.3 en-us 2017-02-21 23:37:38 UTC 2023-05-08 15:39:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/175239347/e18fb2ff39ae8977a08cd5472e4bcbfb/WWII_background.jpg rabony381 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155329000 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 and broke the pact. ]]> 2017-02-21 23:58:02 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155329000 rabony381 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155329539  Britain and France declare war on Germany. Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. At 11:15 BST the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the British deadline for the withdrawal of German troops from Poland had expired.]]> 2017-02-22 00:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155329539 rabony381 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155330455 Germany invaded Norway by sea, slipped through the mines Britain had placed around them due to a traitor named Vidkun Quisling who was pro-fascist. after that Denmark realizing its army could not stand up to Germany decided to surrender immediately to Germany.]]> 2017-02-22 00:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155330455 rabony381 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155332984 Il Duce (aka Benito Mussolini) declared war due to promises of land and Britain and France not paying up. therefor Italy declared war on Britain and France to take what they were promised and thus causing tension between the three countries.  ]]> 2017-02-22 00:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155332984 rabony381 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155334041 With Paris fallen and the German conquest of France reaching its conclusion, Marshal Henri Petain replaces Paul Reynaud as prime minister and announces his intention to sign an armistice with the Nazis. The next day, French General Charles de Gaulle, not very well known even to the French, made a broadcast to France from England, urging his countrymen to continue the fight against Germany.]]> 2017-02-22 00:42:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155334041 rabony381 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155629906 Germany invaded Czechoslovakia  and demanded to have the  
land so other countries agree so long as Hitler doesn't make any more demands on the country and so he agreed. he then proceeded to take all of the country.]]> 2017-02-22 23:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155629906 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155884251 On June 4, 1940, the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk on the Belgian coast ends as German forces capture the beach port. The nine-day evacuation, the largest of its kind in history and an unexpected success, saved 338,000 Allied troops from capture by the Nazis.

]]> 2017-02-23 19:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155884251 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155889083 In the summer and fall of 1940, German and British air forces clashed in the skies over the United Kingdom, locked in the largest sustained bombing campaign to that date. A significant turning point of World War II, the Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force despite months of targeting Britain’s air bases, military posts and, ultimately, its civilian population. Britain’s decisive victory saved the country from a ground invasion and possible occupation by German forces while proving that air power alone could be used to win a major battle.

]]> 2017-02-23 19:59:36 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155889083 https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155891580  A land invasion was now ruled out as unrealistic; instead Hitler chose sheer terror as his weapon of choice. One of Hitler’s key strategic blunders of the war was to consistently underestimate the will and courage of the British people. They would not run or be cowed into submission. They would fight. http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-britain/videos/drawn-history-the-blitz ]]> 2017-02-23 20:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rabony381/4ffu2598atil/wish/155891580