https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta en-us 2024-04-01 13:33:11 UTC 2024-04-02 10:54:15 UTC hello@padlet.com sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939152186 Allied invasion of Western Europe with the landing of U.S., British and Canadian forces on the beaches in Normandy, France. This decisive victory led to Allied victories is France and ultimately the fall of the Nazi Reich.]]> 2024-04-01 13:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939152186 sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939157077 The German plan of war in WW1 to first attack France with a decisive sweep through Belgium, then turn on Russia and win the war.]]> 2024-04-01 13:44:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939157077 sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939158205 French victory over a German offensive. It was one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the war, aka a battle of attrition, with French casualties and German casualties equally high.]]> 2024-04-01 13:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939158205 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939158215 An offensive battle fought during WWI by France & GB against Germany who was advancing on British land, having already invaded Belgium & northeastern France.]]> 2024-04-01 13:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939158215 sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939158839 Mass killing of Chinese citizens in the Chinese capital of Nanjing prior to WW2. An estimated 100,000-300,000 Chinese were killed.]]> 2024-04-01 13:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939158839 sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939159287 Meeting of FDR (US), Winston Churchill (UK) and Joseph Stalin (USSR) to plan the final defeat and occupation of Nazi Germany.]]> 2024-04-01 13:47:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939159287 sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939159986 Before WW2, Japan invaded the Chinese province to find raw materials for its growing industries. ]]> 2024-04-01 13:47:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939159986 sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939160673 Agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union that established a 10-year non-aggression pact, economic cooperation and territorial expansion.]]> 2024-04-01 13:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939160673 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939161095 Major battle of WWI between France & GB vs. Germany. The fight took place from both sides of the river Somme in France, with the end result being inconclusive of who won.  ]]> 2024-04-01 13:49:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939161095 sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939161592 France declared war on Germany after a German declaration of war on Russia, France’s ally, and France. Britain declared war on Germany after they violated Belgian neutrality. ]]> 2024-04-01 13:49:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939161592 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939162414 The Armenian genocide was the attempt to end Armenian people by the Ottoman Empire through systematic killings and death marches ]]> 2024-04-01 13:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939162414 sroach11 https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939162438 Serbian Nationalist Gavrilo Princip murdered Austrian heir Franz Ferdinand, leading to rapid declarations of war between allies.]]> 2024-04-01 13:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939162438 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939167888 Rather than invading Japan by land, risking the lives of many American soldiers, the U.S. chose to use atomic bombs on Japan in hope to bringing the war in the Pacific to a close sooner. Over the next 4 months after the initial bombings, the effects of the atomic bombs killed between 90,000-146,000 people in Hiroshima, and between 60,000-80,000 people in Nagasaki - nearly half of the deaths occurred on the first day. ]]> 2024-04-01 13:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939167888 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939168188 The Gallipoli Campaign was intended to force Turkey, a German ally, out of the war. It eventually failed and the Allies withdrew. ]]> 2024-04-01 13:57:08 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939168188 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939169822 Adolph Hitler was appointed as Chancellor of Germany and the Nazi party assumed control of Germany. ]]> 2024-04-01 13:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939169822 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939171540 The Russian people revolted and abolished the monarchy in favor of a socialist government. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939171540 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939173317 On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. To justify this, Hitler & Nazi propagandists accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans living in Poland and falsely claimed that Poland was colluding with its allies (GB & France) to surround and dismember Germany. This invasion marked the beginning of World War II.]]> 2024-04-01 14:02:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939173317 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939175557 Britain declares war on Germany two days after they invaded Poland; later the same day, France also declares war on Germany. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:05:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939175557 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939176363 The Weimar Republic was what was formed after the German empire collapsed due to WW1. It was a constitutional republic that eventually collapsed. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:05:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939176363 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939177833 Major battle of WWII fought on the Eastern Front where Nazi Germany & its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad, Russia. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939177833 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939178899 The peace treaty that ended WW1 and forced Germany to take all responsibility. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939178899 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939182064 A surprise military strike by Japan’s Navy Air Service on the American Naval base located at Pear Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii. Japan hoped for a short war, and seemed to quickly weaken the U.S. naval strength & capture vital oil supplies. This attack killed 2,403 U.S. personnel, and destroyed/damaged 19 U.S. navy ships. The result of the attack being the entrance of the United States into World War II. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:12:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939182064 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939183412 Agreement between Nazi Germany, Great Britain, the French Republic, and Fascist Italy. The agreement was for the German annexation of Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:13:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939183412 kkrocza https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939184661 V-J Day, or Victory of Japan Day, marks the end of World War II. President Harry S. Truman announced on August 14, 1945 that Japan had surrendered unconditionally; people around the world celebrated. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939184661 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939193220 The European celebration of Germans unconditional surrender to the Allies. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939193220 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939198419 An Armistice was signed between Germany and the Entente on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.]]> 2024-04-01 14:29:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939198419 DarbyS https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939212074 Largest and bloodiest battle in WW2. It was a surprise attack on Germany and the last major offensive for Germany. ]]> 2024-04-01 14:44:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sroach11/825qc13z6b6ha1ta/wish/2939212074