WWII Timeline by Aaditya Joshi https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q Due 4/27/2018 en-us 2018-04-23 17:24:38 UTC 2025-10-08 12:20:57 UTC hello@padlet.com Pre-WWII Background 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254523764 - Treaty of Versailles: Treaty created by the Allies of WW1; indicted Germany for starting the war. 
- Great Depression: A worldwide economic crisis caused by the stock market crash of 1929 (Wall Street, US)
- Japanese Expansion:
- Spread of Fascism
- Rise of Hitler/Nazis]]> 2018-04-23 17:35:06 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254523764 Aggression before start of WWII 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254649477 - 1931 Japan invades Manchuria
- 1935 Nazi Germany rebuilds military
- 1935 Italy invades Ethiopia
- 1936 Germany occupies the Rhineland
- 1936 Axis aids the Spanish Civil war
- 1937 Japan invades China
- 1938 Germany takes Austria and commits Auschluss
- 1938 Germany takes Czechoslovakia 
- During all of these acts of aggression, the League of Nations basically did nothing, which said that it was okay to ignore them]]> 2018-04-24 01:07:28 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254649477 Impact on the US 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652380 - America stayed neutral
- Did not want a repeat of WWI
- Passed Neutrality Acts 
- Lend-Lease and Military Aid Acts
- Sympathetic towards Britain
- Was dragged into war by Japan ]]> 2018-04-24 01:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652380 Hitler 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652808 Adolf Hitler was the fascist leader of Germany during WWII. He was bitter at the destruction of post-WWI Germany, so he organized a rebellion in the name of German nationalism, also known as the National Socialist Worker's Party(NAZI Party). 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCs7eYPkA_4]]> 2018-04-24 01:30:09 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652808 Stalin 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652829 Joesph Stalin was born in Gori, Georgia. He rose to power as a general secretary to the communist party. Stalin turned Russia into a totalitarian dictatorship, which he ruled for over two decades. ]]> 2018-04-24 01:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652829 Mussolini 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652854 Benito Mussolini was the leader of the National Fascist Party in Italy. He was an Italian politician and journalist, who rose to power through promoting nationalism. Italy entered WWII as an Axis Power. ]]> 2018-04-24 01:30:22 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652854 Churchill 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652901 Prime Minister of Britain during WWII. He went against the isolationist tactic and urged Great Britain to enter the war. ]]> 2018-04-24 01:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652901 Roosevelt 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652915 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was an American Statesman and political leader who served as president of the United States during the Great Depression. He also implanted the New Deal, which eased the US out of the Great Depression. ]]> 2018-04-24 01:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254652915 Axis's Path of War 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254935040 - The Axis Alliance consisted of Japan, Germany, and Italy
- Sept. 1939 Hitler invades Poland
- First use of Blitzkrieg strategy
- Britain and France declare war on Germany but does nothing in the Phony War
- Germany conquers Norway, Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands, and Belgium
]]> 2018-04-24 17:04:09 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254935040 Events in 1940 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254939606 - Blitzkrieg takes over Belgium and Holland
- Germany goes into the forest to avoid the Maginot line and takes France
- Churchill becomes Prime Minister
- Forces evacuated from Dunkirk
- Battle of Britain:
-Luftwaffe vs RAF
    -victory postpones Hitler invasion]]> 2018-04-24 17:12:50 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254939606 Diary Entry (Anne Frank) 795419 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254939723 July 15th 1944: “It’s utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too will end, that peace and tranquillity will return once more. In the meantime, I must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I’ll be able to realize them.”
Credit: http://alphahistory.com/holocaust/anne-frank-diary-1942-44/
]]> 2018-04-24 17:13:02 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254939723 German Occupation of Europe (1942) 795419 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254941193 2018-04-24 17:15:59 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254941193 The New Order/ Holocaust (1933-1945) 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254952958 The mass killings and imprisonment of Jewish people in the name of a German "master race" (aryan race). The Nazis would capture them and send them to concentration camps, where the majority died. ]]> 2018-04-24 17:38:49 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254952958 D-Day (June 6th, 1944) 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254953290 Mass landings of Allied forces (mostly Americans and Britons) on the shores of Normandy, France to reclaim France from the German Reich. The Allies won by numbers, which were not anticipated by German forces.

Video: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/d-day/videos/d-day-invasion]]> 2018-04-24 17:39:25 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254953290 Bombing of Pearl Harbor (December 7th, 1941) 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254953408 Event that caused the US to enter WWII.
Japanese forces launched a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Oahu, which killed over 200,000 people. It destroyed many battleships and military equipment as well. ]]> 2018-04-24 17:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254953408 Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 6&9, 1945 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254953639 The dropping of two atomic bombs by the Americans to end the fight against the Japanese, who were the remaining active Axis Power. These atomic bombs destroyed the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and were the only nuclear attacks in history. They surrendered on August 15th, 1945. ]]> 2018-04-24 17:40:01 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/254953639 Events in 1941 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255333092 - Operation Barbarossa begins
- Blitz continues
- Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
- America enters war on Allies side]]> 2018-04-25 16:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255333092 Events in 1942 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255334485 - Germany suffers setback in Stalingrad
- American naval victory in the Battle of Midway
- Turning point in Pacific war
- Mass murder of Jewish prisoners at Auschwitz begins
-Battle at Guadacanal begins]]> 2018-04-25 16:50:04 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255334485 Japanese Surrender (August 15th, 1945) 795419 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255334998 The Japanese surrendered to the Allies on August 15th, but signed a surrender document on September 2nd, 1945. ]]> 2018-04-25 16:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255334998 Events in 1943 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255337758 - First major German defeat: Battle of Stalingrad
- Allied victory in Africa
- Invasion of Italy
- Italy surrenders
- British/Indian forces fight Japan in Burma]]> 2018-04-25 16:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255337758 Events of 1944 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255341404 - Allies land at Anzio 
- Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe
- D-Day invasion of France
- Paris is liberated
- Iwo Jima bombed]]> 2018-04-25 17:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255341404 Events of 1945 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255344707 - Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops
- Russians reach Berlin
- Hitler commits suicide
- Germany surrenders (VE Day)
- Roosevelt > Truman
-  Churchill > Attlee 
- Atomic bombs dropped on Japan
- Japan surrenders (VJ Day

]]> 2018-04-25 17:08:23 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255344707 Italian Surrender (September 8th, 1943) 795419 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255346591 After the invasion of Italy, the Italian forces surrendered, making them the first Axis Power to do so. The Armistice of Cassibile was signed to prove their surrender. ]]> 2018-04-25 17:11:56 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255346591 Munich Conference and Appeasement 795497 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255349295 - Adolf Hitler,Benito Mussolini, French Premier Edouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact
- Gave Hitler control over Czechoslovakia
- Appeasement; tried to avoid war]]> 2018-04-25 17:17:24 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255349295 Hideki Tojo 795419 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255349814 General/ Leader of Japanese Military. He also served as the prime minister of Japan for the majority of WWII. He lead the early WWII invasions of Manchuria and China.]]> 2018-04-25 17:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255349814 Hirohito 795419 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255351042 Emperor of Japan during WWII. ]]> 2018-04-25 17:20:45 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255351042 Key 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255912159 Blue: Anyone
Yellow: Japan+Asian/Pacific
Purple: Italy, Soviet Union, Germany+Europe]]> 2018-04-27 07:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255912159 Chamberlain 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255914095 - Brought Britain to War
- Resigned after bad health
-Gave power to Winston Churchill]]> 2018-04-27 07:17:23 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255914095 Truman 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255914784 Harry S. Truman was an american statesman who served as the 33rd president of the United States.He is known for implanting the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, for the establishment of the Truman Doctrine.]]> 2018-04-27 07:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255914784 Japan's Occupation of Asia/Pacific 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255916513 2018-04-27 07:31:12 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255916513 Axis Powers in WWII 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255916918 This cartoon shows that the Axis Powers were extremely powerful until the Allied attack in the Battle of Midway in 1942.]]> 2018-04-27 07:33:27 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/255916918 Casualties of World War 2 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256077286 2018-04-27 16:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256077286 Cost of World War 2 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256078853 2018-04-27 16:24:17 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256078853 Battle of Stalingrad 795419 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256080512 The battle of Stalingrad was the first major defeat of the Germans and showed that the Germans can be vulnerable. ]]> 2018-04-27 16:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256080512 Attack on Guadacanal 7956531 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256403589 2018-04-30 05:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256403589 Map of Operation Barbarossa 796039 https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256599633 (German plan to invade Russia)]]> 2018-04-30 16:34:30 UTC https://padlet.com/795497/9of011l9aj8q/wish/256599633