Adelaida Araiz WW2 by Sofiaadelaida Araiz Fustero

Adelaida Araiz WW2 by Sofiaadelaida Araiz Fustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl Timeline en-us 2025-05-19 08:35:09 UTC 2025-05-31 23:36:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://elvis.padletcdn.com/1/fetch/e_in/pixabay.com/get/g2d7c52ab8b0f1a7c46dbffba44e71d719968d172989c08e68b43bb1665217f9486f7abba9e0c29da8d09dbd24c89383b.jpg SEPTEMBER 1 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457047329 The second world war started on September the first, when Germany invaded Poland, it started by a nazi surprise attack by the german battleship Schleswig-Holstein. Many divissions and aereal forces commenced a coordinated attack across the German-Polish border.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:09:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457047329 3 September sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457047912 Germany was advanciong too much in just a few days, so Great Britain and France, supporting Poland, declared to Nazi Germany the war. In fact, this this did't helped poland.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:09:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457047912 17 SEPTEMBER sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457047985 The Germans at this moment weren't only tightening around the Polish forces at southwest Vistula, but deeply penetrating through the east too.

As a result, the Polish forces were reduced to random efforts by individual troops when another blow fell: on September 17, 1939, Soviet forces attacked entering Poland from the east. The next day, their government and the high command went to the Romanian frontier on their way into exile.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457047985 30 NOVEMBER sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048069 The Soviet union took advantage on their meeting with Germans on October 10. They tighted some of the northern countries: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, to admit Soviet garrisons onto their territories. That countries accepted that, but then Finland refused it, even though territorial compensation and the cessions offered by the Soviet union that it wanted the territories for its own strategic reasons. Finland’s armed forces amounted to about 200.000 troops in 10 divisions. The Soviets eventually brought aproximately 70 divisions to bear in their attack on Finland, with 1.000 tanks. Soviet troops attacked Finland on November 30, 1939.

The attacks continued, and on February the first, the Red army sent 14 divisions, and Finland saw itself pounded by a huge artillery and Bombardment, their counterattacks wre attempted by Soviet airforce... Finally, the Soviets managed fo pass the Karelian Isthmus, the poit in which Finland collpsed so in March 6 Finland surrended asking for peace, the terms were accepted about a week later: Finns gave the entire Karelian Isthmus, Viipuri, and their part of the Rybachy Peninsula to the Soviets.

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]]> 2025-05-19 09:09:53 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048069 28 SEPTEMBER sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048124 Warsaw Army, defense and armaments could hardly resist out against the Germans until September 28, passing through terror-bombings and artillery barrages that impacted and damaged impotant parts of the city and their people, without any regard for the civilian population. The last moment cosiderated from the Polish forces take place on October the 5, the date in which we consider this invasion ends.

The final figures were devastating for Poland: 700.000 prisoners taken by Germany, 70.000 soldier deaths and 130.000 wounded soldiers.

It was conquered by both Germany and Soviet Union, that met in Polish territories and greeted each others.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048124 MARCH 21 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048483 At the beginning Hitler didn't planned to conquenquer Norway as they had products exported from Norway's mines, but after some time he couldn't stand more it's Neutrality and ordered plans to invade it. On April 1 it was ordered to be done in April 9. That day, the major Norwaygian ports were occupied by the advance of the greman troops, and at the same time one parachute battalion took Oslo and Stavager airfields, and 800 aircrafts were threating the population.

At the same time, Denmark was occupied, by troopships covered by aircrafts to Cpenhague. They marked the frontier in Jutland. This communications were essential for their communications.

Allied troops (French and British) began to arrive at April fourteen, and after more than one month fighting, they retired again as it wasn't suitable, and it was finally invaded.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048483 MAY 10 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048587 The previous event wasn't that significant when on May 10the western powers were surprised by Hitler's stroke against Low countries Called Fall Gelb.

They sent General Wilhelm von Leeb’s Army Group C to stay in the Maginot line to divert French forces. Bock’s Army Group B were sent to the baasin of Maas River, and the group A went to the Ardennes. Army group B comprised Küchler’s 18th Army, with one armoured division and airborne support, to attack the Netherlands, and Reichenau’s 6th, with two armoured divisions, to advance over the Belgian plain.

Even that forces had to deal too with allies, they conquered very fast France and their neighbouring countries:

Netherlands sourrenders on May 15 (their goverment exilled to London)

Belgium: Lropoldo III surrendered 28 May (he wasn't supported by the goverment, that did the same and went to London)

After getting Belgium, German forces directed their attcks towards France. Taking advantage of the weak situation of the defenses in the Ardennes Forest, a region considered difficult for armored vehicles, the Germans managed to penetrate deep into French territory.

On June 14, 1940, Paris was occupied by Germany. A couple of weeks after that, on June 22, the French government that couldn't resist more signed an armistice with Germany at Compiègne. This agreement stablished France into a German-occupied zone in the northwest, but an unoccupied zone in the south, administered by the Vichy regime, which collaborated with the Nazis.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048587 JUNE 10 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048709 Italy was't prepared for war when the firs attack took place, but their leader Benito Mussolini was ready to take any positive advantages from their paternship with Hitler.

The conquest of France finally conviced Mussolini, and they signed their pact of Steel with Hitler.

Once Italy had the alliance, they declared war to France and Great Britain.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048709 JULY 10 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048755 The Battle of Britain was the first military campaign that was fully in the air. After France defeat in June , Hitler planned Operation Sea Lion: a full-scale invasion of Britain. But, before this could happen, Germany needed to gain air strength. At the beginning , the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) launched a massive aerial assault on the Royal Air Force (RAF). Their objective was to destroy British air defenses, bomb key industrial and military targets, and afraiding population. At first, the Luftwaffe was focused on attacking coastal defenses and airfields. In September, the campaign shifted into the Blitz, a period of heavy bombing on cities like London. The courage and skill of RAF pilots, many of them came from other nations, played an essential role. By late October, Hitler called off the invasion plan: Germany had failed to achieve air superiority. The battle marked Nazi Germany’s first major defeat, showing that GB won't surrender easily.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048755 APRIL 6 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048837 The german attack on Greece programmed for April 1 was moved because of the Belgrade Coup d' état, ha dicided that Yugoslavia was to be attacked and destroyed at the same time. Italy agreed to colaborate and Hungary and Bulgaria agreed to sent troops. On April 6 both Yugoslavia and Greece were invaded with 24 divisions and 1200 tanks.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048837 22 JUNE sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048878 Operation Barbarossa, launched on June 22, Germany’s massive invasion of the Soviet Union, the largest military operation, with about three million German soldiers alongside forces from Finland, Romania, and other Axis allies, with the purpose of crushing Soviet resistance in a campaign that Hitler believed would be completed in some weeks. The German strategy was divided into three major army groups: Group North advancing towards Leningrad, Group Centre toward Moscow, and Group South aiming to seize Ukraine and the oil-rich Caucasus. At the beginning the Germans achieved enormous territorial gains and provoked losses on Soviet forces through surprise attacks,but as the campaign dragged into the Russian winter, logistical failures, and the brutal climate halted the German advance just outside Moscow, where a powerful Soviet counteroffensive in December 1941 marked the beginning of Germany’s failure on the Eastern Front and a crucialpoint in the war.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048878 JULY 26 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048920 On July 2, the imperial conference decided to press Japan, even if there was a risk of war with UK and USA. On July 26, by a new agreement withVichy France, Japanese forces started occupying some bases in south Indochina. In this moment United states reacted vigorously by imposing an embargo on supplies of oil to Japan.

The negotiations with the Dutch of Indonesia decided that war must been undertaken.

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]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048920 NOVEMBER 26 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048949 US continue pressing Japan and asking things that couldn't concede: retiring the pact of the Tripartite (which would had let them isolated ) and withdrawal of Japanese troops from hina and southeast Asia (a humiliating retreat from an overt commitment of four years’ standing) and an open- door regime for trade in china.

The secretary of the state Cordell Hull sent a note requiring to evacuate China and Indochina and to recognize no Chinese regime other than that of Chiang Kai-shek, Japan could see no point in continuing. As peace with US seemed impossible japan started to prepare their plans of war.

Japan programmed for December 7 a surprise attack to the Mmain US pacific Fleet in its base in Hawaiian Islands, that consisted in several light crusiers, battleships, combat plains, destroyers, submarines, etc.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457048949 DECEMBER 11 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049003

On December 11,four days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy declared war on the United States, officially expanding WW2 into a global conflict.Even ifGermany was not obligated to enter the war under the terms of the Tripartite Pact unless Japan had been attacked first, Adolf Hitler chose to make the declaration, believing that the U.S. would become involved and hoping that Japan would reciprocate by attacking British positions in Asia and distracting American forces from Europe, the decision backfired, as the United States now mobilized its enormous industrial and military capacity against both Axis powers, uniting its population under a common cause and beginning a coordinated Allied war effort that would ultimately lead to Germany’s defeat, the declaration of war by Germany gave Roosevelt the justification to entervfully with American troops and resources in Europe.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:25 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049003 JULY 4 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049056 The Battle of Midway, June 4-7, was a strategic naval battle in the Pacific between the Japanese Navy and the United States Navy. Continuing their victory at Pearl Harbor, the Japanese wanted to eliminate the U.S. as a Pacific power by atracting its aircraft carriers into a trap near the island of Midway, however, American cryptographers had broken Japanese codes and knew in advance both the date and location of the attack. In the battle that followed, U.S. bombers could sink four Japanese aircraft carriers shifting the balance of power in the Pacific. The victory wasgoing to be decissive later in the war, halting Japanese expansion and beginning a series of offensives that would lead lastly to Japan’s defeat.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049056 AUGUST 23 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049124 On August 23 the German Army launched a full-scale attack tothe Soviet city of Stalingrad, beginning one of the worst battles of WW2. Hitler was determined to get the city not only because of its value and position, but also hoping to humiliate Stalin by taking his namecity. Germany started progressing quickly, subjected the city to intense bombing, however, Soviet forces defended every street and building. By November, Soviet forcesbegan surrounding the German army in a massive counteroffensive called Operation Uranus. The battle turned into a brutal war with freezing temperatures, and constant fighting inside the city, finally leading to the surrender of the German Army in early 1943.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049124 OCTOBER 23 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049148 British forces launched a huge offensive against the German and Italian troops in North Africa, near the Egyptian town of El Alamein. The Allies were trying to stop and reverse Axis expansion towards the Suez Canal and the Middle East. Montgomery had carefully prepared his army.

The 23 of October at the morning, the assault began with a heavy artillery barrage and continued by ground attacks, the battle w lasted arround two weeks, but finally the Axis forces were pushed back, forcing Rommel to retreat westward across Libya. This victory gave the Allies an advantage in North Africa and was the beginning of the ending for Axis control in the zone.

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]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049148 NOVEMBER 8 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049188 United States and GB started Operation Torch on November 8. They aimed the territories controlled by France in noth Africa, Morocco and Algeria. The prupose was to protect them and prepare them for an advance that could push Axis forces out from Tunisia.
The Operation Torch included landings at Casablanca, Oran, and Algiers, and mixed resistance from Vichy French forces, (who were quickly overwhelmed or switched sides). This was the first time US troops faced Axis powers in battle, and helped to pressure on Soviet forces fighting on the Eastern Front. The operation was successfull, as it showed the Allied cooperation and allowed for the buildup of forces that would later invade Italy and southern Europe.

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]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049188 JULY 5 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049236 The fifth if July Nazi Germany launched Operation Citadel, trying to eliminate the Soviet salient around the city of Kursk (Russia). This was the beginning of the Battle of Kursk, the largest tank battle, in which approximately 6,000 tanks went (of course 2 million troops, and 4,000 aircraft, nearly 50 divisions with 900,000 troops and 2,700 tanks...) They wanted to sourround and destroy Soviet. However, the Soviets anticipated the attack and had constructed deep defensive lines, including extensive minefields and anti-tank fortifications,. The German advance met with all that resistance, and their progress was limited to some miles in the north and south. On July 12, the Soviets launched an enormus counteroffensive, that lead into an intense fighting. The Soviet forces could stop the German advance, and in August 23, they had recaptured importantcities like Orel and Kharkov.

]]> 2025-05-19 09:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457049236 SEPTEMBER 27 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457467672 Mussolini and Hitler were already allied, and in September 27 they formed the Tripartite joint to Japan. Hitler had planned to conquest the Soviet union in 1943, but he decided to advance it to 1941, While preparing, he decided to extend his influence through countries as Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia.

While Hitler was focused on this, Mussolini decided to sent 7 divissions from Albania into a war from its own against Greece.

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]]> 2025-05-19 14:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3457467672 AUGUST 7 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474265554 United States launched its first major offensive in the Pacific Theater of World War II in August 7. The campaign began with amphibious landings by U.S. Marines on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Florida in the southern Solomon Islands, trying to prevent Japan threatening the rest if routes between the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand. The primary objective was to achieve a nearly completed airfield on Guadalcanal, that would provide the Allies with a strategic base for further operations. The initial landings didn't had much resistance,so Marines could ensure the airfield fastly. However, the Japanese counterattacks by land, sea, and air in an attempt to retake the island, lead to a protracted and brutal campaign that lasted until February 1943.

]]> 2025-05-30 23:42:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474265554 JULY 25 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474395108 The operation Husky was the large-scale invasion of Sicily in July. In this event, American and British forces leaded on the southearn and southestern costs. Fighting the low resistence of the beginning, they could quickly start advancing inland. That invasion was finnally successful, wich meant the downfall of Mussolini, that was arrested in July 25, after a vote no confidence by the Fascist Grand Council. This also made Germany strenghthen its forces in Italy. Challenching battles would continue on Italian mainland.

]]> 2025-05-31 05:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474395108 SEPTEMBER 3 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474397130 The Allies commenced their invasion of mainland Italy by landing British forces in the region of Calabria on September 3,their first step to liberate the country from Axis control. This event after the conquest of Sicily, and was facilitated by Italy's secret negotiations with the Allies. It leaded into an armistice announced on September 8. Even by Italy's surrender, German forces quickly moved to occupy strategic positions on the country, resulting in fierce resistance against the advancing troops. The invasion of Italy opened a new front in Europe.

]]> 2025-05-31 06:00:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474397130 NOVEMBER 28 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474400113 From November 28 to December 1,in the Tehran Conference the leaders of the Allied powers (U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin) met, it was first meeting during World War II. Held in Tehran (Iran), the conference focused on coordinating military strategy against Germany and discussing plans what would they do after the war. some of the most important decisions were the agreement to launch Operation Overlord (cross-channel invasion of France) and the Soviet commitment to launch an offensive on the Eastern Front. About the post-war, they also talked, including the division of Germany and the establishment of the United Nations.

]]> 2025-05-31 06:12:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474400113 AUGUST 2 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474419405 The prisoners of Treblinka (a Poland extermination camp) had an uprising against Germans. This camp was one of the camps whith the most exterminations as part of the "Final Solution."

The revolt was secretly planned by a group of prisioners that could steal weapons, rifles and grenades, from the camp armament. On August 2 at a signal given, the prisoners set parts of the camp launched their attack, with the prupose of destroying the facility and escapeing. In the chaos, about 300 prisoners managed to cross the perimeter of the camp; however, many were catched again or killed later. Even if it wasn't successful this meant a powerful act of resistance, highlighting the prisoners' resistence in the face of systematic extermination.

]]> 2025-05-31 07:11:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474419405 AUGUST 25 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474420768 On August 25, the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division liberated Paris from fascism after four years. After that a whole week of fighting between France and Germany took place. The German military governor of Paris defied Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy the city's monuments and instead surrendered to the Allies. The nextday, General Charles organised a triumphant parade symbolizing the restoration of France and its people.

]]> 2025-05-31 07:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474420768 JUNE 6 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474428178 All the Allied forces went to take back France on June 6 at Operation Overlord, also called D-Day. Leadedred by General Dwight, about 160,000 troops from US, UK, Canada, and other Allied nations landed on five beaches along the coast of France (Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword). The operation had a huge planning and coordination, with airborne assaults and naval and aerial bombardments to weak German defenses. They had to face difficle obstacles, for example at Omaha Beach where American forces encountered intense resistance,but after everything they were successful, contributing toFrench liberation and Germany defeat.

]]> 2025-05-31 07:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474428178 AUGUST 1 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474432983 On August 1, the Polish underground resistance, initiated the Warsaw Uprising against German occupation forces. Their objective was to liberate Warsaw before the advancing Soviet Army could stablish control over them. Approximately 50,000 Polish fighters fought in intense urban combat, starting to gain control over significant parts of Warsaw at the beginning. The uprising didn't get enough external support; the Soviet forces stopped their advance on the outskirts,

and Western Allies had dificulties in providing aid. German forces responded with brutal suppression, that lead around 200,000 civilians deaths and almost total destruction of the city, it was a failure.

]]> 2025-05-31 07:50:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474432983 SEPTEMBER 17 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474447817 The Operation Market Garden was a plan to accelerate the end of the was by the Allies. It started in September 17 consisted into capturing key bridges in Netherlands, and from that point advanciong to Germany, including airborne assaults (by U.S., G.B. and Poland) and a British ground offensive. The first objectives were achieved, but the final bridge, over the Rhine, couldn't be secured, so the resut consisted in several casualities and the advance towards Germany was delayed.

]]> 2025-05-31 08:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474447817 DECEMBER 16 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474456590 The battle of the Bulge started on December 16, with a German surprise counterattack through the Ardennes region of Belgium and Luxemburg. Their aim was to divide the Allied forces and to capture the port of Antwerp.
German troops took advance of the bad weather conditions that conditioned Allied air support, they "created a bulge" in the Allied front lines leading to battles such as siege of Bastogne. Once the weather improved, the Allied air forces changed the situation, and by January the German advance was repelled.

]]> 2025-05-31 09:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474456590 FEBRUARY 4 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474462843 The Yalta Conference was a Conference of February in which the leaders of the allied powers met (Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin). They wanted to make the final plan to destroy Nazi Germany and discuss the organization of Europe after war. They agreed on division of Germany, the persecution of war criminals, the Poland's borders and governance, and made a controversial decision to allow Soviet influence over Europe. stalin also agreed to declare war to Japan after Germany surrendered (that would influence in the pacific war).

]]> 2025-05-31 09:26:50 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474462843 FEBRUARY 19 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474631864 The battle of Iwo Jima started when the U.S. Marines arrived to the island of Iwo Jima , with the objective of take it away from japanese forces. Due to the island's network of underground defenses the battle was exhausting. Depsite the bombardments before the invasion, Japan had a strong defense that could resist. A month of fighting later, the island was declared ensured on March 26. Allies victory gave them a base for their air operations and was as prove of determination of the United States forces.

]]> 2025-05-31 16:49:57 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474631864 MAY 8 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474647806 In April, the Red Army launched its attacked Nazi Germany, and launched an offensive starting the Battle of Berlin. Soviet army sourrounded Berlin, which leaded into intense fights. On April 30, Hitler committed suicide. The city surrendered on May 2, marking finally the end of Nazi Germany.

On May 8 the Victory in Europe Day ( or V-E Day) marked the formal acceptance by the Allies of Nazi Germany's surrender, effectively ending World War II in Europe.

]]> 2025-05-31 17:34:55 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474647806 AUGUST 8 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474669240 The Soviet Union declared war on Japan on August 8, and launched a massive invasion of Manchuria (that were occupied by them). This attack is also known as Operation August Storm, it overwhelmed Japan and made them think significantly about their a decision on surrendering and the powers in east Asia were alterated.

]]> 2025-05-31 18:53:42 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474669240 SEPTEMBER 2 sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474672147 Japan surrendered formally on the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, September 2, marking the most important point of the war: its end. Leaders and representatives from Japan and Allied power signed the Instrument of surrender, which officially was the final of that conflicts that had lasted years.

]]> 2025-05-31 19:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474672147 TREATY OF VERSAILLES sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474676034 The treaty of Versailles, made after WW1 blamed Germany and imposed terms over them that caused them a feeling of humiliation: they were taken territories, forced to pay huge amounts of money, restricted militarly...

All this caused a desire of revenge.

]]> 2025-05-31 19:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474676034 RISE OF TOTALARIAN EMPIRES sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474676053 The dictatorship of some authoritarian leaders like Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini or Stanin imposed extreme policies. They all had the desire of expanding, conquistating and recreating empires that destabilized the international peace.

]]> 2025-05-31 19:18:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474676053 ECONOMIC INESTABILITY sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474676061 The global economic depression of the 1930s "cultivated" lots of extremist ideologies in a way of thinking solutions to unemployment and poverty, so extremist leaders support increased significantly.

]]> 2025-05-31 19:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474676061 EXPANSIONIST POLICIES AND INVASIONS sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474676064 The invasions of Austria and Czechoslovalia by Germany were followed by the one to poland, that caused the outbreak of the war.

]]> 2025-05-31 19:18:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474676064 LEAGUE OF NATIONS FAILURE sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694158 The League of Nations was created after the WW1 to mantain peace among countries, but without the support and participation of United States, they couldn't prevent the attacks by Axis powers.

]]> 2025-05-31 20:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694158 DEATHS AND CASUALITIES sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694559 The WW2 caused a demographic disaster, it is estimated from 35 to 60 millions of deaths (more than 6 million Jews assesinated) , 25 million wounded people, 60 million people had to left their homes and 27 million their countries... Including militars and civilians.

]]> 2025-05-31 20:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694559 DESTRUCTION sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694613 The war caused a massive destruction of cities , infrastructure and economies, specially in Europe and in Asia, needing a massive reconstruction.

]]> 2025-05-31 20:30:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694613 REFUGEE CRISIS sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694620 Those people that had to run away from their countries as refugees, there were millions and altered demographic patterns and continents.

]]> 2025-05-31 20:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694620 EMERGENCE OF POWERS sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694631 United States and Soviet Union emerged as the global dominating powers, this will create later a lot of tension and the onset of the Cold War era.

]]> 2025-05-31 20:30:43 UTC https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694631 UNITED NATIONS CREATION sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero https://padlet.com/sofiaadelaidaaraizfustero/bjzes2tozbpnc3rl/wish/3474694640 The United Nations were stablished in 1945, its aim was to prevent future global conflicts and promotion of national cooperation and keeping peace.

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