https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4 A selection of events that lead the world to war. en-us 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC 2024-05-17 19:31:17 UTC hello@padlet.com claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769662997 The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.

Click here to see more details and some main terms of the Treaty of Versailles.]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769662997 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663000 As Italy slipped into political chaos, Mussolini declared that only he could restore order and was given the authority in 1922 as prime minister. He gradually dismantled all democratic institutions. By 1925, he had made himself dictator, taking the title "Il Duce" ("the Leader")

Click here to see the speech he gave in 1927, to see how powerful he was and how he influence the audience through the emotion and gesture he had.]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663000 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663001 The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across the world; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s

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Also, click here to see the economic crisis of The Great Depression through graphs and data.]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663001 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663002 The Mukden Incident, or Manchurian Incident, was an event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria

For more information about this event, click here!]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663002 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663003 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. At war’s end in February of 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo

Click here to see the map of the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria.]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663003 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663004 On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany.

Click this video to see the moment when Hitler became the leader in Germany.]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663004 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663006 The remilitarisation of the Rhineland began on 7 March 1936, when German military forces entered the Rhineland, in direct contravention of the Treaty of Versailles and of the Locarno Treaties. After the end of World War I, the Rhineland came under Allied occupation.]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663006 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663008 The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluss Österreichs, refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an Anschluss began after the unification of Germany excluded Austria and the German Austrians from the Prussian-dominated German Empire in 1871.

For more information about Anschluss, click here!]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663008 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663009 During the 1920s, attempts were made to achieve a stable peace. The first was the establishment (1920) of the League of Nations as a forum in which nations could settle their disputes. The League’s powers were limited to persuasion and various levels of moral and economic sanctions that the members were free to carry out as they saw fit.]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663009 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663010 The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact.


]]> 2021-09-27 02:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663010 claire_lin0807 https://padlet.com/claire_lin0807/e5srrsnwrecptbr4/wish/1769663012 On December 7, 1941, Japanese warplanes commanded by Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo carried out a surprise air raid on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the largest U.S. naval base in the Pacific. The following day, the United States declared war on Japan. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Germany declared war on the United States on 11 December 1941, even though it was not obliged to do so under the Tripartite Pact of 1940.

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1. Who is responsible for the attack on Pearl Harbor?

2. Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

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1. Who started the invasion of Poland?

2. Why did the Soviet Union agree to the non-aggression pact?

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1. What country didn't join the League of Nations but also was the world's most powerful nation?

2. What caused the failure of the League of Nations?

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1. Did Germany invade Austria?

2. Why Anschluss was so important?

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1. Where is the location of the Rhineland?

2. What did the Treaty of Versailles do to Rhineland and caused the start of WW2?

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1. Hitler was the leader of what party in Germany.

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1. What was the main reason for Japan's invasion of Manchuria?

2. What did the league of nations do when japan invaded Manchuria?

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1. How did the Mukden Incident all start?

2. What was the purpose of this incident?

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1. What was the main reason of the rise of unemployment?

2. How did the economy in the US affect other countries in the world?

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1. What factors led to Mussolini's rise to power?

2. Who and Mussolini were friends with each other since they were two of the most powerful dictatorship leader in Europe after WW1?

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1. Where was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

2. Who was not invited in signing the Treaty of Versailles, and why?

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