WWII Timeline by Gabrielle Wynne https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9 Made with a wink and a smile en-us 2018-04-23 21:11:14 UTC 2025-03-13 03:12:15 UTC hello@padlet.com (1931) Japan attacks Manchuria https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255030261 Japanese seeked external resources.]]> 2018-04-24 20:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255030261 (1933) Hitler became leader of Germany https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255036139 Hitler was a strong leader and won the support of the people. He promised to improve the economy of Germany.]]> 2018-04-24 21:10:21 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255036139 (1935) Germany rebuilds military https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255036198 Despite the Treaty of Versailles they signed, Germany decided to rebuild their army. This showed the first aggression from the Germans.
This was also used to test the League of Nations' reaction.
]]> 2018-04-24 21:10:37 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255036198 (January 1933) Holocaust https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255036500 Hitler wanted to impose domination of race on their taken areas.
]]> 2018-04-24 21:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255036500 (1935) Italy invades Ethiopia https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255425335 Mussolini, adopting Hitler’s plans, tried to expand Italy and test the League of Nations.]]> 2018-04-25 20:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255425335 (1936) Rome-Berlin axis formed https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255425671 Hitler and Mussolini supported the Spanish Nationalist and formed an alliance with eachother.]]> 2018-04-25 20:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255425671 (1936) Germany invades Rhineland https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255426041 To ultimately test the League of Nations, Germany invaded Rhineland. The League did nothing

]]> 2018-04-25 20:04:36 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255426041 (1937) Japan invades China https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255426257 Japan expands their conquest by invading China. 
]]> 2018-04-25 20:05:19 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255426257 (March 1938) Germany annexed Austria https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255426825 Anshlus: Germany wanted to takeover areas with German population.]]> 2018-04-25 20:07:21 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255426825 (1940) Germany invades Poland https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255428062 Germany invades Poland and shares it with Russia.
]]> 2018-04-25 20:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255428062 (May 1940) Germany invades France https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255428423 German army units went around the Maginot line through a forest and won and forced France to sign an armistice that gave up land 
]]> 2018-04-25 20:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255428423 (April 1940) Germany takes over Norway https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255428952 Germany took Denmark over to counteract a potential French/British occupancy]]> 2018-04-25 20:14:08 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255428952 (April 1940) Germany takes over Denmark https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255429088 Germany took Denmark over to counteract a potential French/British occupancy]]> 2018-04-25 20:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255429088 (May 1940) Germany takes over Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255430168 Germany took over these three smaller countries to gain land]]> 2018-04-25 20:18:56 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255430168 (June 1940) France surrenders https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255431120 France surrenders due to being overwhelmed by the Blitzkrieg

]]> 2018-04-25 20:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255431120 (1940 July) Start of the battle of Britain https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255431151 Britain started the battle and dominated the air
]]> 2018-04-25 20:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255431151 (October 1940) battle of Britain ends https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255431560 Germany accepts defeat by Britain and it is shown that Germany is not invincible]]> 2018-04-25 20:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255431560 (July 1940) Germany takes Romania https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255431646 Romania was bombed, and shortly seized by the axis powers]]> 2018-04-25 20:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255431646 (March 1941) Germany takes over Bulgaria https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255432186 Taken over to supply more land 
]]> 2018-04-25 20:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255432186 (March 1941) Lend Lease Act https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255434042 Proposed in late 1940 and passed in March 1941, the Lend-Lease Act was the principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign nations during World War II]]> 2018-04-25 20:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255434042 (June 1941) Germany attacked The Soviet Union https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467191 The Germans broke the non aggression pact to get more land and resources
]]> 2018-04-26 00:04:49 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467191 (April 1941) Germany Takes Over Greece and Yugoslavia https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467200
]]> 2018-04-26 00:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467200 (September 1941) The start of the Siege of Leningrad https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467320 Many in Germany burnt their personal objects and belongings to keep the Germans from getting them
]]> 2018-04-26 00:05:46 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467320 (December 1941) America joins WWII https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467331 Pearl Harbor was the reason the US needed to enter the war
]]> 2018-04-26 00:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467331 (December 1941) Attack on Pearl Harbor https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467622 The day that will live in infamy. Dec 7, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and killed over 2,500 people
]]> 2018-04-26 00:08:01 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255467622 (July 1943) Invasion of Italy https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255468547 Italy faced civil problems which led to the execution of their current leader, Mussolini.
]]> 2018-04-26 00:14:43 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255468547 (June 1944) D-day https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255468763 On D-Day, hundreds of thousands of American troops parachuted and sailed onto German land and a few thousand died but the operation was successful.
]]> 2018-04-26 00:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255468763 (January 1944) The end of the Siege of Leningrad https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255468770 Leningrad was invaded but the citizens stayed in their shelters for years and millions died]]> 2018-04-26 00:16:01 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255468770 (August 1945) Japan surrenders https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469143 After the harsh bombings, Japan ceased fighting]]> 2018-04-26 00:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469143 (August 1945) America attacks Hiroshima & Nagasaki https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469161 To end the war with Japan, the US dropped two nuclear bombs on Japanese cities 
]]> 2018-04-26 00:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469161 (May 1945) Germany surrenders https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469174 With no radical leader to follow, Germany surrenders]]> 2018-04-26 00:18:26 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469174 (April 1945) Hitler's suicide https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469210 When cornered, Hitler would rather die than be captured so he killed himself]]> 2018-04-26 00:18:36 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469210 (October 1945) Creation of the United Nations https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469246 The United Nations is a replacement for the league of nations and we use it today]]> 2018-04-26 00:18:43 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469246 (September 1945) Peace treaty https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469274 2018-04-26 00:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255469274 Roosevelt https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255903508 Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd president of the United States who led the country through the Great Depression and WWII, while expanding the powers of the federal government through a series of reforms known as the “New Deal.” In office from 1933 to his death in 1952, Roosevelt was the only American president to serve four terms. During WWII, Roosevelt began a series of measures to help defend France and Britain from Nazi aggression, including the Lend-Lease Act in 1941. Furthermore, he helped develop strategies to defeat Germany in Europe through a series of invasions, including the D-Day invasion in 1944. While Roosevelt was diagnosed with polio in 1921 and spent the rest of his days in a wheelchair, he still followed through his political career, with the help of his wife, Eleanor.

]]> 2018-04-27 06:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255903508 Truman https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255904027 Harry S. Truman served as President Roosevelt’s vice president for 82 days before Roosevelt was killed, after which Truman became the 33rd president of the United States. Within the first six months of his term, Truman announced the Germans’ surrender and dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, ending WWII. He guided the U.S in the early stages of the Cold War, and prompted U.S. involvement in the Korean War. Truman eventually stepped out of office in 1953, and died in 1972. 
]]> 2018-04-27 06:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255904027 Tojo https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255906037 Tojo Hideki was a soldier and statesman, as well as Japan’s prime minister from 1941-1944, during most of the Pacific theatre portion of WWII. An efficient and hardworking bureaucrat, Tojo was one of the most aggressive militarists in Japan, leading his country’s war efforts after the attack at Pearl Harbor. Under his direction, Japan scored victories throughout Southeast Asia and the western Pacific region. However, in 1946, Tojo was tried for war crimes in which he was found guilty, and was executed in Tokyo in 1948. 
]]> 2018-04-27 06:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255906037 Churchill https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255906416 Churchill was the Prime minister of Britain from 1940 until 1945 and when Britain declared war on Germany, he was appointed chairman of the military. He made treaties and alliances with the United States and Russia and in the early war, by dominating Germany in their air, handed Germany their first defeat.
]]> 2018-04-27 06:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255906416 Hirohito https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255906905 Crowned prince at age 15, Hirohito was Japan’s longest-reigning emperor, holding the throne from 1926 - 1989. Hirohito’s involvement with Japan’s military in WWII remains debatable, as he had limited influence over the military and politics, and proved to be unenthusiastic about Japan’s participation in the war. He announced Japan’s surrender to the Allied Forces in 1945, and remained an active figure in Japan until his death in 1989. 
]]> 2018-04-27 06:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/255906905 Summary https://padlet.com/795712/el7q9yggpcf9/wish/256129163 Germany: Under the dictatorship of adolf hitler, they conquered surrounding powers and emphasized superior race of Germans.


Japan: Led by Isoroku Yamamoto, seeked for external wealth by taking over other countries. They were later taken down by atomic bomb from US.


Russia: Germany and Russia formed an anti aggression treaty. Russia was later invaded by Germany when Germans were looking for more land to conquer.


US: Initially helped Europe with lend lease act. Later due to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, they declared war on Japan. They dropped two atomic bomb to make Japan surrender.

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