World War II by Will https://padlet.com/monwill/g2wjhd8wmwht8uy2 en-us 2024-11-18 15:49:27 UTC 2024-11-19 20:40:24 UTC hello@padlet.com Causes monwill https://padlet.com/monwill/g2wjhd8wmwht8uy2/wish/3222473268

  • The Treaty of Versailles was signed to end World War I and left Germany in ruins, which left many Germans resentful

  • The League of Nations didn't address things done by both countries in it and not in it

  • While the war officially started in 1939, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 caused the United States to join World War II, which changed the war significantly

    https://www.worldhistory.org/article/2409/the-causes-of-wwii/

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  • About 70 nations took part in World War II

  • Fighting in World War II took place in Europe, Asia and Africa

  • The Allied Powers comprised of many different nations, but mostly the US, the UK, and the USSR, while the main Axis Powers were Germany, Italy and Japan

    https://www.britannica.com/event/World-War-II

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  • The Battle of Stalingrad ranged from 1942-1943 and helped push Germany out of the USSR

  • The Battle of Normandy, or Operation Overlord, is most famous for its D-Day, when over a million troops stormed 5 different beaches on June 6, 1944

  • The Battle of Midway was a battle in the Pacific that went on from June 4-7, 1942, and helped turn the tide in the Pacific

    https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-battles-timeline

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  • The war in Europe ended in 1945 after Adolf Hitler died and Germany surrendered, on what is known as V-E Day, or Victory in Europe Day

  • Japan continued fighting after Germany surrendered, although not for long, as they surrendered later in 1945

  • The US forced the surrender of Japan by dropping two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which killed between 150,000 to 246,000 people

    https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/great-depression-and-world-war-ii-1929-1945/world-war-ii/#:~:text=On%20May%208%2C%201945%2C%20Germany,War%20came%20to%20an%20end.

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  • World War II killed over 38 million civilians and about 15 million soldiers

  • Over 6 million Jews were killed in Europe by Nazis in concentration camps

  • Cities were decimated by the destruction brought from battles in WWII

    https://www.imf.org/external/np/exr/center/mm/eng/mm_dr_01.htm#:~:text=The%20Most%20Destructive%20War%20in,both%20military%20and%20civilian%20lives.

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