https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd Trevor Nash en-us 2018-03-10 19:27:20 UTC 2018-03-12 00:48:29 UTC hello@padlet.com nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240487003 January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler is appointed chancellor by the President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. Hindenburg dies on August 2, 1934, and Hitler takes over full control of the country.]]> 2018-03-10 19:28:36 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240487003 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240487860 On September 1, 1939, the Wehrmacht invades Germany's neighboring country Poland.]]> 2018-03-10 19:37:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240487860 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240487919 May 10, 1940, Germany invades France. 46 days later, Allied forces were defeated.]]> 2018-03-10 19:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240487919 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240490933 On May 10, 1940, after Neville Chamberlain resigns, Churchill becomes Prime Minister.]]> 2018-03-10 20:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240490933 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240494073 From July 10 to October 31 1940, the Luftwaffe bombs England, London in particular. RAF fighters, new radar technology, and AA guns help fight off the German attack. Hitler orders the raids stopped, giving him is first loss of the war.]]> 2018-03-10 20:52:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240494073 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240497454 On June 22, 1941, Germany broke its pact with the Soviet Union and invaded the Communist country.]]> 2018-03-10 21:38:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240497454 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240498952 On December 7, 1941, Japanese airplanes bomb Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, sinking, destroying, or damaging the majority of the US fleet. A day later, the US declares war.]]> 2018-03-10 21:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240498952 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240500927 July 17, 1942-February 2, 1943.  Soviets defending the city fought ruthlessly, with Soviet snipers using the ruined buildings for places to hide.  Eventually, the Germans were forced to surrender due to harsh weather.  More died from weather than from the actual battle. This ended the German offensive in Russia.]]> 2018-03-10 22:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240500927 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240501988 October 23, 1942. Battle between Erwin Rommel and Bernard Montgomery. End of Germany's Africa campaign with a British victory.]]> 2018-03-10 22:42:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240501988 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240503207 June 4-7, 1942. Surprise victory by the US. Japan's fleet was crippled after the battle. Was intended to be a Japanese attack but the US intercepted communications and was able to pull off an ambush of their own on the Japanese.]]> 2018-03-10 23:05:30 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240503207 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240607965 On January 20, 1942, the Wannsee Conference is held. Nazi higher-ups decide on a way to systematically murder all of the Jews in Europe. Their result is death camps using gas chambers.]]> 2018-03-11 18:29:42 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240607965 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240611699 May 1943, Tunisia falls to the Allies, and the Axis Powers leave North Africa with nothing to show for. They retreat back to Europe. ]]> 2018-03-11 18:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240611699 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240612792 On September 3, 1943, the Allies land at Salerno under shell fire from Axis troops. 14 days later, the Allies had emerged victorious, and Italy was liberated]]> 2018-03-11 18:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240612792 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240620812 June 6, 1944, the largest seaborne invasion in history. German, American, and Canadian troops storm Normandy Beach in France, under heavy fire from German machine guns. This operation led to the liberation of Western Europe, and laid the foundation for victory.]]> 2018-03-11 19:54:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240620812 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240623773 Hitler launches one last offensive in the Ardennes Forest, surprising the Allied soldiers. However, American troops quickly turn the tide of the battle and crush Hitler's last hope, ending any hope of stopping the Allies.]]> 2018-03-11 20:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240623773 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240624112 April 12, 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt dies at his retreat. Vice President Harry Truman takes over as President.]]> 2018-03-11 20:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240624112 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240626690 On April 28, 1945, after being captured by partisans, Benito Mussolini is executed.]]> 2018-03-11 20:31:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240626690 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240626878 After the Russians reached Berlin, Hitler fled to an underground bunker. On April 30, 1945, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his bunker.]]> 2018-03-11 20:33:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240626878 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240637077 On May 7, 1945, German forces offer an unconditional surrender, and on May 8, 1945, Victory in Europe (VE) Day is celebrated.]]> 2018-03-11 21:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240637077 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240637905 February 19, 1945, US Marines invade Iwo Jima, beginning a fierce battle for control of the island.]]> 2018-03-11 21:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240637905 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240638233 April 1, 1945, the final amphibious landing of the war occurs when the US 10th Army storms the beaches of Okinawa. This island is crucial to bombing raids on Japan due to it's close proximity to the country.]]> 2018-03-11 21:44:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240638233 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240639015 On August 6, 1945, a US B-29 bomber drops the first atomic bomb. This is on the city of Hiroshima. 3 days later, after no Japanese surrender, a second bomb is dropped, this time on Nagasaki. After this second bomb, Japan surrenders.]]> 2018-03-11 21:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240639015 nashtrev https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240639142 September 2, 1945, the formal surrender ceremony takes place on the deck of the USS Missouri, formally ending the Second World War.]]> 2018-03-11 22:00:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nashtrev/gxum9tjn6nkd/wish/240639142