The Italian occupation of Ethiopia lasted until 1941

The Italian forces quickly captured the capital of Addis Ababa and declared victory in May 1936.

War was a significant blow to Ethiopia’s sovereignty.

September 1, 1939

Nazi invaded poland which led to triggering world war ll

Was driven by Adolf hitler , expansionist ambitions , even the desire for more living spaces

Sources:

• https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/invasion-poland-september-1939

1942-1945

The Tuskegee Airmen trained in the Great Lakes after graduation

Nearly 200 planes crashed into the Great Lakes during WW2

https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/18aviatorsdown/history.html

The soviet forces encircled Berlin the German capital on April 25 1945

German armed force surrendered the west on May 7 and in the east on May 9 1945

Victory in Europe day was proclaimed on May 8 1945

source https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1942-1945/german-forces-surrender-to-the-allies#:~:text=German%20armed%20forces%20surrendered%20unconditionally,London%2C%20Moscow%2C%20and%20Paris.

Massive response of women wanted to join battalion of death

Women were willing to fight to the death

2000 women applied to be a part of the first battalion that was charged with training.

source https://historydetectivepodcast.com/maria-bochkareva-and-the-the-russian-womens-battalion-of-death/#:~:text=There%20was%20a%20massive%20response,was%20whittled%20down%20to%20300.

He was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until he committed suicide in 1945

He also rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party

He dreamed of becoming an artist .

source https://www.britannica.com/biography/Adolf-Hitler

The fleet three aircraft carriers were not present during the battle

The Japanese military fought about the Pearl Harbor

2,4000 U.S troops were killed and 1,000 were wounded and Franklin D. Roosevelt calls it " a date which will live in infamy"

source https://www.history.com/articles/pearl-harbor#:~:text=Pearl%20Harbor%20is%20a%20U.S.,to%20declare%20war%20on%20Japan.

He led the Tuskegee airmen during World War II in air combat over North Africa

He was the most famous of 99th Fighter squadron commanders he was not the first

June 21 , 1945 Davis Jr. assumed command of the 477th Bombardment Group

source https://www.thenmusa.org/biographies/benjamin-o-davis-jr/

July 16, 1945 was when the Atomic Bomb got tested

July 12,  the plutonium core was taken to the test area in an army sedan

The world had never seen a nuclear explosion before, and estimates varied widely on how much energy would be released.

source https://www.osti.gov/opennet/manhattan-project-history/Events/1945/trinity.htm#:~:text=Robert%20Oppenheimer%20chose%20to%20name,the%20test%20device%20would%20release.

when they came to power in Germany, the Nazis did not immediately start to carry out the mass murder of Jews

Final Solution” was the organized and systematic mass murder of European Jews

some Germans were receptive to these Nazi claims

source https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/introduction-to-the-holocaust

She was born on July 10 1875 she pasted away on May 18 1955

One of the most important Black educators civil and women’s rights leaders and government officials of the 20th century.

She was elected president of the National Association of Colored Women’s Clubs and in 1935 she became the founding president of the National Council of Negro Women.

source https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/mary-mcleod-bethune

John Dewitt was born January 9, 1880 and he died June 20, 1962

John Dewitt was best known for overseeing the internment of Japanese Americans during world war ll

He was also the general officer in the United states army

Source:

• https://www.nps.gov › people › john-lesesne-dewitt

Asia pacific war also known ass the Pacific war and a major theater of world war ll

Involved the conflict between the Allied Powers and Japan in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and Oceania

Source:

• https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/japan-the-u-s-and-the-asian-pacific-war/

Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931, though it officially started with the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. 

He was born October 14, 1890 in denision ,TX and died March 29th, 1969

Dwight d Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961

During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army

Source:

• https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/dwight-eisenhower

Anne Frank was born June 12, 1929 and died 1945

She hid in 1942 from the Nazis during the occupation of the Netherlands

She was hiding for 2 years and was caught in 1944

Source: https://www.annefrank.org/en/

The bat bomb was concentrated by Dr. Lytle Adams in 1881–1970

They were attach incendiary devices to bats and release them from aircraft to start fires in enemy cities

Dr. Lytle thought it was a good idea because of the bat populations

Source: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/bat-bombs-wwiis-project-x-ray/

Pearl harbor was a surprised military attack by japan

The war started December 7, 1941 and ended on December 7, 1941

The attack resulted in significant damage to US ships and aircraft, and the deaths of over 2,400

Source:

• https://www.nps.gov/perl/index.htm

He was born November 40, 1874 and died January 24, 1965

Winston Churchill wins was a British man who let Britain to victory in world war ll

Sourse

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Winston-Churchill

He was born October 31, 1887 and died April 5th, 1975

He was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and general who led the Republic of China from 1928 until his death in 1975

Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taiwan to regroup and plan for efforts to retake the mainland

Source

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/chiang_kaishek.shtml

Japan’s main goals during World War II was to remove the United States as a Pacific power in order to gain territory in east Asia and the southwest Pacific islands

War started early morning on June 4

Japanese lost approximately 3,057 men, four carriers, one cruiser, and hundreds of aircraft

source https://www.nps.gov/perl/learn/historyculture/pacific-battles.htm

Nearly 200 military aircraft were lost in the Great Lakes during World War II

Michigan was home to several African American Army Air Corps units including graduates of the Tuskegee pilot training program

Oscoda were populated with Free French fighter pilots training in America while their homeland was busy by Nazi Germany.

source https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/18aviatorsdown/history.html#:~:text=Nearly%20200%20military%20aircraft%20were,have%20not%20yet%20been%20found.

September 2 1945 Japanese representatives signed the official instrument of surrender

September 6 Col. Bernard Thielen brought the surrender document and a second imperial rescript back to Washington DC

The opening words, "We, acting by command of and in behalf of the Emperor of Japan"

source https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/surrender-of-japan#:~:text=On%20September%202%2C%201945%2C%20Japanese,Truman.

The Soviet Union played a big role in the world war ll invasion

Germany invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 made a major battle of the war and brought the USSR into the mg errand alliance

Source

• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/june-22/germany-launches-operation-barbarossathe-invasion-of-russia

He was born February 24, 1885 and died February 20, 1966

Chester Nimitz is renowned for his leadership as commander-in-chief of the us pacific fleet during world war ll

Nimitz was also the United States signatory for the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay

Sorce

• https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/biographies-list/bios-n/nimitz-chester-w.html

Japanese internment camps were established during World War II by President Roosevelt through his Executive order

Japanese Americans is considered one of the most violated of American civil rights in the 20th century.

On February 19 1942 bombed Pearl harbor by Japanese forces.

source https://www.history.com/articles/japanese-american-relocation

By 1945 the British had established more than 40 clandestine pseudoGerman radio stations using powerful American transmitters

P.W.E. also delivered subversive messages to the German people

Russian troops were presented as dehumanized beasts and killers who attacked without fear of death

source https://britishonlinearchives.com/posts/category/contextual-essays/421/a-guide-to-british-government-information-and-propaganda-1939-2009#:~:text=The%20Government%20exploited%20these%20media,important%20instrument%20of%20mass%20communication.