World War II by Victoria Spencer https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2 Made with panache en-us 2022-03-23 14:55:32 UTC 2025-10-12 12:12:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Austria vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109907054 Throughout World War Two, 950,000 Austrians fought for Nazi Germany's armed forces. Other Austrians participated in the Nazi administration, from death camp personnel to senior Nazi leadership; the majority of the bureaucrats who implemented the Final Solution were Austrian.]]> 2022-03-23 14:57:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109907054 Czechoslovakia vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109908927 The takeover of Czechoslovakia in March 1939, allowed Germany to strengthen. The German invasion of Czechoslovakia in March 1939 brought an end to Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy. ]]> 2022-03-23 14:58:41 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109908927 Ethiopia vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109909388 Ethiopia was not under Italian occupation. During the East African Campaign, with the help of British forces, Emperor Hail Selassie joined the resistance groups against the Italian Army.]]> 2022-03-23 14:58:54 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109909388 Poland vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109909862 The Polish forces in the West, as well as in the East and an intelligence service were established outside of Poland, and contributed to the Allied effort throughout the war.]]> 2022-03-23 14:59:05 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109909862 Maginot Line vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109911069 May 1940 - attack France through Belgium; Evaded France’s Maginot Line defense; Trapped British troops along English Channel

]]> 2022-03-23 14:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109911069 Vichy, France vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109911478 (July 1940–September 1944), France under the regime of Marshal Philippe Petain from the Nazi German defeat of France to the Allied liberation in World War II.]]> 2022-03-23 14:59:44 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109911478 Paris, France vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109911904 Paris started mobilizing for war in September 1939, when Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union attacked Poland, but the war seemed far away until May 10, 1940, when the Germans attacked France and quickly defeated the French army.]]> 2022-03-23 14:59:55 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109911904 Dunkirk, France vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109912282 June 1940- rescue at Dunkirk; send all possible boats across channel; Rescue 300,000+ British soldiers


]]> 2022-03-23 15:00:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109912282 London, UK vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109912612 As the national capital, and by far the largest city, London was central to the British war effort. It was the favorite target of the Luftwaffe (German Air Force) in 1940, and in 1944-45 the target of the V-1 cruise missile and V-2 rocket attacks.]]> 2022-03-23 15:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109912612 Cairo, Egypt vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109913404 Mussolini knew that he had to take action after Hitler conquered France. Mussolini took action by ordering his army to attack the British-controlled Egypt. ]]> 2022-03-23 15:00:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109913404 Leningrad vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109913878 Soviets endure hardships; Nazis not prepared for winter - retreat


]]> 2022-03-23 15:00:50 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109913878 Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109914352 2400 people die; US declares war on Japan; drive the United States out of isolation and into World War II

]]> 2022-03-23 15:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109914352 El Alamein, Egypt vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109915520 Nov 1943 - May 1943
Allies halt Desert Fox advance & begin invasion into Italy.

]]> 2022-03-23 15:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109915520 Stalingrad, Russia vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109916010 Winter 1942 (2 weeks)
German siege of city fails & allows Red Army offensive to begin

]]> 2022-03-23 15:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109916010 Coral Sea vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109916878 First Japanese setbacks - lost all aircraft carriers;  provided the first opportunity for the US Navy to challenge the Japanese Navy with roughly equivalent forces.

]]> 2022-03-23 15:02:11 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109916878 Midway Island, Western Australia, Australia vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109917503 First Japanese setbacks - lost all aircraft carriers; they took Japan's hopes of neutralizing the United States as a naval power and effectively turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific.

]]> 2022-03-23 15:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109917503 Normandy, France vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109917960 During World War II (1939-1945), the Battle of Normandy, which lasted from June 1944 to August 1944, resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany's control]]> 2022-03-23 15:02:43 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109917960 Belgium vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109918223 Support from far right political factions and sections of the Belgian population allowed the German army to recruit two divisions of the Waffen-SS from Belgium and also facilitated the Nazi persecution of Belgian Jews in which nearly 25,000 were killed.]]> 2022-03-23 15:02:51 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109918223 Nagasaki, Japan vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109919080 August 6 & 8, 1945 - atomic bomb dropped; caused terrible human devastation and helped end World War II.]]> 2022-03-23 15:03:16 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109919080 Hiroshima, Japan vspencer24_2 https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109961372 August 6 & 8, 1945 - atomic bomb dropped; Hiroshima became the primary target because of its military value of the city served as the headquarters of the Japanese Second Army]]> 2022-03-23 15:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/vspencer24_2/hmrvyuwtbjzzwyi2/wish/2109961372