10 Things to Know about WWII by Adamaris Sanchez https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm Made with joy en-us 2017-05-09 19:31:40 UTC 2017-05-11 06:24:46 UTC hello@padlet.com 1.In what ways did Germany show aggression during WWII? 344590 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171100703 In Germany Hitler began to rebuild Germany's armed forces. He sent troops to Western Germany and Austria and despite the munich pact Hitler took over all of Czechoslovakia.

]]> 2017-05-10 19:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171100703 10. How did the war end in the Pacific? 347833 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171100906 The war ended when the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb and the Japaneses to save American soldiers and citizens from dying.]]> 2017-05-10 19:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171100906 2.In what ways did Japan show aggression during WWII? 344590 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171100948 Japan attacked China pillaging the Chinese city of Nanjing. Over a quarter of a million civilians were prisoners of war.]]> 2017-05-10 19:02:52 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171100948 9. Who were the leaders of the major countries involved in WWII? (France, Britain, USA, USSR, Germany, Italy, and Japan.) 347833 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171100997 Adolph Hitler: The dictator of Nazi Germany. He believed that Germans were better than other people. He wanted to take over the world.
Josef Stalin: The dictator of the Soviet Union. Even though the Soviet Union was allied with the Allied Powers, he was not friendly toward democratic countries.
Benito Mussolini: The dictator of Italy who was allied with Hitler.
Winston Churchill: The prime minister of Great Britain who encouraged his citizens not to give up during the bombings. He was closely allied with the United States.
Franklin D. Roosevelt: The president of the United States at the beginning of WWII. He died while still in office.
Harry Truman: He took over the U.S. presidency after Roosevelt died and made the tough decision in August 1945 to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ending WWII

]]> 2017-05-10 19:03:08 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171100997 8. Why did Europe declare war on Germany? 347833 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101076 Europe declared war on Germany because Germany invaded land despite the agreement that they would not invade land. In 1940 Britain would be at war with Germany. ]]> 2017-05-10 19:03:27 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101076 7. What was the Holocaust? 347833 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101371 The Holocaust was a genocide in which 6 million Jewish people were killed by Hitler. ]]> 2017-05-10 19:04:55 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101371 6. Describe the military strategies of the Germans, Russians, Americans and Japanese. 347833 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101551
Island Hopping: Plan by General Douglas MacArthur to would allow American forces to take over islands that were not well defended and were nearer to Japan.

Kamikaze attacks: a member of a Japanese air attack corps in World War II assigned to make a suicidal crash on a target. An airplane containing explosives to be flown in a suicide crash on a target.

Blitzkrieg: An intense military campaign intended to bring about a swift victory.

Scorched earth: Is a military strategy that targets anything that might be useful to the enemy while advancing through or withdrawing from an area.
]]> 2017-05-10 19:05:41 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101551 5. What is “a day that will live in infamy?” 347833 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101682 This quote refers to the day of December 7, 1941, when Japan striked Pearl Harbor. The strike was called by Admiral Yamamoto. About 2,300 were killed and 1,100 wounded and the soldiers didn't even see it coming. After this occurred the United States sent aid to China and cut off oil shipments to Japan. ]]> 2017-05-10 19:06:21 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101682 3. Define the Nuremberg trials and explain their significance. What was the international military tribunal? 347833 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101970 Nuremberg trials were trials that held the Nazi party responsible for the people they killed. ]]> 2017-05-10 19:07:41 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171101970 4. What were the major turning points in WWII? 347833 https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171102023 The three stoppings of germany were important because they forced the German party to alter their strategy and to retreat. The three stoppings were in Great britain, Soviet Union, and North Africa.]]> 2017-05-10 19:07:57 UTC https://padlet.com/344590/k7nefucugwmm/wish/171102023