https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu en-us 2021-04-28 21:06:42 UTC 2021-05-02 19:03:53 UTC hello@padlet.com sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482804186 In 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (i.e the Soviet Union) was created by the Communist Party in Russia. Joseph Stalin, the soviet leader, had established a dictatorship by the 1930s. The dictatorship had total control.]]> 2021-05-02 17:44:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482804186 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482809256 Adolf Hitler and his Nazis attempted to overthrow the government in Munich... to no avail. He was arrested, taken to court, charged with treason, and imprisonment. However, he was treated as a celebrity in prison and wasn't given his rightful amount of time, being let go earlier than was right.]]> 2021-05-02 17:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482809256 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482812673 After the roaring 1920s and a decade of unprecedented growth, the stock market crash devastated millions of people and the Great Depression began. ]]> 2021-05-02 17:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482812673 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482816078 Benito Mussolini overthrew the government in 1922. He turned Italy into a fascist dictatorship within a few years of leadership, and planned to expand Italy’s territory.]]> 2021-05-02 17:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482816078 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482822222 FDR won the presidential election of 1932 and aimed all his presidential abilities and efforts towards ending the Great Depression in America. ]]> 2021-05-02 17:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482822222 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482824717 Hitler brought complete Nazi leadership and control to Germany and, like Russia, established a totalitarian state. He banned other political parties, and only Nazis were appointed to head all state and local governments. ]]> 2021-05-02 17:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482824717 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482826827 In 1934, Hitler combined the offices of president and chancellor and ruled Germany as a dictator.]]> 2021-05-02 17:59:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482826827 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482827369 To the embarrassment of racist Hitler, the African American star athlete Jesse Owens won several medals in the German-hosted Olympics.]]> 2021-05-02 17:59:39 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482827369 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482831006 The Japan military gained power in the 1930s, and used aggressive military action to conquer new land and seize raw materials. In 1931, Japan invaded a Chinese region called Manchuria, and in 1937, they attacked Beijing, and captured Nanjing, massacring 300,000 Chinese civilians.]]> 2021-05-02 18:02:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482831006 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482837195 Under Hitler, German troops invaded Poland in September 1939. The United Kingdom and France declared war on Germany two days later. In 1940, Germany, Italy, and Japan formed an alliance called the Axis powers. The US stayed neutral.]]> 2021-05-02 18:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482837195 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482840760 President Roosevelt did not yet join the war, but he persuaded Congress to lend war supplies to the allied powers. The Lend-Lease Act was passed in 1941, and the United States gave around $50 billion in supplies during the course of the war. Meanwhile, Roosevelt prepared for battle.]]> 2021-05-02 18:08:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482840760 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482846165 In 1941, Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japanese planes that bombed the naval base, sinking or damaging all eight battleships in the US Pacific fleet. Within an hour, Congress declared war on Japan, and Italy and Germany declared war on America.]]> 2021-05-02 18:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482846165 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482856725 When the US entered the war, the Allies were not strong enough to attack Germany, so they began in North Africa. The Allies then attacked Italy. Even after Italy surrendered, German troops defended Italy, taking the Allies near two years to win.]]> 2021-05-02 18:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482856725 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482867049 In 1942, Hitler invaded the Soviet Union, who joined the Allies and fought back. As winter came, the Germans gave up. This cost the Soviets more than 1 million people. However, it marked a turning point. The Soviet army stopped retreating, playing a huge role in defeating Germany. ]]> 2021-05-02 18:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482867049 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482877712 The Allies readied the D-Day invasion of France. About 176,000 troops, 4,600 watercraft, and 14,000 planes left for France. There was massive attack of Germans on the coast. Even with this, troops landing on the beaches were met by heavy fire. Despite the loss, the troops captured the Normandy beaches. ]]> 2021-05-02 18:31:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482877712 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482886106 By 1945, the Allies were closing in on Germany. While marching across Poland, Soviet troops came upon a German concentration camp with a thousand dying people. To their horror, they also found a huge crematorium.]]> 2021-05-02 18:37:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482886106 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482898379 In 1942, a Japanese fleet headed for Midway Island. From there, Japan could invade Hawaii. US bombers attacked the Japanese fleet and by the end, Japan had lost 4 aircraft carriers and 322 planes. Japan never again directly threatened the United States. ]]> 2021-05-02 18:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482898379 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482903221 In 1945, World War II had ended with a death toll of over 60m people. 20m Soviets were killed, 2m Japanese, 7m Germans, and several hundred thousand from the US, France, and UK.]]> 2021-05-02 18:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482903221 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482909101 In February 1945, President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Joseph Stalin met at the Yalta Conference. The Allied leaders agreed to divide Germany into four military zones occupied by American, British, French, and Soviet forces after the war.]]> 2021-05-02 18:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482909101 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482910321 The Americans put American general Douglas MacArthur in charge of Japan. Allied soldiers occupied Japan, but they did not control it directly. Instead, the Japanese government carried out political forms that MacArthur prescribed.]]> 2021-05-02 18:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482910321 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482922845 The allies put 22 Nazi leaders on trial, and they were charged with war crimes as well as crimes against humanity (enslavement, extermination). Twelve were condemned to hanging, seven prison terms, and three were acquitted.]]> 2021-05-02 18:59:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482922845 sophialieskovan https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482927477 In 1956, a separate court in Tokyo put 28 Japanese war criminals on trial. All were found guilty, sixteen received life sentences, and seven were sentenced to death by hanging.]]> 2021-05-02 19:02:26 UTC https://padlet.com/sophialieskovan/kagozb4dx03y94nu/wish/1482927477