by Diana Lopez https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks en-us 2016-04-27 12:46:00 UTC 2017-05-17 02:15:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/pocketwatch.jpg 1. In what ways did Germany show aggression during WWII?  (Give as many specific examples as possible.  Include aggression against countries and against people.) 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003034 Germany took control over, Rhineland, Sudenteland, Austria and several other countries. Accordingly, Germany continued showing aggression after he signed the nonaggression pact by going and invading Poland. Crimes against humanity were the Holocaust  which basically the Ayran race treated the Jews and other races as if they had no value. 

]]> 2016-04-27 12:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003034 2. In what ways did Japan show aggression during WWII? 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003105 Japan showed aggression by taking control of Manchuria, Korea, South East Asia, and several other countries. 
Crimes against humanity are Pearl Harbor, were they bombed a U.S military base. The Bataan Death March, where Allied prisoners of war were made to walk 50 miles up the peninsula. Japan's goal was that they would die off. The march began with 70,000 and only 54,000 survives. The Rape of Nanking was another example in which they were very brutal, specifically to women and children where they would rape and/or kill them. 

]]> 2016-04-27 12:46:56 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003105 3.Define the Nuremberg trials and explain their significance.  What was the international military tribunal? 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003217 The Nuremberg trials were trials held to deal with war crimes at the time of WWII. They were held between 1945 and 1949 in which the Allies brought in Nazi leaders which were charged with waging a war of aggression. They were also accused of committing crimes against humanity by murdering 11 million people. The International military tribunal were representatives who represented 23 nations and put Nazi war criminals on trial for what they did. However, many leaders, such as Hitler or Heinrich Himmler did not go to the trials because they committed suicide. 



]]> 2016-04-27 12:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003217 4. What were the major turning points in WWII?Include events in the  European and Pacific theatres and explain their significance. 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003438 Eastern Front:
Normandy invasion: 
Invasion of the coast of Normandy known as Operation Overlord. It was the largest land, sea, air invasion in history and more than 2,700 U.S. men died that day. This attack made it possible to invade and soon liberate France.

Pacific Front: 
Bombing of Japan: Hiroshima and Nagasaki were two bombs dropped on Japan, Little boy and Fatman. Japan surrendered after second bomb on Nagasaki which caused 200,000 casualties. This was for the U.S cut off oil shipment to Japan. 

]]> 2016-04-27 12:48:08 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003438 5. What is “a day that will live in infamy?” 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003570 -President Franklin D. Roosevelt referenced the bombing of Pearl Harbor as " a day that will live in infamy". Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, a U.S military base on December 7, 1941 which brought the United States into World War II against Japan, Germany, and Italy.. Accordingly, Roosevelt made the decision of "Europe first", which was a war strategy. This day was devastating as it killed about 2403 people and Japan continued to take more land.]]> 2016-04-27 12:48:39 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003570 6. Describe the military strategies of the Germans, Russians, Americans and Japanese.  Be sure to mention blitzkrieg, scorched earth, island hopping, and kamikaze attacks. 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003682 Germans: The Germans began using Blitzkrieg, or "lightning war" as a military strategy. They first used it against Poland to test it out. It consisted of fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces. Russians: The Russians used scorched earth where they would burn land where enemies would be so that the enemies would not have any available resources. 
Americans: A strategy used was island hopping which was a plan by General Douglas MacArthur that would allow the American forces to seize islands that were not well defended and were nearer to Japan. So, they would pick and choose some. 
Japanese: Their military strategy was called Kamikaze attacks where they would end up killing themselves if their were about to be captured or anything of that sort. They believed it was honorable and which left the Allied forces with few prisoners. ]]> 2016-04-27 12:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003682 7. What was the Holocaust?  (Be as  specific as possible with your information including how the Holocaust began.) 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003811 For many years Germans had targeted Jews because Jews were a minority and were still very successful. On, November 9 1938 there was an attack on Jews and their businesses and homes, this day was called Kristallnacht, or "Night of Broken Glass". Moreover, Hitler found out he could not get rid of the Jews through emigration so he ordered that all the Jews go to ghettos. Hitler then passed the Nuremberg laws which deprived Jews of their rights. Some of them were that they were not allowed to leave their house for three days-on pain of death, they no longer had the right to keep any objects of value in their house, every Jew must wear a yellow star, they were not allowed to go in restaurants or cafes, to travel on the railway, to attend the synagogue, to go out into the street after six o’ clock. As Hitler grew impatient, he ordered the "Final Solution" which was a program of genocide. Hitler wanted the Aryan race to be supreme. The people were then put in concentration camps where they would be killed automatically or they would work or starve to death. Teeth, hair, shoes, jewlery were worth more than the Jews. ]]> 2016-04-27 12:49:25 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003811 8. Why did Europe declare war on Germany?  (Include the dates and reasons for declarations of war from Britain, France, America, and the Soviet Union.) 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003877 Europe declared war on Germany because they broke the Munich Pact and invaded Poland. Germany, Italy, Japan were against Britain, United States, Soviet Union and France. It was the deadliest wars with over 70 million dead 
. ]]> 2016-04-27 12:49:38 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108003877 9. Who were the leaders of the major countries involved in WWII? (France, Britain, USA, USSR, Germany, Italy, and Japan.) 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108004148 USA: Franklin D. Roosevelt, democracy.
France: Charles de Gaulle, 
Britain: Winston Churchill, democratic monarchy/parliamentary
USSR: Joseph Stalin, communist
Germany: Adolf Hitler, fascist
Italy: Benito Mussolini, fascist
Japan: Emperor Hirohito, democratic monarchy/ parliamentary/ military 

]]> 2016-04-27 12:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108004148 10. How did the war end in the Pacific? 331740 https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108004286 The war ended because the U.S bombed Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 and then three days later on August 9, 1945 the U.S dropped the bomb on Nagasaki. There were 135,000 casualties in Hiroshima and 195,000 in Nagasaki. Afterwards, Japan surrendered since they were devastated after having some of their military bases destroyed and so many of their people dead. ]]> 2016-04-27 12:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/331740/lji2rlcxqtks/wish/108004286