World War II: ThePacific by Spencer Comeaux https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q Nonfiction en-us 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC 2025-09-28 08:31:17 UTC hello@padlet.com World War II Begins in Europe (1939) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378951 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378951 Complete Timeline of World War II (1939-1945) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378953 Attention*** This article is long and you do not need to read through it. But you can reference it for dates and important battles if you'd like.]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378953 Number the Stars: Germany Invades Denmark (April 1940) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378955 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378955 (1941-1942) Germany and the Axis powers European domination spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378957 The Dark Blue represents Germany in 1941. By 1942 all the color blue both light and dark is where Germany and their buddies have taken over. ]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378957 Flag of Japan spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378958 Japan was a part of the Axis powers and were a major force to be reckoned with. When they bombed pearl harbor America really began to fight in the war. ]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378958 WWII Japans Expansion (1931-1942) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378959 Germany was not the only country taking over others. Japan was too and together Germany and Japan became allies during WW2]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378959 America enters WW2 (December 1941) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378961 America enters World War II- read next about the "Lend and Lease" Act it is next on your timeline. ]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378961 How did the USA enter WW2? (1941) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378963 Lend-Lease Act 1941: This reading is optional, but explains how laws can be passed. ]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378963 War in the South Pacific (1941-1945) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378964 Look for dates to track for your timeline. This Article tracks some of the major events that took place during World War 2]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378964 Fighting in the South Pacific spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378965 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378965 The South Pacific Strategy Map (1941-1944) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378966 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378966 Code Talkers: And so the story begins spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378967 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378967 Ned Begay: The Main character and narrator in Code Talkers spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378968 Ned is a young Navajo man who is roughly 15 years old when World War II starts.]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378968 The Navajo Code Talkers 1942 (Article & Video) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378969 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378969 Ira Hayes the Navajo on the Congressional Medal in Code Talker spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378970 Fun fact Ira Hayes received a gold medal while our main character Ned Begay received a silver one. ]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378970 The Navajos Sacred Homeland between the four mountains spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378972 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378972 Code Talkers: This was Fort Defiance, Arizona spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378973 Ned is recruited here at Fort Defiance Arizona. He mentions that at this very spot in 1863 his people began the "Long Walk"  check out the link below if your interested and reading more about this. https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/navajo/long-walk/long-walk.cshtml]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378973 The Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941 spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378975 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378975 Isoroku Yamamoto, Japan's Mastermind behind Pearl Harbor. spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378976 You don't have to read this article, but this article does make an attempt to humanize the admiral.  https://www.historynet.com/a-new-book-shows-the-human-side-of-admiral-isoroku-yamamoto.htm]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378976 Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor? spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378977 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378977 (1940-1946)The Tuskegee Airmen (African American ) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378979 The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American pilots. Before 1940 it was illegal. The Tuskegee Airmen greatly contributed to the USA and their allies in winning the war.]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378979 The Tuskegee Airmen (The First African American Pilots) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378980 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378980 Novel: The War Outside spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378981 Along this timeline you will find videos and articles that fill in the backstory for this novels setting. ]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378981 Ugly History: Japanese American incarceration camps (February 1942) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378983 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378983 The Rise of Imperial Japan (Brief) spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378984 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378984 (June 1942) The Battle of Midway- Japan vs USA spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378985 Read the first paragraph and then find the heading
"U.S. Gains Advantage Thanks to Navy Codebreakers"]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378985 Japanese Poetry spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378986 The Heian Period of Japan (794-1185) was well known for its beautiful poetry here you can find some poems from famous Poets such as ... Ono no Komachi ]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378986 (1943-1945)The Downfall of Germany spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378989 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378989 (June 1944) D-Day or Doomsday spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378990 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378990 (1945) Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki spencercomeaux1 https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378991 This video has fake actors but real footage of the bombings and its aftermath. ]]> 2022-01-25 14:57:57 UTC https://padlet.com/spencercomeaux1/p7znt8tu2pavb25q/wish/2011378991