https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit en-us 2023-04-06 16:31:44 UTC 2026-02-19 21:22:57 UTC hello@padlet.com tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2546462046 September 1939- The German army broke through Polish forts along the boundary and went to Warsaw. Many refugees, including Jewish and non-Jewish inhabitants, left the region. However, following intense fire and airstrikes, the Germans conquered Warsaw within a month of their first attack. The Soviet military annexed a significant portion of eastern Poland right after, while the western part of the country remained under German control until 1945.]]> 2023-04-06 16:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2546462046 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2546470090 July 1940- The Battle of Britain was the effective protection of Great Britain from the aerial assaults carried out by the German Luftwaffe in 1940 subsequent to the surrender of France in the Second World War. There was almost 25,000 civilians killed during the Battle of Britain.]]> 2023-04-06 16:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2546470090 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2546478115 June 1941- Germany started its attack on the Soviet Union, which could also be named Operation Barbarossa. Adolf Hitler, anticipated a quick triumph, but despite an initial good outcome, the vicious campaign persisted and eventually failed due to errors and severe winter conditions, along with the non-moving Soviet opposition and the decreasing of German troops.]]> 2023-04-06 17:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2546478115 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2546485410 December 1941- Pearl Harbor is an American military base that witnessed a catastrophic assault by Japanese troops. Hundreds of Japanese combat planes swooped down on the base, successfully demolishing or impairing almost 20 American naval vessels, comprising eight warships, and more than 300 aircraft. The attack resulted in the loss of over 2,400 American lives, including non-military personnel, and injured another 1,000 individuals.]]> 2023-04-06 17:18:37 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2546485410 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551867115 June 1944- D-Day brought together the arrive, discuss, and ocean strengths of the associated armed forces in what got to be known as the biggest attack in human history. It conveyed five maritime attack divisions to the shorelines of Normandy, France.]]> 2023-04-12 16:23:31 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551867115 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551867576 April 1945- When the Soviet forces near his command bunker in central Berlin, Hitler commits suicide. He swallowed a cyanide capsule and shot himself in his head. ]]> 2023-04-12 16:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551867576 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551867849  May 1945- On V.E day, Germany surrendered its military to the Allies, including the United States. People celebrate it because it is the end of Hitlers Reich. ]]> 2023-04-12 16:24:09 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551867849 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551868166 May 1940- Blitzkrieg is an offensive warfare that uses mobile, maneuverable forces like armored tanks and air support to strike quickly and precisely at an adversary. The ideal outcome of such an attack is a swift victory that minimizes casualties of soldiers and artillery. The most well-known use of the term "blitzkrieg" is when German forces swept through Poland, Norway, Belgium, Holland, and France with speed and force.]]> 2023-04-12 16:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551868166 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551869219 A bomb named "Little Boy" exploded with around thirteen kilotons of force. It burnt like 70% of all buildings and killed around 140,000 people by the end of 1945. Overall the bombs brought about an unconditional surrender. ]]> 2023-04-12 16:25:12 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2551869219 tessonl95121 https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2554760690 September 1945- Japan surrendered to the United States because of the atomic bomb being dropped of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Overall, Japan surrendering brought an end to World War II.]]> 2023-04-14 16:24:20 UTC https://padlet.com/tessonl95121/pu7ge134g83niwit/wish/2554760690