https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w en-us 2022-05-10 21:32:40 UTC 2025-12-07 11:48:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2178348551 76,000 prisoners of war were forced to march 66 miles in April 1942, during the early stages of World War II. After the war, the Japanese commander of the invasion in the Philippines was charged with responsibility for the march and the abuse that took place.]]> 2022-05-10 21:48:32 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2178348551 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2178362836 Air bases were being established at Port Moresby in southeastern New Guinea, and in the southern Solomons, and the Japanese were about to take control of the Coral Sea. Japanese carrier based planes sank a U.S. destroyer and an oiler. This battle was a victory for the Allies.]]> 2022-05-10 22:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2178362836 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2178367542 Japanese destroyers bombarded the power plant and seaplane hangar on Sand Island.]]> 2022-05-10 22:14:07 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2178367542 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180152020 Several land and sea conflicts between the Allies and the Japanese, focused around Guadalcanal. The Allies won this battle.]]> 2022-05-11 21:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180152020 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180154109 The largest naval battle of World War II, this battle reinforced the Allies' control of the Pacific.]]> 2022-05-11 21:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180154109 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180155904 There were a series of battles for the control of North Africa.]]> 2022-05-11 21:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180155904 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180158781 The Allies one this battle. The german blockade had failed, and they lost 3,500 merchant ships, 175 warships were sunk, 783 U-boats and 47 German surface warships.]]> 2022-05-11 22:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180158781 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180160673 This battle is known as one of the longest and bloodiest battle in modern warfare. More than 2 million troops fought in close quarter combat, and nearly 2 million were killed or injured in the process. This battle turned the war to be in favor of the Allies.]]> 2022-05-11 22:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180160673 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180162944 This battle was six weeks long, and the campaign had reached a stalemate. The Germans stopped Allies forces, but lacked the ability to force them back into the sea.]]> 2022-05-11 22:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180162944 1042189 https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180165167 The most famous battle of WWII, D-Day. Invasion of the beaches of Normandy, this was the campaign to liberate Europe from Nazi occupation.]]> 2022-05-11 22:12:06 UTC https://padlet.com/1042189/qin8q2atyfo8op5w/wish/2180165167