https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj en-us 2022-03-23 15:00:53 UTC 2026-03-25 02:11:36 UTC hello@padlet.com 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2109974595 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hzomi4RNtiE

Appeasement means giving into aggressive demands in order to maintain peace. Britain allowed Hitler to expand German territory. 

Resource: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/how-britain-hoped-to-avoid-war-with-germany-in-the-1930s#:~:text=Instituted%20in%20the%20hope%20of,as%20a%20policy%20of%20weakness.

]]> 2022-03-23 15:28:35 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2109974595 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2109989897 The Nonaggression Pact was an agreement in which each side promises not to attack the other. It allowed for German aggression to continue without the threat of soviet union interference. 

Resource: WW2 notes ]]> 2022-03-23 15:35:45 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2109989897 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110001892 This started WW2. German forces used a new tactic in their assault on Poland known as Blitzkrieg or "lightening war." Air attacks to damage defenses and cause panic.  

Resource: WW2 begins notes ]]> 2022-03-23 15:41:22 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110001892 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110005862 More US servicemen died than Marine corps. 


Resource: https://www.businessinsider.com/21-rare-and-weird-facts-about-world-war-2-2015-8#4-more-us-servicemen-died-in-the-air-corps-that-the-marine-corps-4

]]> 2022-03-23 15:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110005862 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110021578 Germans trapped hundreds of thousands of allied troops who had retreated to the coastal city of Dunkirk. in a historic rescue, allied ships saved over 300,000 soldiers and brought them to Great Britain. 

resources: WW2 begins notes ]]> 2022-03-23 15:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110021578 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110026755 The German Stukas had built-in sirens. They used it to spread terror. 

resources: https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-the-miracle-of-dunkirk/

]]> 2022-03-23 15:52:30 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110026755 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110043850 Germany sent thousands of aircraft over the English Channel to attack British targets. Hitler planned to destroy the British Royal Air force, but failed to do so. The British were aided by radar, a new technology that made British defenses much more effective. Hitler was forced to call of his plans to invade Britain. 

resources: WW2 begins notes ]]> 2022-03-23 16:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110043850 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110890254 Japan bombed the US in Hawaii. It caused the US to join WW2. 2,403 casualties. 

Resource: https://www.census.gov/history/pdf/pearl-harbor-fact-sheet-1.pdf]]> 2022-03-24 01:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2110890254 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2112127367 More than 100,000 Japanese Americans on the West Coast were forced to leave their homes and businesses and travel to internment camps. More than 110,000 Japanese died in these camps. 

Resource: WW2 the Allied Response notes

https://study.com/learn/lesson/japanese-internment-camps-wwii.html]]> 2022-03-24 15:36:04 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2112127367 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2112147251 British troops under General Bernard Montgomery took advantage of Rommel's supply problems. The British won a big victory, using information gained from secret German codes. The Battle of El Alamein resulted in axis power in North Africa being severely weakened.  

Resources: WW2 The Allied Powers notes ]]> 2022-03-24 15:45:30 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2112147251 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2112157959 Led by American General Dwight D. Eisenhower. Established strong allied forces on both the east and west of Rommel and the Afrika Korps, putting them in a difficult spot. The axis forces surrendered in May 1943. 

Resources: WW2 The Allied Response notes]]> 2022-03-24 15:50:53 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2112157959 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113787950 When German troops failed to capture the city of Leningrad in 1941, Hitler ordered a siege to force the city to surrender. This lasted nearly 900 days. Civilians would starve at a rate of 3,000 - 4,000 a day. Eventually, as many as 1 million civilians would perish. 

Resource: WW2 the Allied Response notes ]]> 2022-03-25 13:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113787950 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113932572 This was one of the most brutal battles of the war. Germans bombed the city into rubble with air and artillery attacks. German troops then moved into the ruins to wipe out the surviving Soviets. Soviet defenders fought furiously for each bombed out building and cellar hole. 

Resource: WW2 the Allied Response notes ]]> 2022-03-25 14:39:30 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113932572 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113943122 Tropical heat, lack of food and water. Thousands more later perished in the inhumane camp. Forces on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered in April 1942. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OFH1Mglr-c

Resource: WW2 Allied Response notes ]]> 2022-03-25 14:45:24 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113943122 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113949729 Did you know that up to 600 Americans died during this death march BUT Filipinos fared much worse. About 20,000 Filipinos died. ]]> 2022-03-25 14:49:03 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113949729 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113962979 What 2 countries were already involved in a military conflict before the beginning of the war? 

A) Japan and China 
B) US and Germany 
C) China and US 
D) Japan and US 


Answer: A]]> 2022-03-25 14:56:11 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113962979 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113985691 Japan had planned to capture the strategic island of Midway, home to a key American military base. The Japanese had the advantage in the number of ships and aircraft carries they could bring, however the US had broken the Japanese code. This battle had changed the balance of power in the Pacific, and the Allies could now go on the offensive. 

Resource: WW2 Allied Response notes ]]> 2022-03-25 15:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2113985691 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2117317052 This involved skipping over Japanese strongholds and capturing weaker targets, which were then used as bases for the next attacks. The bypassed strongholds were cut off from the outside supplies and would eventually weaken, as the Allies moved closer to Japan. 

Resource: Allied response notes ]]> 2022-03-28 14:38:40 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2117317052 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2117330732 What was the second city the US dropped a nuclear bomb on? 

A) Hiroshima
B) Bangkok
C) Nagasaki 


Answer: C

]]> 2022-03-28 14:44:47 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2117330732 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2117340749 Japanese pilots who loaded their planes with explosive and deliberately crashed into Allied ships, sacrificing their own lives. The Allies would eventually take control of the Philippines, and Japan's navy was virtually destroyed. 

Resource: Allied Response notes ]]> 2022-03-28 14:49:23 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2117340749 675ame07 https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2117348015 What was the longest battle in WW2? 

A) Battle of Britain 
B) Battle of El Alamein 
C) Battle of Atlantic 
D)  Battle of Stalingrad 


Answer: C ]]> 2022-03-28 14:52:35 UTC https://padlet.com/675ame07/sp6n89zeo5jcnlhj/wish/2117348015