https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr Made with serendipity en-us 2016-12-01 02:07:01 UTC 2025-09-24 16:00:17 UTC hello@padlet.com desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000552 The policy of making concessions to the dictatorial powers in order to avoid conflict.

It later became associated with Conservative Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain since he pursued this policy.]]> 2016-12-01 02:07:43 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000552 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000559 A war fought between the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) and the Allies (France, Britain, Soviet Union and U.S.).

WWII lasted between the years of 1939 - 1945.]]> 2016-12-01 02:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000559 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000569 The allies consisted of Britain, France, Soviet Union (Russia), and the U.S.

The Allies claimed victory in both WWI and WWII.]]> 2016-12-01 02:08:00 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000569 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000595 A group of countries that signed the Tripartite Act in 1940. The axis powers consisted of Germany, Italy and Japan. 

Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Croatia, Hungary, and Yugoslavia were also allied with the axis powers.]]> 2016-12-01 02:08:16 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000595 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000601 A U.S. naval base in Hawaii.

Attacked without warning by Japan on December 7, 1941. Many Americans were killed and ships were destroyed.]]> 2016-12-01 02:08:22 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000601 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000619 A major battle in which U.S. Marines landed on the island of Iwo Jima from the Japanese Imperial Army during WWII.

Iwo Jima provided an air base for Japanese fighter planes to intercept bombers. It was also a haven for Japanese naval units in need of any support.]]> 2016-12-01 02:08:33 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000619 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000695 On June 6, 1944 allied forces invaded northern France by beach landings in Normandy.

This term may be familiar because it can mean a day where something important will begin.]]> 2016-12-01 02:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000695 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000706 May 8, 1945 marked the Allied victory in Europe.

This day was important to the Allies since everything they had been through during WWII.]]> 2016-12-01 02:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000706 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000732 On August 15, 1945, Japan stopped fighting in WWII and September 2, 1945 when Japan actually surrendered. 

These days were essential in the ceasing of WWII.]]> 2016-12-01 02:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000732 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000740 Mass destruction.

Nazi leader, Adolf Hitler, thought that Jews were an inferior race and an threat to German purity. Hitler's final solution was the holocaust.]]> 2016-12-01 02:10:11 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000740 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000756 A place where people (especially political prisoners/members of persecuted minorities) were imprisoned in a small area with inadequate care and sometimes forced labor to be later executed.

Hundred of camps were established by the Nazis in Germany and occupied Europe between 1933-1945. ]]> 2016-12-01 02:10:20 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000756 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000762 A bomb that holds destructive power from its rapid release of nuclear energy.

The first time a atomic bomb was used by the U.S. was on Aug 6, 1945 on Japan.]]> 2016-12-01 02:10:26 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000762 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000767 City in the southwest of Honshu, Japan. 

The city was destroyed on August 6, 1945 in WWII, when an American airplane dropped the first atomic bomb ever used in warfare.]]> 2016-12-01 02:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000767 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000770 A city in western Kyushu, Japan on Nagasaki Bay and also an inlet of the East China Sea. 

Nagasaki was devastated by the 2nd atomic bombing used in WWII.]]> 2016-12-01 02:10:34 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000770 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000786 The 32nd President of the U.S. Was also elected four times.

Developed New Deal to counter the Great Depression and led the country during WWII.]]> 2016-12-01 02:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000786 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000803 Russian leader that created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition.

He collectivized farming and had potential enemies executed or sent to forced labor camps.]]> 2016-12-01 02:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000803 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000818 English political leader and author. He also became prime minister after WWII began til the end of the war in Europe.

He symbolized the determination of the British to resist conquest by the German's under Hitler.]]> 2016-12-01 02:11:05 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000818 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000821 Emperor of Japan (1926 - 1989).

After Japan's surrender he became a figure with no political power.]]> 2016-12-01 02:11:09 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000821 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000836 Elected vice president under FDR and later became president after Roosevelt died.

Led the nation in the final months of WWII and made decisions such as the dropping of atomic bonbs on Hiroshima/Nagasaki in Japan.]]> 2016-12-01 02:11:20 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000836 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000846 The fascist prime minister of Italy.

Mussolini promised to fight with Adolf Hitler in any war against the Democracies of the world.]]> 2016-12-01 02:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000846 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000857 A German Nazi dictator during WWII. 

Created concentration camps and the holocaust in Germany.]]> 2016-12-01 02:11:43 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000857 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000870 A cultural icon of the U.S., often represented American women who worked male dominant jobs such as factory jobs and shipyard jobs.

Many of these women helped produce munitions and war supplies.]]> 2016-12-01 02:11:52 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000870 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000877 The first African American military aviators in the US Armed Forces.

Black Americans were subject to the Jim Crow laws and the military was racially segregated. ]]> 2016-12-01 02:12:00 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000877 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000882 An international organization formed to increase political/economic cooperation within countries.

In 1945, WWII ended. The United Nations was birthed on October 24, 1945 to decrease the reasons for war.]]> 2016-12-01 02:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000882 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000899 Significant division of the United Nations that contained 5 permanent members.

The members included the U.S., Britain, China, France, and Russia, along with 10 other members. This council is sometimes called together to respond quickly to international problems. ]]> 2016-12-01 02:12:15 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000899 desirae_wilkerson https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000908 The traveling from one island to another.

Could also be known as leapfrogging, it was a military strategy used by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis Powers.]]> 2016-12-01 02:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/desirae_wilkerson/stuepswcoclr/wish/141000908