WW2 by Justin Wilson https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro en-us 2019-02-15 15:27:34 UTC 2025-10-13 01:35:55 UTC hello@padlet.com The Pacific Rim was the area that the Japanese were aiming to control when they attacked Pearl Harbor. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331777311 2019-02-15 15:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331777311 This video details Hitler's rise to power, which was a main cause of WW2. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331784752 2019-02-15 15:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331784752 This is a picture of Pearl Harbor, which the Japanese attacked. The attack on Pearl Harbor was what finally brought the US into WWII. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331793846 2019-02-15 16:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331793846 This article provides more information on the Stimson Doctrine an what it is. The Stimson Doctrine was an American policy in the 30s during WWII s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331800824 2019-02-15 16:29:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331800824 This is a picture from the London Conference of 1933, which was an opportunity for international economic cooperation. The conference failed in large part due to Roosevelt's "Bombshell Message". s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331802852 2019-02-15 16:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331802852 This video talks about the Good Neighbor Policy and explains it in great detail s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331804691 2019-02-15 16:36:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331804691 This article provides more information on Antisemitism, which was what allowed Hitler to come to power in Germany so easily. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331815528 2019-02-15 16:57:35 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331815528 A video that goes over the neutrality of the US in the 1930 s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331820496 2019-02-15 17:08:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331820496 A picture of the Rome-Berlin Axis coalition between Italy and Germany. The Axis was the enemy of the Allies in WWII s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331823347 2019-02-15 17:13:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/331823347 This article gives more information on the nonaggression pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The pact was made on August 23, 1939 and was dissolved when Nazi Germany marched troops into the Soviet Union. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/332809264 2019-02-19 17:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/332809264 This article gives more information on the Rape of Nanking, which was the slaughtering of 200,000 men and the rape of 20,000 women and girls. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/332832684 2019-02-19 18:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/332832684 This article gives more information on the Quarantine Speech, given by FDR on October 5, 1937. The speech called for an international quarantine as an alternative to American neutrality. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/332837131 2019-02-19 18:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/332837131 This article gives more information on the Lend-Lease Act, which allowed the President to send armaments to foreign nations during WWII. The act allowed the President to send aid without charging for it, as according to the Neutrality Act of 1939. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333222851 2019-02-20 15:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333222851 This article provides more information on Operation Sealion, an operation launched by Hitler in 1940 after Britain refused his offer of a negotiated peace settlement. The operation failed when Germany failed to achieve air and sea superiority. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333226618 2019-02-20 15:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333226618 This article provides more information on the Atlantic Charter, a declaration that envisioned a postwar world in which no territory would change hands after the war and that the people have the right to decide what type of government they have. Twenty-six Allied nations pledged their support to this declaration. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333233876 2019-02-20 15:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333233876 This article provides more information on Chiang Kai-shek, leader of China during WWII. The article provides more information about his life and his career. When the Allies declared war on Japan, China became one of the Big Four. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333279069 2019-02-20 17:11:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333279069 This article provides more information on the United States Pacific Fleet, including their origins, their composition as of December 1941, and post-war. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333283586 2019-02-20 17:19:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333283586 This article provides information on the USS Arizona, the vessel that sustained the most damage in the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The article provides 5 facts about the USS Arizona and Pearl Harbor that you might not know. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333304824 2019-02-20 17:59:58 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/333304824 This article provides more information on the Great Migration of African Americans including background information, when and where it began, and the impact it had on the world. The Great Migration was the movement of millions of African Americans from the South to the North from about 1916 to 1970. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334349947 2019-02-22 21:40:32 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334349947 This article provides more information on the strategy of island hopping used in WWII and led by Douglas MacArthur. Island hopping was an American strategy in which small islands were captured, bases were built upon them, and the bases were used to capture more islands. The strategy eventually led to the U.S. being able to attack the Japanese mainland. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334351193 2019-02-22 21:46:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334351193 This article gives background information on the Grand Alliance of WWII, such as its origins and some tensions within it. The Grand Alliance was one of convenience between the Soviet Union, the U.S., and the U.K. to fight the Axis powers during WWII. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334353467 2019-02-22 21:59:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334353467 This article provides more information on British General Bernard Montgomery. The article provides a small biography of him and tells of his accomplishments in WWII. Bernard Montgomery was most famous for leading the attack at El Alamein, Egypt. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334490601 2019-02-23 22:32:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334490601 This article provides more information on German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. The article tells of his accomplishments and defeats in WWII. He is best known for his defeat of the British at Gazala and for opposing British forces at El Alamein, Egypt s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334491263 2019-02-23 22:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334491263 This article provides more information on the Battle of El Alamein. The battle was the culmination of the North African campaign and was a major defeat for German forces. The battle was between British forces led by General Bernard Montgomery and German forces led by Field Marshall Erwin Rommel s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334491896 2019-02-23 22:51:13 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334491896 This article provides more information on the War Powers Act of 1941. The Act gave the President the power to reorganize the executive branch and other agencies and also allowed him to censor mail to foreign countries. The act and all changes caused by it became defunct six months after the war ended. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334495879 2019-02-23 23:54:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334495879 This is a picture of Rosie the Riveter. The picture is a propaganda poster used during WWII to inspire women to go to work. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334496178 2019-02-23 23:59:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334496178 This is a picture of a ration book. Ration books included stamps that allowed people to buy items such as gas, canned foods, sugar, and more. Purchase of these items was illegal without a stamp s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334497016 2019-02-24 00:11:50 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334497016 This article provides more information on the Battle of the Bulge. The article tells of when and where then battle took place and also tells of how the Americans won. The Battle of the Bulge was the costliest action ever taken by the US Army, which suffered over 100,000 casualties. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334499786 2019-02-24 00:52:24 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334499786 s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334501016 2019-02-24 01:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334501016 This is a picture of Omaha Beach during D-Day. Omaha Beach is where the fiercest fighting took place on D-Day and where the most casualties occurred. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334501017 2019-02-24 01:06:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334501017 This article provides more information on Victory in Europe Day. V-E Day is the day when German forces finally laid down their arms throughout Europe. Pockets of confrontation would continue throughout the next day between Germans and Soviets before all German troops finally surrendered. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334501573 2019-02-24 01:12:07 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334501573 This article provides more information on American General Douglas MacArthur. It provides information on which campaigns he was in and how he won them. He was the leader of the war in the Pacific during WWII and he received a medal of honor for his achievements. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334630236 2019-02-24 21:39:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334630236 This article provides more information on the Battle of Iwo Jima, which was a battle between the Imperial Japanese Army and the US Marines near the end of the war. There were around 7,000 US casualties and all but 200 of the Japanese were killed. After the battle was over, the strategic value of the island was called into question. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334631967 2019-02-24 21:52:40 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334631967 This is a picture of a Japanese kamikaze plane. Kamikaze, meaning "divine wind", were Japanese suicide bombers. The kamikaze pilots would guide their planes to crash into navy vessels and the explosives on the plane would explode, killing the pilot and many navy personnel. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334632642 2019-02-24 21:57:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334632642 This article provides more information on the Nisei, who were the sons and daughters of Japanese immigrants who were born and educated in the United States. The article tells more of the relocation of Nisei to concentration camps during WWII and how reparations were made for what they went through. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334635157 2019-02-24 22:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334635157 This article provides more information on Fred Korematsu, who was an American civil rights activist who objected to the internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII. The article provides information on his life and career, including the case of Korematsu vs the United States. The 30th of January is designated as Fred Korematsu Day in his honor. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334637933 2019-02-24 22:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334637933 This is a picture of a Japanese-American concentration camp during WWII. Over 110,000 people of Japanese ancestry were relocated to 10 concentration camps from California to Oregon. These people were moved there in accordance with Executive Order 9066. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334638760 2019-02-24 22:43:31 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334638760 This article provides more information on Albert Einstein, a German born scientist who helped alert the President to the dangers of the atomic bomb. The article provides information on his life as well as information on some of his best work. Einstein is best known for his theory of relativity, his work on the atomic bomb, and his famous equation E= mc2. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334643539 2019-02-24 23:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334643539 This article provides more information on Enrico Fermi, an Italian born scientist who helped in the development of the atomic bomb. The article provides information on his early life and his career in both Italy and America. His mathematical works, combined with Albert Einstein's equation E=mc2, were what helped make the atomic bomb possible. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334645022 2019-02-24 23:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334645022 This article provides more information on the Trinity Test Site in Alamogordo, New Mexico, which was where the first atomic bomb was tested. The article provides information on how the bomb was made and how it was tested at the site. The bomb was detonated atop a steel tower, and the bomb completely destroyed the tower and turned the sand surrounding the tower into glass. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334646141 2019-02-24 23:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334646141 This article provides more information on the bombing of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The article tells of how the bombs were made and transported and the exact times that the bombs went off. The article also includes how many people were killed because of the bombs known as the "Little Boy" and the "Fat Man." s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334649698 2019-02-25 00:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334649698 This is a picture of the Enola Gay, the plane that transported the "Little Boy" bomb to Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The plane was a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber and was the first plane to carry an atomic bomb. The Enola Gay is now preserved at the National Air and Space Museum. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334650227 2019-02-25 00:11:59 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334650227 This article provides more information on Firebombing, a tactic used during WWII. The article provides information on what firebombing is and includes information on some tactics involving firebombing. President Truman claimed that he did not see the difference between dropping the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki and firebombing the cities of Dresden and Tokyo. s731554 https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334653415 2019-02-25 00:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/s731554/synfg2hwqbro/wish/334653415