Lin, Anderson_Big_Events_during_World_War_II by Anderson(林昱安) Lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7 A timeline of events related to World War II. If you cannot see the text or scroll down, you might want to press ctrl+ - to make the screen smaller (Recommend 60%) so you can see it. For labelling, the blue point is for the certain place that they even happened, and the red point is the countries that are joining the event but their territory doesn't get involved in the following event. Points that are combined are events that don't have a certain place that this event happened in. en-us 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC 2020-10-19 05:06:04 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f30d.png Treaty of Versailles anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725446 The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725446 Mussolini's Rise to Power anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725448 As Italy slipped into political chaos, Mussolini declared that only he could restore order and was given the authority in 1922 as prime minister. He gradually dismantled all democratic institutions. By 1925, he had made himself dictator, taking the title "Il Duce" ("the Leader")]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725448 The Great Depression anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725449 The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across the world; in most countries, it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725449 Mukden Incident anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725452 The Mukden Incident, or Manchurian Incident, was an event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725452 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725454 The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. At war’s end in February of 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725454 Hitler Appointed German Leader anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725456 On January 30, 1933, President Paul von Hindenburg names Adolf Hitler, leader or führer of the National Socialist German Workers Party (or Nazi Party), as chancellor of Germany.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725456 Remilitarization of the Rhineland anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725458 The remilitarisation of the Rhineland began on 7 March 1936, when German military forces entered the Rhineland, in direct contravention of the Treaty of Versailles and of the Locarno Treaties. After the end of World War I, the Rhineland came under Allied occupation.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725458 Anschluss anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725460 The Anschluss, also known as the Anschluss Österreichs, refers to the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany on 12 March 1938. The idea of an Anschluss began after the unification of Germany excluded Austria and the German Austrians from the Prussian-dominated German Empire in 1871.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725460 Invasion of Poland anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725461 The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725461 Battle of France anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725464 The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. On 3 September 1939 France had declared war on Germany, following the German invasion of Poland. ]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725464 Battle of the Atlantic anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725466 The Battle of the Atlantic was the struggle between the Allied and German forces for control of the Atlantic Ocean. The Allies needed to keep the vital flow of men and supplies going between North America and Europe, where they could be used in the fighting, while the Germans wanted to cut these supply lines.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725466 Battle of Britain anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725470 The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
Dates: Jul 10, 1940 – Oct 31, 1940
]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725470 Lend-Lease Act anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725471 The Lend-Lease policy, formally titled An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States, was a program under which the United States supplied the United Kingdom, Free France, the Republic of China, and later the Soviet Union and other Allied nations with food, oil, and materiel between 1941 and August 1945.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725471 Operation Barbarossa anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725474 Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, which started on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. The operation put into action Nazi Germany's ideological goal of conquering the western Soviet Union so as to repopulate it with Germans]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725474 Attack on Pearl Harbor anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725476 The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725476 Manhattan Project anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725488 The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725488 Operation Torch anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725491 Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. The French colonies in the area were dominated by the French, formally aligned with Germany but of mixed loyalties. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies. (8 November 1942 – 13 May 1943)]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725491 Battle of Stalingrad anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725493 Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.
Dates: Aug 23, 1942 – Feb 2, 1943]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725493 Battle of Guadacanal anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725496 The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725496 Cairo Conference anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725500 The Cairo Conference of November 22–26, 1943, held in Cairo, Egypt, outlined the Allied position against Japan during World War II and made decisions about postwar Asia]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725500 Operation Overlord anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725502 Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725502 Battle of the Bulge anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725506 The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725506 Yalta Conference anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725508 The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named Argonaut, held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725508 German Surrender anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725509 On May 7, 1945, Germany unconditionally surrendered to the Allies in Reims, France, ending World War II and the Third Reich]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725509 Atomic Bomb Testing anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725511 On 16 July 1945, the 'Trinity' nuclear test plunged humanity into the so-called Atomic Age. The first-ever nuclear bomb was detonated in New Mexico, at the Alamogordo Test Range]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725511 Bombing of Tokyo anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725513 The Bombing of Tokyo was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombing raid in human history.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725513 Battle of Okinawa anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725514 The Battle of Okinawa started in April 1945. The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. Okinawa was to prove a bloody battle even by the standards of the war in the Far East but it was to be one of the major battles of World War Two]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725514 Potsdam Conference anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725515 The Potsdam Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, represented respectively by Premier Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725515 Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725516 The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725516 Surrender of Japan anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725517 The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced by Japanese Emperor Hirohito on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.]]> 2020-10-16 04:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/834725517 Treaty of Versailles anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837512690 The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.]]> 2020-10-17 09:57:30 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837512690 Treaty of Versailles anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837512732 The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.]]> 2020-10-17 09:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837512732 Treaty of Versailles anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837577462 The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.]]> 2020-10-17 12:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837577462 Operation Torch anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837579442 Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. The French colonies in the area were dominated by the French, formally aligned with Germany but of mixed loyalties. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies. (8 November 1942 – 13 May 1943)]]> 2020-10-17 12:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837579442 Operation Torch anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837580730 Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. The French colonies in the area were dominated by the French, formally aligned with Germany but of mixed loyalties. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies. (8 November 1942 – 13 May 1943)]]> 2020-10-17 12:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837580730 Operation Torch anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837580782 Operation Torch was an Allied invasion of French North Africa during the Second World War. The French colonies in the area were dominated by the French, formally aligned with Germany but of mixed loyalties. Reports indicated that they might support the Allies. (8 November 1942 – 13 May 1943)]]> 2020-10-17 12:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837580782 Invasion of Poland anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837583768 The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact.]]> 2020-10-17 12:25:38 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837583768 Invasion of Poland anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837583837 The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, and one day after the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union had approved the pact.]]> 2020-10-17 12:25:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837583837 Battle of Britain anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837589524 The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large-scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force, the Luftwaffe.
Dates: Jul 10, 1940 – Oct 31, 1940
]]> 2020-10-17 12:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837589524 Attack on Pearl Harbor anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837590958 The Attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941]]> 2020-10-17 12:37:31 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837590958 Battle of Midway anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837596204 The Battle of Midway in June of 1942 was one of the most important naval battles in world history and a turning point in the Second World War.]]> 2020-10-17 12:46:20 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837596204 Battle of Midway anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837603987 The Battle of Midway in June of 1942 was one of the most important naval battles in world history and a turning point in the Second World War.]]> 2020-10-17 12:59:21 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837603987 Battle of Midway anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837603992 The Battle of Midway in June of 1942 was one of the most important naval battles in world history and a turning point in the Second World War.]]> 2020-10-17 12:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837603992 Battle of the Bulge anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837703394 The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945]]> 2020-10-17 15:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837703394 Battle of the Bulge anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837703668 The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945]]> 2020-10-17 15:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837703668 Battle of the Bulge anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837703802 The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945]]> 2020-10-17 15:05:51 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837703802 Battle of the Bulge anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837716268 The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Counteroffensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II, and took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945]]> 2020-10-17 15:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837716268 Manhattan Project anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837717543 The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada]]> 2020-10-17 15:21:57 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837717543 Manhattan Project anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837717671 The Manhattan Project was a research and development undertaking during World War II that produced the first nuclear weapons. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada]]> 2020-10-17 15:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837717671 Mukden Incident anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837722463 The Mukden Incident, or Manchurian Incident, was an event staged by Japanese military personnel as a pretext for the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria]]> 2020-10-17 15:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837722463 Operation Overlord anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837725668 Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings]]> 2020-10-17 15:31:33 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837725668 Operation Overlord anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837727745 Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings]]> 2020-10-17 15:33:56 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837727745 Operation Overlord anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837727818 Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful invasion of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
The operation was launched on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings]]> 2020-10-17 15:34:03 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837727818 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837738734 The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. At war’s end in February of 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo]]> 2020-10-17 15:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837738734 Japanese Invasion of Manchuria anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837738772 The Japanese invasion of Manchuria began on 18 September 1931, when the Kwantung Army of the Empire of Japan invaded Manchuria immediately following the Mukden Incident. At war’s end in February of 1932, the Japanese established the puppet state of Manchukuo]]> 2020-10-17 15:47:00 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837738772 Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837745341 The United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945, respectively. The two bombings killed between 129,000 and 226,000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only uses of nuclear weapons in armed conflict.]]> 2020-10-17 15:54:01 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837745341 Battle of Stalingrad anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837747575 Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.
Dates: Aug 23, 1942 – Feb 2, 1943]]> 2020-10-17 15:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837747575 Battle of Stalingrad anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837747643 Stalingrad was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. The Soviet Union inflicted a catastrophic defeat on the German Army in and around this strategically important city on the Volga river, which bore the name of the Soviet dictator, Josef Stalin.
Dates: Aug 23, 1942 – Feb 2, 1943]]> 2020-10-17 15:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837747643 Battle of Okinawa anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837751574 The Battle of Okinawa started in April 1945. The capture of Okinawa was part of a three-point plan the Americans had for winning the war in the Far East. Okinawa was to prove a bloody battle even by the standards of the war in the Far East but it was to be one of the major battles of World War Two]]> 2020-10-17 16:01:24 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837751574 Yalta Conference anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837752577 The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named Argonaut, held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe]]> 2020-10-17 16:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837752577 Yalta Conference anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837752738 The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code-named Argonaut, held February 4–11, 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union to discuss the postwar reorganization of Germany and Europe]]> 2020-10-17 16:02:46 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837752738 Operation Barbarossa anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837755626 Operation Barbarossa was the code name for the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union, which started on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II. The operation put into action Nazi Germany's ideological goal of conquering the western Soviet Union so as to repopulate it with Germans]]> 2020-10-17 16:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837755626 Battle of France anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837757393 The Battle of France, also known as the Fall of France, was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries during the Second World War. On 3 September 1939 France had declared war on Germany, following the German invasion of Poland. ]]> 2020-10-17 16:08:09 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837757393 Battle of the Atlantic anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837757979 The Battle of the Atlantic was the struggle between the Allied and German forces for control of the Atlantic Ocean. The Allies needed to keep the vital flow of men and supplies going between North America and Europe, where they could be used in the fighting, while the Germans wanted to cut these supply lines.]]> 2020-10-17 16:08:51 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837757979 Battle of the Atlantic anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837758181 The Battle of the Atlantic was the struggle between the Allied and German forces for control of the Atlantic Ocean. The Allies needed to keep the vital flow of men and supplies going between North America and Europe, where they could be used in the fighting, while the Germans wanted to cut these supply lines.]]> 2020-10-17 16:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837758181 Potsdam Conference anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837759490 The Potsdam Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, represented respectively by Premier Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman.]]> 2020-10-17 16:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837759490 Potsdam Conference anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837759570 The Potsdam Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, represented respectively by Premier Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman.]]> 2020-10-17 16:10:39 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837759570 Potsdam Conference anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837759650 The Potsdam Conference was held in Potsdam, Germany, from July 17 to August 2, 1945. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States, represented respectively by Premier Joseph Stalin, Prime Ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman.]]> 2020-10-17 16:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837759650 Battle of Guadacanal anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837761908 The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction]]> 2020-10-17 16:13:39 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837761908 Battle of Guadacanal anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837761966 The World War II Battle of Guadalcanal was the first major offensive and a decisive victory for the Allies in the Pacific theater. With Japanese troops stationed in this section of the Solomon Islands, U.S. marines launched a surprise attack in August 1942 and took control of an air base under construction]]> 2020-10-17 16:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837761966 Bombing of Tokyo anderson_lin https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837764187 The Bombing of Tokyo was a series of firebombing air raids by the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaigns of World War II. Operation Meetinghouse, which was conducted on the night of 9–10 March 1945, is the single most destructive bombing raid in human history.]]> 2020-10-17 16:16:31 UTC https://padlet.com/anderson_lin/tejmofaem0hsp7c7/wish/837764187