WWll Stevens by Brooke

Manchuria 1931

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-03 20:42:30 UTC

This began September 18th. China protested against the League of Nations, also know as LON. The LON sided with China and their protest, which caused Japan to end up withdrawing from them.

Treaty of Versailles 1919

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-03 20:45:28 UTC

The Allied Powers blamed Germany for WW1, Germany had to pay the war resperations.

Battle of Britain 1940

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-03 20:49:45 UTC

This was a battle between British Royal Air Force (RAF) and German Luftwaffe. During the summer of this year, Germany used The Blitz and bombed civilians in London for around 2 months.

Operation Barbarossa 1941

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-03 20:53:34 UTC

Starting June 22nd, this was the code name for the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.

Appeasement 1938

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 00:36:03 UTC

During the Munich Conference, Britain and France finally gave into Hitler's demands for Sudetenland in order to avoid going to war

Great Depression 1929

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 00:38:55 UTC

This all started October 29th, when the U.S. stock market plummeted. The Great Depression caused around 13 million people to lose their jobs.

Strong Japanese Military 1920

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 00:39:56 UTC

Almost all of the leaders in the Japanese army were ex or descendants of samurai. Even as children, in school they were taught how to fight and one day become soldiers.

Isolationism 1930

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 00:45:41 UTC

This meant that the U.S. was not going to get involved with Europe. The U.S.'s reason behind this was because the Axis powers were taking more risks.

German and Italian Fascism 1930

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 00:53:58 UTC

This was a political belief that involved having strict obedience to the ruler. Hilter and Mussolini demanded that all citizens had total obedience. Because of the belief in nationalism and militarism Italy and Germany aggressively expanded their boarders.

Invasion of Poland 1939

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 00:57:31 UTC

Also know as September Campaign, started September 1st and ended on October 6th.

Expansionism 1930

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 00:59:06 UTC

Also know as Imperialism, is when a country would expand their territory to gain a more political, economic, and social life. This caused WW2 because when countries went to expand it cause countries to be in conflict with one another.

Pearl Harbor 1941

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 01:10:20 UTC

On December 7th, the Japanese did a surprise attack on Honolulu on the Hawaiian islands. Their reason behind this was because the U.S. stopped the shipment of oil and metal to them.

Holocaust 1933

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 19:58:43 UTC

This was Hilter's genocide against the Jews. A total of around 6 million jews were killed during this time, 1.1 million of them being children.

V-E Day 1945

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 19:58:58 UTC

Also known as Victory European Day, was the day the Germany finally surrendered.

Bombing of Hiroshima 1945

brooke_stevens1 — 2015-12-04 19:59:04 UTC

On August 6th, the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima wanting to end the war in the pacific. An estimate of 129,000 people were killed in this bombing.