https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1 en-us 2023-01-30 18:13:54 UTC 2023-02-02 17:09:08 UTC hello@padlet.com mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2461875936 Prime Minister of Britain]]> 2023-01-30 18:17:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2461875936 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2461879889 2023-01-30 18:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2461879889 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2461883556 Winston Churchill rallied the British people and led the country from the brink of defeat to victory

He shaped Allied strategy in the war, and in the war’s later stages he alerted the West to the expansionist threat of the Soviet Union. ]]> 2023-01-30 18:22:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2461883556 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2461894403 Following Neville Chamberlain’s resignation in 1940, Churchill was chosen to succeed him as Prime Minister of an all-party coalition government.


]]> 2023-01-30 18:28:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2461894403 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463101576 2023-01-31 14:42:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463101576 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463104175 President of the United States of America]]> 2023-01-31 14:43:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463104175 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463110140 Through a series of savvy political maneuvers, FDR was able to work around the isolationists in Congress and find ways for America to contribute to the war effort long before December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor forced the United States off the sidelines and officially into the war.]]> 2023-01-31 14:46:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463110140 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463110902 Roosevelt built a powerful wartime coalition with Britain and the Soviet Union, and led the nation to victory against Nazi Germany. 

His wartime efforts prepared the path for his successor, Harry Truman, to win the war against Japan four months after his death.]]> 2023-01-31 14:47:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463110902 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463135279 2023-01-31 15:00:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463135279 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463141272 2023-01-31 15:03:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463141272 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463143877 Leader of Communist Russia during WW2]]> 2023-01-31 15:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463143877 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463413244 In August 1939, after first attempting to form an anti-Hitler alliance with the Western powers, he concluded a pact with Hitler, which encouraged the German dictator to attack Poland and begin World War II.

]]> 2023-01-31 17:40:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463413244 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463417301 As war leader, Stalin maintained close personal control over the Soviet battlefronts, military reserves, and war economy. 

At first over-inclined to intervene with inept telephoned instructions, as Hitler did, the Soviet generalissimo gradually learned to delegate military decisions.]]> 2023-01-31 17:42:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463417301 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463423663 2023-01-31 17:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463423663 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463426487 2023-01-31 17:48:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463426487 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463427896 Fascist Dictator of Italy]]> 2023-01-31 17:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463427896 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463433299 Italy's King, Victor Emmanuel III, refused to declare a state of emergency and impose martial law. Instead he dissolved the government and asked Mussolini to form a new one. Mussolini became both prime minister and interior minister, the latter post, critically, giving him control over the police.]]> 2023-01-31 17:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463433299 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463435084 Mussolini, fearful of being handed over, was instead rescued by Hitler's forces. 

Transported to German-occupied northern Italy, he was installed as Hitler's puppet leader, creating the Italian Social Republic and leading to the extermination of thousands of Italian Jews.]]> 2023-01-31 17:54:05 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463435084 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463440146 2023-01-31 17:57:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463440146 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463442749 2023-01-31 17:58:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463442749 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463447381 2023-01-31 18:01:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463447381 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463499515 Leader of Nazi Germany during WW2]]> 2023-01-31 18:33:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463499515 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463504671 -Hitler's rise to power was completed in August 1934 when President Paul von Hindenburg died. Hitler merged the Chancellorship with the Presidency and became the Führer of Germany.
-Widespread economic misery, fear, and perception of worse times to come, as well as anger and impatience with the apparent failure of the government to manage the crisis, offered fertile ground for the rise of Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party.]]> 2023-01-31 18:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463504671 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463506881 He expanded the army tremendously, reintroduced conscription, and began developing a new air force—all violations of the Treaty of Versailles. 

Hitler's military spending and ambitious public-works programs, including building a German autobahn, helped restore prosperity.]]> 2023-01-31 18:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463506881 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463511109 2023-01-31 18:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463511109 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463513693 2023-01-31 18:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2463513693 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466447103 General of the Japanese military, later becomes Prime Minister of Japan during WW2.]]> 2023-02-02 16:52:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466447103 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466448885 He vocally supported Japanese expansion and a pre-emptive attack on the US and European colonial powers

As prime minister, he oversaw Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 - the event which brought the US into WW2 - and his country's conquests in South East Asia and the Pacific]]> 2023-02-02 16:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466448885 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466449453 In March 1937, he was promoted to chief of staff of the Kwantung Army whereby he led military operations against the Chinese in Inner Mongolia and the Chahar-Suiyan provinces. By July 1940, he was appointed minister of war to the Japanese government led by Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe.]]> 2023-02-02 16:54:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466449453 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466453864 2023-02-02 16:57:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466453864 mcbrk32 https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466456975 2023-02-02 16:59:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mcbrk32/y972znmsgm3cv9x1/wish/2466456975