WWII

Ayushi, Rhiannon, and Sadie 1939~1945


 * We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender. **
 * ~Winston Churchill **

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__**OVERVIEW:**__ WWII was was the beginnings of the ideas of Hitler. He believed that his race was superior and all others needed to be wiped out. At the End of World War I the treaty of Versailles gave Germany limited power. Hitler aligned himself with Benito Mussolini. There was a new alliance between Italy and France called the Rome-Berlin Axis. Hitler wanted the destruction Czechoslovakia and he demanded that Germany be given the Sudetenland. Over time Germany's power grew all over the European countries. Japan became involved in the war when world wide protest against them lead them to leave the League of Nations. Japan had strengthened it's hold on Manchuria which was renamed Manchukuo and Japan began to expand into North China for take over. In Europe the war spread violently to England which caused the Battle of Britain. Britain fought back with determination against Hitler. they even had an effective radar system that gave them early warnings against German attacks. At the end of September Hitler gave up on the invasion of Britain indefinitely. In the beginning of 1943 the tables turned against Germany, Italy and Japan. During Hitlers reign the Holocaust took effect. Many people where sent to concentration camp and worked to death or where murdered by Nazi soldiers. Jewish people where one of the main race of people taken but others as well men, women, and children of all ages where taken. The war was ended in 1945.

__**TEN IMPORTANT PEOPLE:**__
 * 1) Adolf Hitler- This man was solely responsible for World War Two. He was the leader of Germany who aspired to build an empire, so he used Jews as a scapegoat to create a common enemy to work against.
 * 2) Winston Churchill- This was the prime minister of England after Neville Chamberlain. He was in control from the Blitz until the end of the war.
 * 3) Joseph Stalin- This was the ruler of the Soviets who was recruited to the Allies' side to put pressure on the Germans. This made so the Germans were fighting a two front war.
 * 4) Harry Truman- This president of the United States was the one who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Japan. He was the vice president before FDR died.
 * 5) Tojo- This was the Japanese War Minister who was executed in the Tokyo Trials after Japan surrendered on September 2, 1945.
 * 6) Hirohito- This was the last emperor believed to be divine by the Japanese people. He renounced his claim of divinity after the Tokyo Trials and became a constitutional monarch.
 * 7) FDR- This man was president when World War Two started. He started the Manhattan Project as well as supplying the Allies with ammunition and weapons.
 * 8) Edouard Daladier- This was the French Premier that had a policy of appeasement toward Hitler. Because of this, Hitler grew stronger than he would've had he not been given what he wanted.
 * 9) Neville Chamberlain- This was one of the leaders at the Munich Conference. After Hitler's appeasement with Sudetenland, Chamberlain proclaimed that there was "Peace for Our Time".
 * 10) Robert Oppenheimer- This was the head physicist on the Manhattan Project. He used the famous quote, "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds," after the first trial of the atomic bomb.

__**TEN IMPORTANT TERMS:**__
 * 1) Phony War- This was what newspapers called the period of waiting after the Allies declared war before they actually started fighting the Axis Powers.
 * 2) Genocide- This was the complete extermination of a group of people. It was Hitler's goal to do this to the Jews in a plan he called the Final Solution.
 * 3) Manhattan Project- This was the project created by the USA to develop the atomic bombs used on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. A town created because of this project consumed one tenth of all electricity used by the USA in a year.
 * 4) Holocaust- This was the mass destruction of Jewish people because of Hitler's regime. He created concentration camps and death squads to carry this out.
 * 5) Kamikaze- This was the policy of Japanese pilots to fly their planes into their target instead of taking them out with bombs or bullets.
 * 6) Sudetenland- This was the part of Czechoslovakia that had mostly German nationality people in it. It was given to Hitler after he promised it was the last part of Europe he wanted.
 * 7) Anschluss- This was the treaty that Germany made with Austria that directly violated the Treaty of Versailles. It united Germany and Austria.
 * 8) Incendiary Bombs- These were bombs that were designed to cause huge fires in order to create more chaos in the bombed area and to increase the area influenced.
 * 9) Appeasement- This was the policy used by the Allies when Germany became aggressive and demanded something; they would give in to part of the demands to have peace.
 * 10) Demilitarized- This was the term used when an area was not permitted to have weapons or fortifications that could be used militarily. The Rhineland was one of these areas.

__**TEN IMPORTANT LINKS:**__
 * 1) If you want more information about [|the Manhattan Project], this website contains information about the development of the atomic bombs that led to the end of the second World War.
 * 2) If you want more information about [|the Holocaust], this website contains a concise overview of the reasons for, carrying out of, and results of the Holocaust.
 * 3) If you want more information about [|major events of WWII], this website contains a list and overview of major battles and victories in World War II.
 * 4) If you want more information about [|weapons of WWII], this website contains a comprehensive list of the weapons used in World War II, sorted by name, country of origin, and type of weapon or vehicle.
 * 5) If you want more information about [|major people of WWII], this website contains a short list of the most important people of World War II and links to various information about them.
 * 6) If you want more information about [|the Munich Conference], this website contains the background leading up to the Munich Conference and the eventual signing of the Munich Agreement.
 * 7) If you want more information about [|Winston Churchill], this website contains a summary of his life from childhood to eventful career to eventual death.
 * 8) If you want more information about [|Adolf Hitler], this website contains information about Hitler's home life and early career as well as his attempted takeover of Europe.
 * 9) If you want more information about [|Kamikaze fighting], this website contains information about this Japanese strategy including potential kamikaze fighters' points of view on the order.
 * 10) If you want more information about [|peace treaties of WWII], this website contains information about the various peace treaties made after World War II.

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