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| Stages. Write a statement using conjunctions for each of the 6 stages of WWII. (1-5 pts. each) |
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1. The Growth of the Third Reich and Appeasement
1938 |
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Not only did Great Britain and France appease Germany, but they were also going through internal conflicts in their country.
Whether Hitler kept his promises (which he didn’t) his intention was to conquer Europe or be victorious in a world war.
Both Stalin and Mussolini made pacts with Hitler, and they shared similar ideas about economics (except Stalin because he was a communist) and politics. |
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2. Japan Invades China / Pacific Islands
1939 |
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Whether or not the League of Nations put sanction on Japan they had a plan to invade Manchuria, China or start a commotion to gain more land and resources.
Not only did the Japanese occupy Manchuria until the end of WWII, but they had to take China through the Nen River and had to use violent force (bombing civilians). |
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If Hitler had no intention on respecting the second Armistice signed in Compiegne, France and then three days later Germans demolished the Armistice site on Hitler’s orders and the carriage taken to Berlin as a trophy of war, then why did Hitler waste time in putting on a show to sign the armistice.
Germany was already occupying three-fifths of France, whether or not thy signed the Armistice Germany was still power-hungry and was making a fast move toward war with the world. |
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4. Britain and USSR enter, Eastern and Western Fronts
1941, 1942 |
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Both the Western front and the Eastern front were powerful forces and were not to be reckoned with. The Western front was composed of Denmark, Norway, Luxemburg, Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom, France, and Western Germany (later in the war the US entered). One of the biggest tactics of the Western front was the battle at the beach of Normandy, referred to as D-Day.
The Western front was in conflict with the Eastern Front, also referred to as the Axis power. If the Allies were a team then the Axis was composed of Nazi Germany, Romania, Hungary, Italy (until 1943), Bulgaria, and Finland (until 1944). Not only were many of these nations puppet states of Germany and lived under Germany occupation, but also many of these nations dropped out of the Axis powers before the war was even over. The big two powers of the Axis were Germany and the Soviet Union. |
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5. Pearl Harbor attack / Pacific Theatre
1942, 1943, 1944 |
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| The US did not expect the Japanese to bomb Pearl Harbor, neither the invasion of Poland nor the multiple German occupations brought them into the war, but it was the last straw when American soil was under attack. |
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6. Normandy / Fall of Berlin / European Theatre
1944, 1945 |
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D-Day was a huge victory for the allies; on the other hand many allied lives’ were lost. One of the results during the final stage of the war was the Liberation of Paris, which was not only a great relief for the French but also for the world (meaning Hitler’s powers were dwindling).
Germany surrendered less than a year after the attack on Germany
Attacked from in front (water-coasts), and from behind (paratroopers were dropped in at night time). |
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