1+World+War+II

Back  Causes: -World War Two began in September 1939 -Britain and France declared war on Germany -Germany's invasion of Poland. -Woodrow Wilson wanted a treaty based on his 14-point plan which he believed would bring peace to Europe. -Georges Clemenceau wanted revenge. He wanted to be sure that Germany could never start another war again. -Lloyd George personally agreed with Wilson but knew that the British public agreed with Clemenceau. He tried to find a compromise between Wilson and Clemenceau -One of the top causes- Adolf Hitler.

Major Players: Germany, Italy, Janpan, Britian, France, United States.

Major Events:

Treaty of Versailles Terms of Treaty: War Guilt Clause- Germany has a accept responsibility for the war.Reparations- Germany has to pay millions of dollars in debt towards war damages.Disarmament- No tanks, submarines, no air force is allowed, only allowed 6 naval ships, and Germany has to down size their army.Territorial Clause- Land is taken from Germany and given to other countries.

January 30,1933 Adolf Hitler is elected as Chancellor of Germany

March 12, 1933- the First concentration camp opened at Oranienburg outside of Berlin

July 14, 1933 Nazi party was declared only party in Germany.

Aug. 2, 1934 German President Hindenburg dies.

In 1935 Germany and Italy form an alliance.

March 1, 1939 Hitler takes Czechoslovakia. The British and French just let him have it because of the Policy of Appeasement. August of 1939 Russia and German sign the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact. This Pact stated that they would not fight each other and they will divide Poland between them.

September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland.

After Germany attacked Poland, they also crushed six other countries in three months; Denmark, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and France. Germany had an alliance with Italy and the Japanese which is considered the Axis.

September 3, 1939 the war began when Britain and France declared war on Germany.

On December 7,1941 183 Japanese warplanes came from the sky and demolished the US Pacific fleet docked at Pearl Harbor,Hawaii. This issue got the United States into World War II. 3,500 Americans were killed or wounded in 2 waves lasting 2 hours long. 350 aircraft were destroyed or damaged and 8 battleships of the U.S. Pacific Fleet were sunk or were badly damaged.

June 4,1942 Battle of Midway, this battle proved to be one of the decisive victories in history and was a turning point of the Pacific Campaign. Midway is an island that is in the Pacific and and island the United States used to weaken the Japanese. The end of this war made the United States more into a offensive war for the United States and the Japanese taking a more defense way. This is an example of the united states using island hopping.

April of 1942-After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued and Executive Order 9066. The order set into motion was the evacuation and mass incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese ancesrty living on the West Coast, who were mostly u.s citizens or legal permanent resident aliens. Half of the Japanese Americans were incarcerated for up to 4 years were children. The people and children were forced to leave their home and jobs and separated from family and put in other camps. The camps caused some people to die.

D-Day; June 6, 1944, 160,000 allied troops landed along the French coastline to fight the Nazi German on the beaches of Normandy, France. More than 5,00 ships and 13,000 aircrafts supported the D-Day invasion. More than 9,000 allied soldiers were killed or wounded, but more than 100,000 soldiers started to march across Europe to defeat the Germans. The United states helping the French and the British. July 20, 1944- An assassination attempt was made on Hitler but failed liked so many other attempts that followed.

April 30, 1945- Hitler commits suicide and German forces start to crumble.

August 6, 1945- The city of Hiroshima,Japan was destroyed by an atomic bomb. 140,000 people had died as a direct result of the bombing, but then another 60,000 would die a good 5 years later.

August 9, 1945- A second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. 70,000 people lost their live in he second bomb and then 5 years later 140,000 more lives would be gone.

August 14, 1945- The Japanese officially surrender to the United States.

Outcome:
 * Germany was divided into 4 parts. The 4 parts were controlled by the United States, France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
 * Japan is destroyed because of the atomic bombs and the United States puts Japan under Military rule.
 * October of 1945 the United Nations was formed, this was different then the League of Nations because the United Nations had the support and leadership of the United States.

Timelines: Andrew: http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/World-War-II-11aguinan Maura: http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/World-War-II-11mwilkerson Megan: http://www.xtimeline.com/timeline/World-War-II-11mbratton

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