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nazis invade poland
Cause and Effect
SInce Poland and Britain were allies, germany angered britain when they did this. Britain even warned them to not invade -
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WW2
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
Historical Significance
this marked te begining of WW2 -
nazis invade France; Churchill becomes prime minister of Britain
Histoircal perspective
this was a big victory for the nazis becase france was a large part of the Allies. it looked as though the Axis was winning the war -
germany attacks Soviets as Operation Barbarossa
Historical Significance
this was the largest military operation in history with over 3 million soldiers involved
TURNING POINT
the germans had a great allie in the Soviets, but they made a huge mistake by attacking them and essentially giving them to the Allies -
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
Cause and Effect
This led to the US and Britain to join the war
TURNING POINT
this is a turning point becasue the allies now have a strong and fresh USA to help in the war effort -
USA and Britain declare war on Japan
Cause and effect
becasue of the attack on Pearl Harbor, USA joined the war the very next day and was a big help to the Allies -
Britain learns about mass executions of Jews by nazis
Ethical Dimension
Britain knew it wasnt right what the nazis were doing and they guarenteed that the nazis will be commited for war crimes -
mussolini arrested and fascist government falls
Casue and Effect
since mussolini wasnt in power anymore, Italy declared war on Germany, delivering a crushing blow to the germans who just lost their #1 allie -
Germans rescue Mussolini
Historical Perspective
I think Italy should have killed mussolini and not have let him escape and help hitler in his war efforts -
D-Day
Historical Significance
this was the largest seaborne invasion in history with over 4000 allied deaths
TURNING POINT
This ws the battle that eventually led to the liberation of france and eventually germanys downfall -
Liberation of Paris
Cause and effect
after D-Day, the Allies eventually reclaimed paris while Axis suffered a huge blow with the loss of paris -
Soviet troops liberate Auschwitz
Ethical Dimension
The largest concentration camp was liberated and this was a huge part in endeing the holocaust -
mussolini captured and hanged
Cause and Effect
when hitler heard about the brutal way mussolini was killed, he took matters into his own hands and killed himself in a less painful way -
hitler kills himself
Historical perspective
since the leader of the Axis was killed, everbody knows that the war is over and be only a matter of time for the germans to surrender -
V-E Day
Historical Significance
A large area of the war was finished fighting and was the ending of the war in europe -
atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan
Ethical dimension
people still have the debate of weather it was ethical of the US to nuke and kill hundreds of thousands of japanese -
2nd attomic bomb dropped, on Nagasaki, Japan
Ethical Dimension
after dropping the 1st bomb, the Soviets declared war on Japan and when they didnt surrender, the US dropped another nuke, killin more innocent people -
V-J Day
Historical Significance
Japan surrendered and this was the last day of fighting and was the end of WW2