World War II

By: Muhammad Ibrahim Beg

Why World War II started

Some Countries involved in World WAR II

What happened In World War II

What happened to the children In World War II

World War II Time Line

World War II Pictures

Things that were used in World War II

Glossary

World War II began on September 1st 1939, in response to the German invasion of Poland, with the aid of Russia. In response, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

France, Britain, Russia, USA, India, Canada, Australia, Germany, China, Japan, Finland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovakia, Burma, Thailand, Manchukuo, Poland, Greece, Netherlands, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Luxembourg, Norway and Yugoslavia were involved in WWII.

 In World War II Germany threw bombs at Britain and people had to run to a shelter. Poor people had to hid under a shelter in the house or run to a dug out or the Underground. People had to live in a Black out. Cars crashed in the World War II because it was very dark and they couldnt see were they were going.

 Children had to still go to school. They had learnt how to put a gas mask on. Some children were sent to the countryside with a teacher. Every child and parent had to carry their own gas mask.

WORLD WAR II TIME LINE

May: Italy claims victory in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie goes into exile in Britain. Ethiopian guerilla resistance continues until Haile Selassie's return on May 5, 1941, still celebrated in Ethiopia as Liberation Day. During Italy's occupation, massive reprisal killings w ere gradually replaced by a policy of building public w orks and roads, abolishing slavery, abrogating the feudal law s previously upheld by Ethiopia, and favoring and empow ering the non-Christian groups w ho had supported the invasion. Upon the Emperor's return, these groups like the TPLF, having seen empow erment for the first time under Italian occupation, refused to resort to the previous subservience to the Amhara and the Emperor. July: Japan declares w ar on China. (Second Sino-Japanese War).

Septem ber 18: Japan invades the Manchuria region of China and set up the puppet state of Manchukuo.

April: France, Britain, and Italy form the "Stresa Front" w hich says they w ill defend Austrian independence, and w ill not allow Germany to change the Treaty of Versailles. March: Germany declares military buildup.

Novem ber: Battle at El Alamein Allies victorious

June 6: Allies invaded Normandy Battle of Normandy, code named Operation Overlord or DDay. It w as an allied victory.

In the spring of 1945, the Soviet Red Army captured Berlin.

June: Battle of Midw ay American Victory

Battle of the Bulge an Allied victory.

The day that Germany officaly surrendered (gave up), May 8, 1945

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1932 - 1936: Japan and China fought a series of battles in an

June: Anglo-German Naval Agreement: Britain w ithdraw s from the Baltic, and agrees to a limited German naval buildup. The British naval advantage over Germany is lost by this agreement. Italy regards Britain's act as a violation of the Stresa Front, and in response, Italy begins to plan the invasion of Ethiopia.

October: Italy invades Ethiopia, using 300-500 tons of mustard gas against military, civilians, and Red Cross camps and ambulances.

Novem ber: Italy joins the Anti-Comintern Pact. Novem ber: Germany and Japan form the Anti-Comintern Pact. Germany recognizes Manchukuo. January: Francisco Franco's troops, helped by Italy, take Barcelona.

June: Germany invades the Soviet Union. The Soviets join the Allies

August 6, 1945: American bombers dropped an atomic bomb on the city oHiroshima. Three days later, on August 9, bombers dropped another atomic bomb on the city of Nagasaki. Only 6 days later, on August 15, Japan surrendered to the Allies.

June: The League of Nations condemns Italy's actions, and Italy w ithdraw s from the League of Nations.

Septem ber: Germany invades Poland, starting World War II in Europe (European War).

Decem ber 7: Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, starting World War II in the Pacific (Pacific War).

ABOLISHING SLAVERY ABROGATING ALLIES

Ending slavery once and for all time Cancelling The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War. Within the ranks of the Allied powers, the British Empire, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and the United States of America were known as "The Big Three". The Anti-Comintern Pact was concluded between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan (later to be joined by other countries) on November 25, 1936 and was directed against the Communist International (Comintern) in general, and the Soviet Union in particular. On November 6, 1937, Italy also joined the pact, thereby forming the group that would later be known as the Axis Powers. Assassination is the targeted killing of a high-profile person. The Axis powers, also known as the Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those countries that were opposed to the Allies during World War II.[1] The three major Axis powers, Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Imperial Japan were part of a military alliance on the signing of the Tripartite Pact in September 1940, which officially founded the Axis powers. At their zenith, the Axis powers ruled empires that dominated large parts of Europe, Africa, East and Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean, but World War II ended with their total defeat. The term celestial refers to the sky and/or Heaven. An astronomical object is sometimes referred to as a celestial body or celestial object. the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless society based on common ownership of the means of production and property in general

ANTI-COMINTERN PACT

ASSASSINATION AXIS POWERS

CELESTIAL COMMUNIST

CONDEMN CONFORMING CONVENTIONAL EMPOWERMENT

indicate strong disapproval of something agreeing, in line with, in agreement depending on or conforming to formal or accepted standards or rules rather than nature Empowerment refers to increasing the spiritual, political, social or economic strength of individuals and communities. It often involves the empowered developing confidence in their own capacities.

FASCIST

political ideology and mass movement that is concerned with notions of cultural decline or decadence and which seeks to achieve a millenarian national rebirth by exalting the nation or race, as well as promoting cults of unity, strength and purity.

FEUDAL LAWS / FEUDALISM GUERRILLA WARFARE

he granting of land in return for military service The unconventional warfare and combat with which a small group of combatants use mobile tactics (ambushes, raids, etc.) to combat a larger and less mobile formal army. The guerrilla army uses ambush (draw enemy forces to terrain unsuited to them) and mobility (advantage and surprise) in attacking vulnerable targets in enemy territory.

IDEOLOGY LEAGUE OF NATIONS

An ideology is a set of beliefs, aims and ideas, especially in politics. The League of Nations was an international organization founded as a result of the Treaty of Versailles in 19191920. At its greatest extent from 28 September 1934 to the 23 February 1935, it had 58 members. The League's goals included disarmament, preventing war through collective security, settling disputes between countries through negotiation, diplomacy and improving global quality of life.

OCCUPATION

being occupied; specifically, the seizure and control of a country or area by military forces

REPRISAL
RETALIATION SUBSERVIENCE

the forcible seizure of property or subjects in retaliation for an injury inflicted by another country
revenge the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, one of the events that triggered the start of the war.

TRIPARTITE
UNCONVENTIONAL ZENITH

Tripartite means composed of or split into three parts, or refers to three parties
Not conventional, not conforming to customary, formal, or accepted practices, standards, rules, etc. Zenith is the highest point reached by a celestial body during its apparent orbit around a given point of observation