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Nazis take the Sudetenland
Hitler threatens to take the Sudetenland by force. The Czechoslovakian government didn’t let Hitler take the Sudetenland , but they went Britain and France for help. No one in government wanted to start war, the government were willing to compromise with Hitler. Czechoslovakian leaders were not included in the talks, Hitler kept his plan out of the question while trying to get control for government. Britain and France knew about Czechoslovakian, but decided to not talk about it to the governmen -
Ribbentrop/Molotov Pact
The Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact was also known as the German-Soviet Pact. It was signed and agreed by two foreign ministers who both signed to two parts and agreements, the economic agreement and a ten year negotiation agreement. The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, with the agreements that they signed. I chose this picture because it shows the two foreign ministers standing with the person in charge of The German- Soviet Pact, in this picture they were signi -
Germany’s invasion of Poland
In the mid and late 1930s, France and Britain joined forces and followed a foreign policy of appeasement. One of Hitler’s purposes was to sign a nonaggression pact with Poland in January 1934. France and Britain wanted to have peace with themselves too. The purpose of this policy was to maintain peace in Europe. Everyone was tired of war and wanted it to end, the only way it could end was to make peace with one another. I chose this picture because it shows France and Britain combining as one an -
German Blitzkrieg
During World War II, on June 21, 1940. The French president, Marshall Philippe Pétain, sued for peace with Adolf Hitler's Third Reich, it was his rise of power and what Hitler had control over. Hitler had too much power over everything he was doing. It was the second year of World War II, Marshall Philippe decided it was time to try and end something now before it got too out of hand. The German army took control and accomplished more that they did then instead of what went on during World War I -
Battle of Britain
During the Spring of 1940, Hitler and his army gave it all they had as an army. They traveled the borders and went towards France. France surrender from the battle and Britain stood alone against German’s and their army. The battle got so bad and their were an enormous amount of soldiers standing by themselves as their armies left and fell apart. Winston Churchill declared: "Never before in human history was so much owed by so many to so few." Winston Churchill meant that many individuals had th -
Nazi Invasion of the Soviet Union (1941)
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Pearl Harbor
The start of war between Japan and the United States began in the 1930s when the way the United States and Japan looked at China in a different way. China drove the two nations apart. Catching the United States military by surprise, the Japanese bombed the naval base located at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Japanese forces, led by Vice-Admiral Nagumo, were able to sneak up within 450 kilometers North of Pearl Harbor unnoticed using signal deception and strict radio silence. Japanese had Unit -
Wannsee Conference
The Wannsee Conference was held on 20 January 1942. It took place in a Villa owned by the SS-Lieutenant. During the years that lead up to World War II, the phrase "Final Solution of the Jewish Problem" had been used in ominous meanings in the Nazi vocabulary. The German’s have had a plan to lead up to the Nazi’s. they had to work their way around it and get up to their plan of taking over the Jewish people. I chose this picture because it shows where the Conference was taken place. It also, show -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrand was where it all went wrong. The World War II was a war that gave a lot of purpose but The Battle of Stalingrand was the turning point of it all. The battle was fought during the Winter of 1942 until 1943. The tasks that the Germans had for the battle was to protect the oil fields. I chose this picture because it shows the fear that the soldiers had while fighting at battle. It also, shows what they went through to get the name that they wanted to get. -
Allied Invasion of Africa
The Russians wanted the Allies to begin another front. The Russians were all fighting against Hitler and the Germans because of the plans that he was trying to make happen towards the Jewish. The invasion took place in 1942 until 1943 but were afraid the Soviet would get involved with the Germans and go against the Russians, also. I chose this picture because it shows the armies sticking together as one and being true to one another and meaning the words and plans that they tried to get to. -
Operation Gomorrah
Operation Gomorrah destroyed a significant percentage of the city of Hamburg, leaving over 1 million residents homeless and killing 40,000-50,000 civilians. In the immediate wake of the raids, over two-thirds of Hamburg's population left the city. The attacks shook the Nazi leadership, leading Hitler to be concerned that similar attacks on other cities could force Germany out of the war. I chose this picture because it shows the destruction the Germans left towards the Nazis. -
D-Day
Twelve Allied nations were units that participated in the invasion, Australia, Canada, Belgium, France, Czechoslovakia, Greece, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.The idea of Normandy was brutal for the Western Allies to bring the war to the western border of Germany. The had goals they wanted to reach. I chose this picture because it shows what a mess it left them for people and their rights. -
Battle of the Bulge
In December 1944, the Allies wanted to sue for peace, Adolf Hitler ordered the only major German counteroffensive of the war in northwest Europe. Its objective was to said the Allied armies by means of a surprise, repeating what the Germans had done three times previously before. In September 1870, August 1914, and May 1940. I chose this picture to show how many brutal fights and battles people fought in for people rights. -
VE Day
VE Day stands for Victory in Europe Day. It was on May 8th, 1945. It was the day that announced the end of the World War II. After fighting against the Germans, people finally reached victory and the holocaust ending. The war with Japan was still going on at this time. I chose this picture because it shows the excitement people had towards VE Day and how happy and safe they finally felt again. -
Liberation of concentration camps
During the latter half of World War Two. The Germans had built six sites containing gas chambers and large crematoria, with the genocidal purpose of annihilating Europe's Jewish population in what they called the 'Final Solution to the Jewish Question'. They estimated six million murdered, Jews in the Holocaust, there was over three million perished in these six camps. I chose this picture because the Jews had nothing to call theirs but the pain that they got.
