World War II

Maginot Line

Jul 29, 1929

The Maginot Line was built along its border with Germany in the 1930s. In today’s dollars, we would see this as expensive. The Maginot Line was designed to withstand heavy artillery fire, poison gas, and anything else that the Germans could not throw against. Which is to protect the border of France. The Maginot Line had an impact on World War II because it caused the most forms of attacks. The Germans were able to get over the French Army which they had been sent northward to go fight them.

Rape of Nanking

Dec 13, 1937

Rape of Nanking was a massacre that butchered an estimated count of 150,000 male prisoners. The massacre had an additional 50,000 male civilians and they had raped at least over 20,000 girls and women of all ages, but many of them were either mutilated or killed in the process. The impact of the Rape of Nanking was that it made those people an impact to the world.

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

The German political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938. It was Mooted in 1919 by Austria, Anschluss with Germany and remained a hope during 1919-1933, After Hitler's rise to power made it less attractive. It had an impact because it Influenced the Socialist government and it gave Filters the desire to create a Greater German Reich that was to include all the ethnic Germans and their territories.

Munich Conference

Sep 30, 1938

The Munich Conference was a conference that consisted of Britain, France, and Italy that agreed to allow Germany to annex certain areas of Czechoslovakia. World War II had an impact because the agreement that was signed caused Germany to change in the war.

Invasion of Poland

Sep 17, 1939

Nazi Germany possessed an overwhelming military superiority over Poland. It demonstrated Poland's ability to combine airpower and armor in the new kind of mobility warfare. The invasion of Poland impacted the war because it was a great power in its own centuries and made a pull out of Poland for Hitler.

Women in the War

1940

The year of the women in World War II started in the 1940s. Over 350,000 women served in the U.S Armed forces In World War II. The percentage of the workforce increased from 27% to 37%. The working conditions made the mothers faced with the burden of balancing childcare and work. They were paid less and did a lot of work. The impact of these women on World War II is that they helped out the men and were a prospect of it.

Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

The Battle of Britain was between Britain's Royal Air force and the Luftwaffe. From the start of it, the German air forces fought through it. The impact on the War from this is that it was a successful defense of Great Britain against the unremitting and destructive air raiders that were conducted by the German force after the fall of France.

Battle of Stailingrad

1941

The battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign between the Russian forces and those of Nazi Germany. It was one of the most decisive battles on the Eastern Front in World War II. The Soviet Union inflicted a defeat on the German Army in and around the city of Volga River. They turned the tide of war in favor of the allies. The impact that Stailgrad had on World World II is that it Put Hitler and the Axis powers on the defensive.

Operation Barbarossa

Jun 22, 1941

This is when Germany had launched its invasion of the Soviet Union During World War II over Operation Barbarossa. It was Originally named Operation Fritz during the war. There was failure of the German troops to defeat the Soviet forces in the campaign signaled a crucial turning point in the war. The impact of the Barbossa and the war in that it played a role in the Nazi and killed many units and invaded troops.

Pear Harbor

Dec 7, 1941

Pearl Harbor was a naval base in Hawaii, by the Japanese that precipitated the entry of the United States Into World War II. Pearl Harbor impacted World War II because in the event it had caused many people to be killed and be wounded. In addition to those impacts, more than 2400 people died and some were even civilians. As stated in the article the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor crippled or destroyed about 20 American ships and more than 300 airplanes.