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Rape of Nanjing
Japanese General Matsui Iwane wanted to break the Chinese fight. In order to do that he sent the Japanese to destroy Nanking, so the Japanese did. The Japanese set up an organization or cruelty against the civilians, the city was burned. 150,000 men “war prisoners” were killed and 50,000 male civilians. On the other hand, 20,000 women and girls of any age of kind were rapped. In process of the rape, multiple women were killed or seriously damaged. This impacted World War II by killing people. -
Munich Conference
The Munich Conference is when French, Britain, and Italian had agreed on giving Germany Sudentenland if he had not done any more harm. This was an agreement to avoid wars between the European powers. This was a huge impact on World War II because this led to Germany annexing the Sudentenland and him disobeying the appeasement. Which this impact caused more violence, which continued the war instead of stopping it. Also kept Britain and France going to war with Germany -
Germany annexes the Sudetenland
The event Germany annexes the Sudetenland is basically happened because of the Munich Conference. The reason for this is because the Munchin Conference was to decide whether or not Germany should have Sudetenland. Then the three nations had decided on giving Hitler Sudetenland as long as he cause any more wars. This impacted World War II because this started the war. -
Tanks and airplanes
Tanks and airplanes were used during World War II to fight in the war. This impacted the war by making more damage. More damage caused more nations to get mad, which continued the war. Also impacted by making it easier to win against a nation with no advanced technology. -
Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland is when Germany had attacked Poland. The reason why Germany did this is because they wanted to gain back their land back, they lost this land to the East. This impacted World War II by getting Britain and France to declare war on Germany, therefore, Britain and France were allied with Poland. -
Women in War
Women in the war played two different roles. One role was that women worked in the fields to keep agriculture going and providing food for the men in war. The second one was women helped serve wounded in the war and helped serve in armed force. This impacted the war by saying women were a degradation and they were targeted as sexual violence, also impacted the war by providing war effort. -
Battle of Briatin
The battle of Britain was against Germany and Britain. The reason why Germany wanted Britain to forget the Treaty of London was so that the German army could go through Belgium. Germany fought France through Belgium, then Britain asserted war on Germany. This is because their duty was to keep Belgium protected. This is an impact on World War II because if Hitler would have won he would have completed his Operation of Sea Lion and his rise in power. -
Battle of Mascow
The Battle of Moscow happened because Germany wanted to control Moscow. The reason for this is because in order to complete the Barbarossa operation they had to capture Moscow. This was an impact on World War II because it was the first turning point and because it was the only way to get Germany to move to the East. -
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor caused a huge impact on World War II. The reason why this caused an impact is that before Pearl Harbor, the United States was neutral. So when the Japanese military attacked the American base, they were also bringing the United States into the war. This also led to the battle of midway island. -
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway was caused by the United States. This was caused by them because the United States had cracked the Japanese code, so when the Japanese had said they were going to an island. The island was for the Japanese military because they were going to attack the American fleet from it. When the Japanese got there the Americans were already there, so they attacked because they didn’t want them to become more advanced. This impacted the war by ending Japanese violence in the pacific. -
Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad is when Germany fought the Soviet Union. The reason why they did this is that Germany wanted control of Stalingrad. On the other hand, Germany lost this battle and lost a lot. This impacted World War II because this was a turning point in the war, this battle had weakened Germany’s military force. -
Battle of El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein was between Montgomery (allies) and Rommel (axis). Italy and Germany fought against the British, British won this battle. This impacted the war by letting Britsh know that they could defeat Germany. Also, because the allied powers finally showed the axis powers that they could learn how to have an advantage military on the ground. -
D-Day
Another name for D-Day was Codenamed Operation Overlord. This battle was between American, British and Canadian armies that had disembarked on five beaches of a fifty-mile stretch. The reason why this D-Day occurred was to add another western front to Germany's worries. This impacted World War II by helping end World War II.
