- Fact 2 - History - Causes of World
War 2:
- History - Causes of World War 2:The
Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was created in 1919 to ensure peace in
Europe following WW1. The treaty stipulated that land was taken
away from Germany, That Germany would pay for damages caused by
the war and that Germany could only have a small army with no
air force, submarines or tanks
- German people suffered due to the
harsh economic penalties and voted for Hitler to take over the
government. Adolf Hitler had vowed to tear up the Treaty of
Versailles
- History - Causes of World War 2:
Polices of Adolf Hitler
Hitler reversed the clauses in the Treaty of Versailles, started
to expand German territories invading Austria and
Czechoslovakia, built up the German armed forces and military
weapons
- History - Causes of World War 2:
German treaties
Germany made treaties with Italy and Japan (Italy had invaded
Abyssinia and Japan had invaded Manchuria in China)
- History - Causes of World War 2:
Failure of Appeasement and the Munich Agreement
Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of Britain. believed that
the policy of appeasement would result in 'Peace in our time.'
Hitler broke the terms of the Munich agreement
- History - Causes of World War 2:
Failure of the League of Nations
Failure of the League of Nations to intervene and prevent war
- Fact 3 - WW2 started September 1,
1939 and ended September 2, 1945
- Fact 4 - World War 2 covered
territories of Europe, Pacific, Atlantic, South-East Asia,
China, Middle East, Mediterranean and Africa
- Fact 5 - Major Leaders of the
Allies were Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston
Churchill
- Fact 6 - Major Leaders of the Axis
were Adolf Hitler, Emperor Hirohito and Benito Mussolini
- Fact 7 - Nearly 62 million people
died during and leading up to the conflict
- World War 2 Events Fact 8 - On 1
September 1939 Germany invaded Poland and Britain and France
declared war on Germany
- World War 2 Events World War 2
Events Fact 9 - The Phoney War: The Phoney War was period of
limited military activity in Europe following the German
invasion of Poland in September 1939 and preceding the Battle of
France in May 1940
- World War 2 Events Fact 10 -
Blitzkrieg: Blitzkrieg was the name given to the fast, violent
and intensive military offensive including bombing via aerial
attacks
- World War 2 Events Fact 11 - The
Blitz: The Blitz was the name given to the intensive bombing of
Britain by Nazi Germany between 7 September 1940 and 10 May 1941
which commenced when London was bombed for 57 consecutive nights
- World War 2 Events Fact 12 -
Dunkirk: Following the fall of France the survivors of the
British Expeditionary Force and other allied forces were
evacuated from Dunkirk in Operation Dynamo
- World War 2 Events Fact 13 - Battle
of Britain: The Battle of Britain was the air campaign waged by
the German Air Force called the Luftwaffe against Great Britain
(RAF - Royal Air Force) during the summer and autumn of 1940
- World War 2 Events Fact 14 - The
Eastern Front: On June 22, 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet
Union as part of Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of Russia
- World War 2 Events Fact 15 - Pearl
Harbor: In 1941 Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, and the US entered
the war
- World War 2 Events Fact 16 - Allies
take Tobruk in North Africa
- World War 2 Events Fact 17 - Tobruk:
Allies take Tobruk in North Africa in 1941
- World War 2 Events Fact 18 -
Stalingrad and El Alamein: In 1942 setbacks for Germany at
Stalingrad and El Alamein
- World War 2 Events Fact 19 -
Singapore: 25,000 prisoners when Singapore falls to Japan in
1942
- World War 2 Events Fact 20 - Battle
of Midway: June 1942 marks a US victory in the Battle of Midway
when American planes defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to
invade the Midway Islands
- World War 2 Events Fact 21 -
Auschwitz:
The Holocaust:
The holocaust had already begun but in 1942 the concentration
camp at Auschwitz started the systematic murder of Jews. An
estimated 2,000,000 persons, including 1,500,000 Jews were
murdered at Auschwitz
- World War 2 Events Fact 22 -
Stalingrad: Germany surrenders at Stalingrad in 1943, a major
defeat for the Germans
- World War 2 Events Fact 23 - North
Africa: The allies win victory in North Africa in 1943 and the
invasion of Italy begins
- World War 2 Events Fact 24 - Burma:
The allied forces of Britain and India fight the Japanese in
Burma in 1943
- World War 2 Events Fact 25 - Anzio:
Allies land at Anzio in Italy, called Operation Shingle,
- World War 2 Events Fact 26 - Italy
surrenders in 1943
- World War 2 Events Fact 27 - D Day:
June 6, 1944, known as D Day, marks the date when the Allies
invaded France and Paris is subsequently liberated
- World War 2 Events Fact 28 - Iwo
Jima: Iwo Jima is bombed and Guam is liberated by the US Okinawa
- World War 2 Events Fact 29 - The
Western Front: June 6, 1944, US and British forces returned to
France launching launched Operation Market-Garden and the Battle
of the Bulge
- World War 2 Events Fact 30 - Death
of Hitler and Germany surrenders: The Russian army liberates
Auschwitz and reaches Berlin. Adolf Hitler commits suicide on 30
April 1945. Germany surrenders on May 7
- World War 2 Events Fact 31 -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima (6
August - US B29 Super fortress bomber, called the 'Enola Gay')
and Nagasaki (9 August - US Superfortress 'Bockscar' bomb was
called Fat Man) and Japan surrenders on 14 August 1944
- Fact 32 - World War 2 ended
September 2, 1945
- Fact 33 - The Allies dropped 3.4
million tons of bombs, averaging of about 27,700 tons of bombs
each month.
- Fact 34 - 84 German Generals were
executed by Hitler
- Fact 35 - Over 100,000 Allied
bomber crewmen were killed over Europe
- Fact 36 - The number of U.S.
soldiers who served in World War II were 16,112,566 and the
number wounded were 671,846
- Fact 37 - World War 2 is also
referred to as the Second World War and abbreviated as WW2
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