WWII

World War II

GERMAN AGGRESSION BEGINS

*Grabbing Some Lebensraum?*
Everyone, the countries around the world, were technically all just bystanders. They just watched Hitler grow in power, conquer more land, and mistreat people. No one took action until things got worse for their own nation. In my opinion, they were being rather selfish. They basically tried to avoid being part of whatever Hitler was doing even if it meant saving thousands of lives!!!!!

Task:

 * 1) Go to the link provided to learn more/rediscover major events of World War II in Europe and North Africa. WWII Interactive site
 * 2) Completed DJ : [[file:WWII.docx]]

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===**In Your Own Words** - In a paragraph, describe the situation in the Sudetenland. How was the problem resolved and what were the ramifications of this "resolution" What was meant by **appeasement**? [|More on appeasement]===

The Sudetenland was a country which caused big debates and controversies. Basically, Hitler was power hungry and believed that since he already conquered Austria, he could keep going! Therefore, Czechoslovakia, which has a largely German speaking population, became his target. The people of Czech didn't like this idea of Hitler taking over therefore they looked to France and Britain (Europe) for help. Europe didn't truly want to get involved and start a war, therefore an appeasement was created to help avoid war and anymore disputes. But all the people of Czech knew that no appeasement could stop Hitler.



Chronological dates of German aggression.
Hitler started in Germany and branched out all throughout Europe. Expanding to France, Italy, Greece, Western Soviet Union and Norway. Starting on:
 * //March 1938//: Austria Annexing
 * //1939//: Taken by Treaty, Italy
 * //August 1939//: Soviet Union non-aggression pact
 * //September 1, 1939:// Poland
 * //1939:// Axis from Germany to Poland
 * //April 1940//: Denmark and Norway
 * //May 1940//: France
 * //October 1940:// Great Britain
 * //1941//:from Poland to East Prussia > Lithuania > Lativia > Estonia > Western Soviet Union
 * //1941//: Axis advance from Autria to Yugoslavia
 * //1941//: Yugoslavia to Greece

Add to your I See/It Means - What did the Soviets have to gain from their agreement with Hitler?

 * I see || It means ||
 * * Germany is trying to invade Poland
 * The Soviet Union is also trying to invade Poland || * Thanks to the appeasement, the Soviet Union gains some territory of Eastern Poland as of September 17, 1939
 * Germany gains some territory by invading Poland ||
 * Summary: ||
 * Even though the Soviet Union can benefit from this, there is nothing holding Germany back from expanding all the way to Poland AND even taking over Soviet Union. As a matter of fact, Hitler does take over Western Soviet Union. This goes to show that Hitler is getting stronger and stronger with each expansion. ||



**Western Europe - Axis Aggression- Discussion to follow**

Germany, more specifically Hitler, keeps expanding North, South, East and West! Here we can see that He plans to take over France, which he successfully does.



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 * The War in the Pacific**
 * Asia**

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Grave of the Fireflies
This movie's animation is one of my favorites--along with Howl's Moving Castle, the Cat Returns, Spirited Away, and so on. As I watched the movie, I felt as though we (as in the people of America), were such terrible, horrible people. We bombed Japan and killed thousands of innocent people. I thought, yes, the Japanese military had done us wrong. But there were normal people who were not involved in the war between the US and Japan. It pained me to watch the burning bodies, and the separations of families. Kids were losing their mothers, their homes, their lives. It made such an impact on me. Though I did believe that the overall emotions of the characters were rather, empty. I had not seen anyone cry when their houses and families were burnt. I thought it was too unrealistic how the little boy somehow managed to always have what he needed handy in his pocket. These are trivial things though. The main point is that the war was insane. If the directors goal was to depict how the war was for the citizen's of Japan, he showed it well. (B+)