Today was presentation but first we talked about a timeline leading into WWII.
1918: WWI Ended
1919: Treaty of Versailles
1920's: Peace
1930: Great Depression Starts
1931: Japan Invades Manchuria
1933: Hitler Comes to Power In Germany
1937: Japan Invades China
1939: WWII Starts
1st Presentation
Japan Invades China: Japan invades China with help of Germany, Soviet Union, and the United States.
Germany Invades Poland: Germany invades Poland and enslaves the people and puts them in concentration camps, marking the start of WWII in Europe.
Pearl Harbor: Japan attacked a U.S. naval base on the Hawaiian coast. The next day the U.S. entered the war.
U.S. Declares War on Japan: The day after Pearl Harbor the U.S. declares war on Japan.
Germany Declares War on the U.S.: 3 days after the U.S. declares war on Japan Germany declares war on the U.S.
Life on the Homefront: When men turned 18 they had to sign up for the draft, so when the U.S. entered WWII women had to take over the men's jobs while they were fighting overseas.
D-Day: The U.S. stormed Normandy in an attack on the axis powers.
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