Blog Discussion Day:
Saints and Soldiers is about a group of Americans trying to get out of German territory. They find a British pilot and need to get him to American lines.
Pearl Harbor is about the bombing of Pearl Harbor along with the love triangle between Rafe, Danny, and Evelyn.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is about a young boy that befriends a Jewish boy in a concentration camp.
Hart's War is about a trial held in a POW camp in Germany.
The Thin Red Line is about soldiers trying to secure a hill from the Japanese so the Japanese can't take Australia.
Windtalkers is about a soldier assigned to protect a Navajo code talker.
Valkyrie is about a conspiracy to kill Hitler.
The Diary of Anne Frank is about a young Jewish girl living through the Holocaust.
Then Mr. Bruns continued his powerpoint.
- China was to Japan as the Soviet Union was to Germany: China and Soviet Union both had resources, Japan and Germany both bit off more than they could chew.
Rape of Nanking 1937
- Many civilians killed by Japanese in China, many women and children raped
Quarantine Speech 1937
- By FDR
- Germnay, Japan, and Italy need to be isolated
Appeasement Policy
- A diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor
- GB and France used this throughout 1930's
- Gave Japan, Italy, and Germany confidence
Panay Incident 1937
- First incident between Japan and USA
- Japan sinks USA ship thinking it was Chinese
Anschluss with Austria 1938
- "Union" between Germany and Italy
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