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=**World War II Time Line:** =
 * 1) November 11, 1918 - World War I ends
 * 2) April 28, 1919 - League of Nations is formed
 * 3) June 28, 1919 - Treaty of Versailles is signed
 * 4) September 8, 1926 - Germany becomes a part of the League of Nations
 * 5) January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler is named Chancellor of Germany
 * 6) October 14, 1933 - Germany leaves the League of Nations
 * 7) July 18, 1936 - Spanish Civil War begins
 * 8) September 30, 1938- Munich Agreement
 * 9) March 28, 1938 - Spanish Civil War ends
 * 10) August 23, 1939 - Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
 * 11) September 1, 1939 - Hitler leads Germany to invade Poland
 * 12) September 3, 1939 - France, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand declare war on Germany
 * 13) December 14, 1939 - Soviet Union is forced to leave the League of Nations
 * 14) June 22, 1940 - France signs an armistice with Nazi Germany
 * 15) July 1, 1940 - Beginning of the Battle of Britain.
 * 16) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">March 11, 1941 - Lend-Lease Act is signed
 * 17) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">June 22, 1941 - Operation Barbarossa begins
 * 18) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">December 7, 1941 - Japan bombs Pearl Harbor
 * 19) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">December 8, 1941 - The United States and Britain declare war on Japan
 * 20) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">June 4, 1942 - Battle of Midway
 * 21) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">July 1, 1942 - Start of the Battle of El Alamein
 * 22) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">September 13, 1942 - Beginning of Battle of Stalingrad
 * 23) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">June 6, 1944 - D-Day
 * 24) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">April 30, 1945 - Hitler commits suicide
 * 25) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">May 8, 1945 - Victory in Europe Day
 * 26) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">August 6, 1945 - Atomic bomb is dropped on Hiroshima
 * 27) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">August 9, 1945 - 2nd Atomic bomb is dropped on Nagasaki
 * 28) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">September 2, 1945 - Victory over Japan Day
 * 29) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">October 24, 1945 - the United Nations is established
 * 30) <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">November 20, 1945 -Beginning of Nuremberg Trials

= = =<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**World War II Turning Points** =

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> The Munich Agreement
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Munich Agreement was a pact between the major powers of Europe that allowed the annexation of areas in Czechoslovakia that inhabited Germans, called Sudetenland. The Agreement was signed on September 29, 1938, by France, Italy, Great Britain, and Nazi Germany;. Although it divided Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia was not present at its signing. After suffering major losses in World War I, Great Britain sought to avoid another war. Great Britain complied to Hitler's demands for a German state to avoid any controversy that could lead to fighting. In this sense, the Munich Agreement can be seen as a failed attempt for European powers to appease with Hitler and Nazi Germany. After learning that Britain was not willing to go to war to protect the Sudetenland, the Czech Army ceased to support Great Britain. In a speech written by Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister of Britain, in 1938, in defense of the Munich Agreement, Chamberlain states,"The real triumph is that it has shown that representatives of four great Powers can find it possible to agree on a way of carrying out a difficult and delicate operation by discussion instead of by force of arms." Other countries (that would soon go on to be the Allied powers) disapproved of the British army's drastic avoidance of war. In March 1939, Great Britain realized it could no longer trust Hitler: the German Army took over the rest of Czechoslovakia.

Chamberlain, Neville. "Peace in our Time." Speech. Speech given in Defense of the Munich Agreement. Great Britain. 3 Oct. 1938. //W.W. Norton & Company//. 4 Feb. 1997. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <[]>. Kessler, Jascha. //The Munich Agreement Signatories//. Digital image. //California Literary Review//. 5 Sept. 2007. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <[]>.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> **Pearl Harbor Attack**
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On December 7th, 1941, the Japanese navy made an unexpected attack on the United States naval base, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, ultimately leading to the United States' entry into World War II. In terms of natural resources, the Japanese were poor. Japan aimed to create a Greater Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, and was motivated to occupy a portion of French Indo-China; Japan desired China's resources, and feared that the U.S. army would prevent Japan from waging a war in Southeast Asia. In addition, the oil, steel, and iron embargo initiated by the United States and the US's disapproval of Japan's expansion into China caused tension between the countries. The United States Navy's Pacific fleet was based in Hawaii, and was the area Japan targeted. Carrying out an aerial attack, the Japanese destroyed nearly 200 of the United States' aircrafts and killed 2403 Americans. The attack motivated the U.S. to enter the war; the original decision to supply goods to the Allies but remain peaceful was abandoned. In interview was conducted with Hubert Gano, a retired U.S. Navy Commander who was 25 years old at the time of the attack. Upon hearing a loud explosion, Gano rushed to Ford Island only to see Japanese aircrafts in the sky, sunken U.S. navy ships burning, and injured and dead soldiers. Gano stated ," Watching Pearl Harbor being destroyed and thousands of lives lost put most of us into a state of shock." Following the attack, soldiers scrambled to fix the damaged airplanes, fix machines, and look for their families if they lived on the island. Gano states that the soldiers were working 12 hour days to repair the damage caused by the unexpected attack

"Interview with Pearl Harbor Eyewitnesses." Interview by Students on Scholastic's Website. //Scholastic//. Nov. & dec. 1996. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <[]>. U.S. Navy Photograph. //Pearl Harbor Attack//. Digital image. //Naval History and Heritage Command//. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <[]>.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Bombing of Hiroshima
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima. Within the months following the bombing, effects of the atomic bomb killed from 90,000 to 160,000. Six days after the bombing, Japan surrendered to the Allied powers, ultimately ending World War II. The United States' attack was fueled by their desire to retaliate for the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The atomic bomb was constructed under the Manhattan Project. Led by the United States, the project was conducted during World War II with the goal of developing the first atomic bomb. While the United States' drastic actions and intentions are still debated, pilot Paul Tibbets does not regret the dropping of the bomb. Tibbets was the pilot of the plane that dropped the bomb. Explaining the United States government's reasoning behind decision, Tibbets stated, " Yes, we're going to kill a lot of people, but by God we're going to save a lot of lives. We won't have to invade Japan. You're gonna kill innocent people at the same time, but we've never fought a damn war anywhere in the world where they didn't kill innocent people. "



Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Destruction. Digital image. //Japan Teaching Module//. 2 Nov. 2006. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <http://www.utc.edu/Research/AsiaProgram/teaching/index.php?section=4&part=3>.

Tibbets, Paul. "Nuclear Special: why the pilot of the Enola Gay has no regrets." Interview by Studs Terkel. //The Guardian//. Media Limited, 6 Aug. 2002. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <[]>

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Wansell, Geoffry. Bomb blast on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Digital image. //Daily Mail Online//. Associated Papers Limited, 30 Mar. 2009. Web. 26 Feb. 2010. <[]>.