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Taking a stand in History: People,
Ideas, and Events
World War II
Tausif R.
Skaggs Elementary
Grade:5th
Table of Contents
Introduction
Victory
Outbreak of War
Deaths By Countries
(Graph)
Invasion
Conclusion
World Domination
Narrative
Japan Attacks
Bibliography
Closer and Closer to the
End
Introduction
During the years of 1939-1945 we were
having the worst and the largest war in
world history. It was a war in which the
whole world fought in. There was war
almost every day. Many innocent countries
were invaded and destroyed by Germany,
and some by Japan. This is a war we will
never forget.
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Outbreak Of War
The Second
World War started
when Germany
invaded Poland on
September 1, 1939.
Hitler (then the
Chancellor of
Germany) did this to
expand his land
further.
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Invasion
Then on April 14,
1940 Hitler invaded
Denmark and Norway.
Later that year Hitler
invaded Holland, Belgium,
and France. He wanted
more and more land until
he had the whole world
under his control. People
never knew about Hitler’s
plans, but more and more
people were getting
suspicious on what was
going on. Soon enough
they would know.
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World Domination
After about a year on
May 20, 1941, Hitler
invaded Crete. Now
everyone knew Hitler had
struck again. This was a
real world war because
almost all the countries
were involved. America
didn’t want to get involved
in the war, but soon
enough they would too.
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Japan Attacks
On December 7,
1941 Japan attacked
Pearl Harbor on the
Hawaiian Islands. The
only reason they did this
was to show how
powerful they were. But
America ,one of the
strongest countries on
Earth, got mad and went
to war.
“We have just awaken a sleeping
giant” ( Japanese soldier in WWII)
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Closer And Closer To the End
On July 10, 1943
the western allied
forces (Canada,
Britain, and America)
invaded Sicily to stop
spreading the war.
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Victory
On April 30, 1945
Hitler finally committed
suicide in his underground
bunker in Berlin as he
realized his defeat when
America and Britain were
coming from one side and
Russia from the other.
Later on August
6,1945, at 8:16 am America
dropped its atomic bomb on
Hiroshima, Japan. Still
Japan did not surrender so
they dropped a plutonium
bomb called the “Fat Man”
on Nagasaki, Japan. Finally
Japan couldn’t take it any
longer so they surrendered.
VICTORY!!!!
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Deaths By Countries
DEATHS BY COUNTRIES
8000000
7000000
6000000
Deaths
5000000
4000000
3000000
2000000
1000000
0
Germany
Poland
Japan
France
Greece
United
States
http://www.hitler.org/ww2-deaths.html
Italy
Great
Britain
Finland
Denmark
Conclusion
As we can see from the graph a lot of
people were killed during World War II, so
war is the worst thing to experience. We
want peace so we will never have to go
through the pains of war again. Also we
must try not to let dictators control
countries. Because of this World War II
took a big stand in history. This is a war we
will never forget.
Taking A Stand In History: People,
Ideas, and Events
Narrative
Skaggs Elementary
Grade:5th
Narrative
The reason I chose this topic is because I like to learn
new things about history. I became very interested in wars
after I read about it in a book. The vastness of World War II
made me more curious about it. It is very interesting to learn
about who started the war and why it happened. Because
we’ll be learning about world history in middle school, doing
the project on World War II will prepare me. So this would be
a preparation for me. These are just a few of the many
reasons I chose this project.
I started by gathering information from Google and
searched World War II but I could not find the information I
wanted so I went to the library and checked out a few books
on World War II. I read the books, and created sub categories
for my report and then I searched for the information I
needed.
Narrative Continued
The other way I got information was by looking in an
enormous 1000-page book. I looked on the inner panel
for the summary of the book, but instead it had subtopics
and a little description on what happened in the war.
Then I used that to search a lot of information.
I learned lots of things when I was preparing my
media presentation. I learned how to make hyperlinks to
other slides. I figured out how to add really cool
animations. I think the hardest part in the project was
trying to find information. First you have to read books
then on the information you find you have to look on the
internet, and it takes a very long time. I have learned
many things about war history and media presentation,
and I intend to learn more in the future.
Bibliography
BOOKS
Hook, Jason. Hiroshima. Austin: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2003.
America dropped the atomic bomb on Japan at 8:16 am. Still Japan wouldn’t
surrender so America dropped the plutonium bomb called the “Fat Man.” This helped
me understand how America dropped the deadly bombs and why.
Dolan, Edward. America in World War II 1945. United States: The Millbrook
Press,1994.
America went to war because of Pearl Harbor. Japan didn’t mind attacking
America because many countries were equal to America. This helped me understand
America’s feelings towards war.
Hammerton, John. The Second World War An Illustrated History of WWII.
Croatia:
Trident Press International, 2000.
Germany invaded many countries such as Poland, Crete, Denmark, Norway,
and much more. We don’t want this to happen ever again or else we will have
another world war which is a very bad thing. This helped me understand the reason
each country went to war, and also explained how powerful Germany was at the time.
Bibliography Continued
INTERNET SITES
"World War II". A wikipedia organization. October 5, 2005<http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki
/World_War_II>.
World War II was considered the worst and deadliest war in world History. Most of the
world fought in it. This helped me understand the main idea of what was going on.
"World War II". World War-2.net.. October 5, 2005 <http://www.worldwar-2.net/>.
The modern world is still living in the consequences of world war II. About 66 years ago we
wanted to have war for power. We hope this will never happen again. This helped me understand
the positions in which the countries were in.
VIDEOS
Capra, Frank."Pearl Harbor December 7,1945 ." Kamikaze. Madacy Entertainment, St. Laurent. .
Video Archive. 23 Oct 2005.
December 7,1941 Japan put their plan into play. They attacked America to show their
vastness and strength. This helped me understand the importance of Pearl Harbor and its role in
World War II.
That's All For Now
Folks!!!!
Thank you!!!