World

War II
Estefania López
Period: 1
Ms. Varela
Invasion of Poland

The Poland Invasion is significant to

World War II because it’s the event
that caused the war to begin. The
invasion began on September 1,
1939. Germany said it was a
defensive action, but France and
Great Britain weren’t convinced. The
impact of the Poland Invasion on
World War II led to France and Great
Britain declaring war on Germany on
September 3rd, which is what
initiated the war. This invasion is
really important because if Germany
wouldn’t have invaded Poland, then
maybe World War II would have
never happened.
The attack on Pearl Harbor was Attack of Pearl
on December 7, 1941. The Harbor
United States didn’t want to be
part of the war it just wanted to
give supplies to Great Britain, but
when this attack happened it all
changed. President Roosevelt
asked the congress if the United
States could enter the war and
they agreed. This attack is
important because it’s what got
the United States to enter the
war and declare war on Japan
and Germany. Japan should’ve
never bombed Pearl Harbor
because they suffered the
consequences.
Operation Overlord began on June
6, 1944, and it was also known as
D-day. That day about 156,000
American, British and Canadian
forces landed on five beaches of the
heavily fortified coast of France’s
Normandy region. The allies created
a large-scale deception campaign to
make the Germans think that the
invasion was going to be
somewhere else. They had to make D-day
all the planning really carefully, but
everything was successful that day.
D-day was important to World War II
because the allies distracted the
Germans and they invaded the
beaches of Normandy successfully.
The impact of D-day on World War II
led to Germany having another
defeat and making Hitler weaker.
There was about 400,000 British and
Miracle of Dunkirk
French troops trapped in Dunkirk,
France. While they were trapped the
Germans were bombing them and
killing a lot of them. People risked
their lives and went to Dunkirk to save
the soldiers. They saved about
300,000 troops from Dunkirk which is
a miracle because they didn’t think
that much troops would be saved. The
Miracle of Dunkirk was significant to
World War II because it was a really
big miracle since this time it wasn’t
the soldiers saving the country
instead the people were saving the
soldiers. The impact of the Miracle of
Dunkirk on World War II led to
soldiers being able to get back home
and continue fighting for their country.
Atomic Bombs
The United States didn’t want to
bomb Japan, but the Japanese
wouldn’t surrender so they were
kind of forced to throw the
destructive atomic bombs. The first
bomb was dropped in the city of
Hiroshima, it killed approximately
80,000 people. The Japanese still
didn’t surrender so a second bomb
was dropped in the city of
Nagasaki and it killed about 40,000
people. The atomic bombs were
significant to World War II because
they killed a lot of people, but they
were successful on making the
Japanese surrender. The impact of
the atomic bombs on World War II
led to the war finally ending, once
the Japanese surrendered the war
was over.
 Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was significant to World War II
because he created a lot of problems and
eventually he did something that led to World
War II. The impact of Hitler on World War II led to
people being manipulated by him and to a lot of
Jews being killed. Hitler used nationalism to
convince people in Germany that everything he
was doing was for their own good, but all he
wanted was power. Before, World War II began,
France and Great Britain would use
appeasement to stop Hitler from beginning
something bigger like war. This meant they would
give him what he wanted, so that he didn’t cause
problems. But, the more that he got the more that
he wanted and that was a problem. He
eventually led the Nazis to invade Poland, and
that is where he caused France and Great Britain
to declare war against Germany and there began
World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was significant to World
War II because he made a good alliance with
Great Britain and the Soviet Union. The
impact of Roosevelt on World War II led to
those three nations helping each other in
war, he also was a big part of the United
States having so many victories in World War
II. Roosevelt was the only president to ever
be elected four times. Roosevelt helped the
United States stay neutral during World War
II, but he did a good job in sending supplies to
Great Britain and keeping their alliance. When
the time came for the United States to enter
the war he led them well through the war. He
led the United States to many victories, until
his death in 1945.