Causes+and+events+of+World+War+II

Andrew Black

Causes and Events of World War II

Prompt: What were the causes of World War 2 and major events that took place during?

Thesis: The main causes for World War 2 was the anti-Semitism from Hitler and Hitler’s taking of the Rhineland, Austria, and Poland and the war was ended with the dropping of the bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

Causes:

· Anti-Semitism

· Appeasement towards the Germans to try and prevent a war

· Hitler’s want for more land under Lebensraum

· Germanys takings of Poland, Rhineland, and Austria

Events:

· Battle of Midway

· London Blitz

· Operation Overlord

· Pearl Harbor

· Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

· German attack on Stalingrad

· Attack on Dunkirk

· kristallnacht