World War II

Many will answer when Japan attacked pearl harbor when asked how did World War II begin. The truth is that World War II began with China versus Japan. The feud was caused on July 7, 1937 when the Marco Polo Bridge incident occurred. Then was a more infamous event between Germany and France. On September 1, 1939, the Germans took over Poland and that led to Britain and France to declare war against Hitler’s Nazi state in retaliation. From then on that date was saved as the beginning of World War II. Countries such as Germany, Italy, and Japan were all in the Axis of power. On the other side was Britain, France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, The Soviet Union, and China. They were known as the allies. The United States will later be an addition to the allies when the attack on Pearl Harbor occurred. The Pearl Harbor attack was caused by the Japanese bombing the coast of Hawaii where the U.S. Navy was stationed. This occurred on  December 7, 1941 when president Roosevelt Franklin was in office. This was the cause for the United States to get involved. The U.S had lost about 2,300 Americans due to the bombing. The war would later end on September 2, 1945.

A few events that happened at this time was when Germany attacked France and that caused France to fall on June 1940. This is known to have happened when Germany took over Poland. Another event is when the Japanese rolled over Southeast Asia, Philippines, and the East Indies. This caused the Pacific war on June 1942. The battle only lasted four days. This was know as The Battle of Midway. There was also an event called D-Day. This was when general Dwight Eisenhower led the U.S. and allied troops to invade Normandy, France. The invasion occurred on June 6, 1944. Germany then surrendered on May 7, 1945.     

To honor the veterans from World War II we can give a moment of silence. We also honor them on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. We can also  celebrate them on Veterinarian's day. There are also a few ways that people like to celebrate their fallen relatives and that is up to them and how they find fitting to honor them.