BF2S Forums The Huge WW2 Discussion Thread

Last edited by uziq (2022-02-27 00:31:34)

Dilbert_X wrote:

Subway is still the least bad mainstream fast food option.
If there's nothing else and I forgot to make sandwiches thats what I pick, although obviously the average deli is preferable.

Dilbert_X wrote:

I need calories to do stuff, what I don't need is grease and cartilage.

Last edited by uziq (2022-02-27 02:52:39)

SuperJail Warden wrote:

Script I made for a podcast for my class. Basically creating like verbal lessons they can listen to and work on.

Please pick it apart for bad grammar, historical abuse etc.

"Hello Class. Today’s audio lesson will be an introduction to World War 2. We will be working on the World War 2 unit for the next several weeks. You can refer back to this audio lesson at any time if you need a refresher.



So let’s begin



World War 2 was a conflict that took place between the years 1939 and 1945. The conflict is called a World War because it took place in almost every corner of the globe and involved almost all of the countries of the world. The reasons for this are complex but have their roots in what we learned during the New Imperialism and World War 1 units.



Try to remember what we learned during the World War 1 unit. Can you recall the global conflict that took place when Germany and its allies went to war with the British, Americans, and our other allies? World War 2 was very much like that conflict but on a larger scale. Up to four times as many people lost their lives in World War 2 than people were lost in World War 1. Up to 100 million lives were lost. We study World War 2 to not only understand the world around us today but to also remember the innocent lives lost.



The conflict itself started when Germany led by the Nazis and Adolf Hitler invaded Poland in 1939. The Nazis sought to conquer Poland and to remove the people already living living there. The Nazi ultimate plan was to depopulate all of Eastern Europe and replace the people with Germans. They planned to do this through slavery and murder. The French and British Empires meanwhile opposed the conquest and went to war with Germany to defend Poland. This resulted in what historians call “World War 2 in Europe.” Nazi Germany then went on to invade and take over many other countries in Europe including France, the Netherlands, Norwary, Denmark and more. The Germans were never able to defeat the British though and eventually Hitler turned his attention to Russia then under the control of the mighty Soviet Union. Hitler’s invasion of Russia failed and the Russian armies then began to push the Germans out of Eastern Europe and all the way back to Germany’s capital. Meanwhile the Americans, us, and our allies liberated France and many other countries while we chased the Germans out of the countries they had conquered in Western Europe. Finally, with the Soviet Union’s armies besieging Germany’s capital, Berlin, Hitler committed suicide and his suriving generals then surrended. This ended World War 2 in Europe and inaugurated a new phase in World History: The Cold War.



While Hitler was on a mission to conquer all of Europe, in Asia there was another empire that was trying to conquer and control the people around it too: The Empire of Japan. Japan at this point was under the control of powerful military leaders who coveted the resources of the people of Asia. Japan began by invading China in 1937. The Japanese were unable to defeat China though. The country was simply too large and had too many people for Japan to do so. Japan eventually became frustrated and began to look at stealing the resources of the countries around them. They wanted to steal the resources held by the British Empires and their allies who were busy fighting Hitler and the Nazis. In order for Japan to steal those resources they felt they needed to eliminate the Americans who had bases in the East Asian country of the Philippines. Japan’s plan was to attack the Americans at Pearl Harbor Hawaii and destroy our Navy there. They thought the Americans, us, would be too afraid to fight them. They were very wrong! The U.S. then rallied our allies to defeat the Japanese and their allies Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. America used its navy and army to liberate land conquered by Japan and eventually pushed the Japanese all the way back to their home islands. Originally the U.S. planned to invade but instead decided to use a new type of weapon we had made, the atomic bomb. A bomb so powerful it could destroy an entire city in an instant. The U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on Japan and after that the Japanese surrended. This ended the conflict in East Asia during World War 2 known as “The Pacific War.” Nazi Germany had already surrended several months earlier. World War 2 was over.



We will be learning more about all of this in more detail during the coming weeks. Please submit any questions you may have through Schoology so I can answer them for you. Have a great rest of your day! "

Last edited by Cybargs (2022-12-18 00:21:43)