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chapter 5 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - By 1940, Germany had defeated France and taken most of Europe.
        
        Britain was the only country left in Western Europe opposing Germany.
      - In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.To stop Hilter, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
  - - - Only one country stood in Japan’s way.That was the United States,with its powerful naval fleet stationed at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
        
        In December 1941, the Japanese navy attacked Pearl Harbour, putting the United States naval forces there out of action for some time.
        
        Japanese forces landed in southern Thailand and northern Malaya.
- - - - the rise of the nazi germany
        
        They rebuilt the German military into something more powerful than before and by the late 1930s, it seemed as if Germany was getting ready for another war.
        
        After World War I, Germany lost its status as a great power.The economy was in ruins and there was great hardship.
        
        In these circumstances, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party rose to power.They wanted to make Germany a great power again, and hence won the support of many Germans.
      - the rise of modern japan
        
        From the 17th to mid-19th centuries,, Japan had kept to itself.Foreigners were banned, except at a few trading ports.Everything changed in 1853, when warships from the United States arrived, wanting Japan to open more ports and increase trade between them.The Japanese realised that they had fallen far behind the Western countries.To catch up, Japan had to change.In less than 50 years, Japan became a modern, industrialised country. However, being a mountainous and heavily forested country, Japan lacked natural resources of its own.At the same time, Japan had ambitions of becoming a great power.To do this, the Japanese set out to build their own empire in Asia, which would give them the land and resources they needed.
        
        This would eventually bring Japan into conflict with Britain and the United States.