2. Prologue: Victory, Defeat and Revenge
Introduction
The Beginning: World War II begins
The Conquerors: Striving for Power
The Defenders: Striking Back at Japan
The Heroes: Surviving the war
The Conquerors: The Empire starts to fall
The Defenders: Going Nuclear
The Heroes: The new era
The end of the war
3. You are now the German leader, as you stare up at your
flag going down, reminding yourself of your defeat,
you force yourself to look upon the peace treaty in
front of you. You took full responsibility for the war
and you would pay for the damage caused as well as to
give your territory to the Allies. Unwillingly, you pick
up the pen and quickly sign your name. Soon, all those
who suffered during the war started cheering. “One
day,” you tell yourself ”one day I will get revenge!”
4. In the end, he didn’t get to have his revenge, instead
Adolf Hilter replaced him and created the Nazi Party, a
society that aimed to restore the power and wealth to the
Germans. Soon, he started stocking up on military items
(cannons, guns, exploding rubber ducks etc.) that made
it seem that he was preparing for a war.
Meanwhile, Italy had also suffered a great defeat during
World War I. Soon, there was also a change of
leadership, and again there was a party who aimed to
make Italy. They saw a need to capture colonies to
strengthen Italy.
And as for Japan, well…
5. You are now the government of Japan, Yamashita. You
are looking down at a nearby Japanese village as they
go upon their daily activities. A normal peasant would
look down and see a modernized, happy city. But not
you. All, you see is a small, constrained island of
buildings. Sure it was modern, but it was still small,
constrained, not showing it’s full potential. Looking
upon the horizon you then see your geographical
neighbour, China, thinking about Japan, when a
sudden flash of brilliance comes before you. Looking
down on the village again, you think, “contained, small
and constrained. You smile. Not for much longer.
6. Before the war, Japan saw it’s neighbour China defeated by other western
nations, after that it vowed to strengthen it’s military and modernize itself.
Finally, when it needed more territory to support its people, it attacked
China, Korea and it soon advanced through
Meanwhile, in Europe,
Germany had a surprise in
store for Poland.
Invasion of China in it’s later stage
7. You’re the German government again, except now
you’re Hilter, and you’re launching a surprise attack on
Poland. Then, there is a stomp, your soldiers getting
ready. Then, daylight breaks, and then you shout a
furious war cry, signaling your soldiers to attack, and
the ambush begins
Meanwhile, in Japan, the invasion of Korea had ended,
you are now Yamashita, and you smile to know that
you have won. You plant a Japanese flag for effect and
then you shout a victory cry, echoing over the island of
Korea
8. You are the British government, and you have just
heard of the war on Poland and the invasion of Korea.
Your worst fears have been confirmed. You have
known for months that Japan was planning an attack
on China, and that Germany and Italy have been
building their armies, but a full fledged war… no it
wouldn’t come to that, you had to believe that, after
World War I. Then suddenly there is the sudden report
on the radio about things like war and Germany and
Russia which you can guess really quick. You sigh and
then hurry to inform your major governments that a
new world war has started
9. There was indeed a bombing at the edge of Russia by Germany. It was one
of Germany’s biggest attacks, the objective being to take Leningrad,
Moscow, Stalingrad and Caucasus. Operation Barbarossa. Immediately,
Russia was changed from an Axis power to an Allied power. Anybody, who
was being attacked by an Axis power would receive help, but not so soon,
as Russia was fighting it’s own war. However, Germany had three allies on
it’s side, space, time and snow. Being the largest country, it would take
weeks , even months, before it was fully captured.
10. You’re a local vacationer at Hawaii (to be honest, you’re
probably sick of being governments of important
countries). You look up in the sky, seeing lively blue
skies and seagulls. You sigh, feeling strangely
disappointed, as if you expected a bit more. You look
up, but you see nothing. No flying pigs. No skydiving
birds. Suddenly, out of the blue, a large war aircraft
flies by. Having been in the World War 1 yourself, you
know this is a bomber. Hurriedly, you take out your
camera and snap a few shots, then quickly you
run, seeking shelter.
11. Bombing at Pearl Harbour
Pearl Harbor was
bombed on December
7th, 1941. As for the
attack plan, the map
shows it all. (Blue lines
are the first wave, and
the red lines are the
second wave.)
12. You look upon the filthy surroundings of your prison
cell, spotting several rats crawling among the walls.
You ask yourself, “was it really necessary to rebel
against the Japanese?” Strangely, your answer was yes,
justice had to prevail, and to do that everyone had to
play a part. Life was good at first, you started a biscuit
factory in Singapore, but when you heard about the
war, well, you immediately started to donate funds to
help China in the war. Then, when the Japanese took
over Singapore, you still rebelled, creating Force 136, a
organization that did everything they could to stop the
13. the Japanese, and end the war. Then there was the
Sook Ching, an evil group created by the Japanese to
hunt down non-Japanese supporters. It was like a war,
actually, while Sook Ching were capturing Chinese,
Force 136 was contacting China. Suddenly, the door
swung open and in came two Japanese soldiers. One
shouts to you, holding a knife, and soon the other joins
in, demanding information about Force 136. You close
your eyes, not listening to their threats, and you think,
“Justice must prevail, and I will die to ensure it.”
Lim Bo Seng
14. Lim Bo Seng: Hero of Singapore
Lim Bo Seng, a Chinese citizen, came to Singapore to start a bread and brick
making business. Just like the story, he was the leader of Force 136, a
organization intent on stopping the Japanese in their rampage over Singapore.
However, once he was caught invading Japanese territory and then tortured to
death. To us, he was a war hero because he refused to betray Force 136,
determined that justice must prevail.
15. 4 years… 4 years of victory, of glory. Yet this was just
the beginning. The beginning of the great empire of
power, and nothing could stop them, the Axis Powers
would rule the world, and everybody would know of
Italy, one of the three masters of the universe.
Suddenly, there is the sound of many war planes
coming at once. Planes coming back from war, you
think. Let’s see if I can place it. Then, immediately, he
knew that sound, it was the sound of British
warplanes. Quickly, you ring the alarm bell, signaling
the rest of your army to fight.
16. The Defeat of Germany and Italy
In the great battle, Italy was defeated on September 8th 1943. Soon, the Allied
powers, led by Russia, America, and Great Britain, invaded Germany, and Hilter,
seeing that he lost, committed suicide. Then, however, there was the threat of
Japan still lingering in Asia, and they still had a great battle ahead of them.
America, soon realized that such a battle will make both sides lose much, so they
started going to a great measure…
17. “Many of us have celebrated well, after the defeat of
Germany and Italy, but we must not let our guard
down for a second. There are still the strong armies of
Japan, and we must be ready. In order to win, we must
be diligent and strong, and we must go to a great
measure in using this” the government said. Then the
slide changed quickly to a small-torpedo bomb. You
are one of the watchers, and you gasp in horror, as you
find it to be a nuclear bomb, “a weapon of pure
destruction, that we avoid using” your former minister
had said. But now, as you stare into it, you can’t help
but wonder if this was necessary.
18. Nuclear Bombing at Japan
The Story says it all, but there was not only one bomb,
not 2 bombs dropped on Japan. The first bomb was
dropped on Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. However,
when Japan didn’t surrender, they dropped another
nuclear bomb on Nagiyaki, which made Japan surrender
eventually.
19. You are now an American soldier. You’ve had a tiring
day, and then you only have one mission left. Bomb the
remaining Japanese with a grenade. Only one mission
and then the war would be over. Then, when you were
going to place the grenade into a dig out, there is a
sudden explosion, and you and your friends are thrown
backwards. You check your grenade, 5 seconds. There
was no time to run. Suddenly, you had an idea. You
hug the grenade, keeping it close to your body, and
shout for your friends to run. As they started to dash
away, one turns to you and says: “We’ll remember you,
in this new era, we will remember you. You nod, then
there is the feeling that your body is burning.
20. This was the story of Joseph William Osbourn a man who
sacrificed his own life, for his friends. He was one of the
unsung heroes of the war, a person who will not be seen in
many books around the world, for there were many other
American heroes. However, to sacrifice your life for your
friends is a great deed indeed, one that not many could do.
21. After a great 4 years of suffering and death, the war was
over. It was over for the conquerors, the Axis Powers who
were shattered by their defeat. It was over for the
defenders, the Allied Powers, who finally made a
comeback in the war. Then, it was over for the heroes,
those who stood up for what they believed was
important to them. Although food was still scarce, and
death still afoot, the people changed, they became
stronger, and they no longer hid behind the body of
stronger men, they fought for themselves. They no
longer believed suffering was a thing of the past, and
they would remember this war, for the rest of their lives.
