Transcript War Begins

War Begins
Chapter 26, Section 2
The Beginning of World War II
Countries/Areas
attacked by
Germany
Countries/Area
s attacked by
Soviet Union
Countries/Area
s attacked by
Italy
Countries/Areas
attacked by Japan
1.Poland
2. Denmark
3. Norway
4.The Netherlands
5. Belgium
6. France
7. Great Britain
8. Soviet Union
1. Eastern Poland
2. Latvia
3. Lithuania
4. Estonia
5. Finland
1. France
1. China
2. Indochina
3. Dutch East Indies
4. British Malaya
5. The Philippines
6. The United States
What started WWII?
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Germany’s invasion of Poland
German troops parade
through Warsaw after
the surrender of
Poland. Warsaw,
Poland, September 2830, 1939.
Invading German troops
approach Bydgoszcz.
Poland, September 18,
1939.
German forces in the outskirts
of Warsaw. In the background
of the photograph, the city
burns as a result of the
German military assault.
Warsaw, Poland, September
1939.
Allied and Axis Powers
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Allies—France, Great
Britain, the Soviet
Union, and the United
States
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Axis Powers—
Germany, Italy, and
Japan
Japanese Attack the U.S.!
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The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
Roosevelt Responds
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Roosevelt immediately declared war on
Japan.
Timeline Activity
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Adolf Hitler attacks Denmark and Norway.
Hitler launches an attack on the Soviet Union.
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
German troops march victoriously into Paris.
Hitler’s army uses the blitzkrieg to attack Poland.
More than 800 British ships rescue more than 300,000 British
and French soldiers trapped at Dunkirk.
Hitler calls off invasion of Great Britain.
The Finns surrender to the Soviet Union after a heroic battle.
The Germans bomb and destroy entire London
neighborhoods in an attempt to weaken British morale.
The Netherlands and Belgium ask the Allies for help when
Hitler invades these countries.