Transcript Axis Advances

Chapter 14
Section 2
The Axis
Advances
I. The German army used the
tactics of Blitzkrieg to
conquer almost all of Europe
in three short years. Seeds
of the Nazi Empire’s eventual
destruction were sown at the
Battle of Britain and the
assault on the Soviet Union
A. German Offensive
1. Invasion of Poland 1939made possible through nonaggression pact with Soviet
Union
2.Great Britain and France
brought into war
3. Poland was first
Blitzkrieg -”lightning war”
a. Panzer tanks
b. Stuka dive bombers
4. Evacuation of Dunkirk
B. Attack on Western
Europe
1. Belgium, Holland fall
2. Norway- Quisling
3. Defeat of France 1940
a. failure of Maginot Line
b. Vichy Government
C. Battle of Britain
1. Winston Churchill
2. the “Blitz”
3. Luftwaffe
4. turning point of the
war-staging area for DDay
American support-FDR
a. Atlantic Charter- free
trade
b. Lend Lease
c. Destroyer Deal
Eastern Europe
1. invasion of Soviet Union
2. fall of Balkan States
3. Italy- Albania
4. 20 million Russians killed
5. German military high
command disagrees with
Hitler’s war aims
Results of attack on Soviet
Union
1. Massive casualties
2. Tremendous drain on
German resources
3. Foundations for German
defeat
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
in Hawaii and brought the
U.S. into the war
Japanese expansion
1. The Greater Asia- Co
Prosperity Sphere
2. China- raw materials
3. Indochina- food
4. Indonesia- oil
5. Australia- mineral
wealth
Conflict with U.S.
1. Philippines
2. Japan signs treaty with
Germany
3. FDR cuts off trade to
Japan
4. 1937 U.S. demand
Japanese withdrawal
from China
War with U.S.
1. Pearl Harbor
2. mistake or gamble?
3. possible sites?-Did we
know?
4. “Day that will live on in
infamy”
5. U.S. enters war
“Island hopping”
1. Allied strategy involved
attacking and seizing
those Pacific islands
least heavily defended
by Japan
2. Masterminded by
Douglas Mac Arthur
Allied counterattack
1. The Doolittle raids on
Tokyo-psychological
impact-we could strike
at Japan
2. Battle of the Coral Sea
halts Japanese assault
on Australia
3. Midway- destruction of
Japanese
4. Battle of Guadalcanalone of the war's