Transcript BattlesofWorldWarII

World War 2
Ambitious
Advances
and
Bloody
Battles
Rise of Totalitarian Regimes
 By
1930s totalitarian regimes
emerged in Russia, Italy,
Germany, Japan
 All four
wanted to
expand
territory &
power in
their sphere
Hitler Learns Lessons
 Japan-1931
invaded & took over
Manchuria; League of Nations
condemned Japan but did nothing
else. 1937 invaded China for
valuable ports
 Italy-1935 Mussolini invaded &
took over Ethiopia; League of
Nations sanctioned (stop trade),
but sanction was ineffective
Hitler Learns Lessons
 Germany-Hitler
sees League of
Nations do nothing to stop them
 In 1936, Spain had Civil War
between Fascist Francisco
Franco & Spanish who wanted
democracy; Germany assisted
Franco & used war as
opportunity to “practice” air-raid
bombings
Vehemently Violating Versailles
 Hitler
wanted lebensraum
(living space) for Germans
 March 1936 moves troops
into Rhineland
 March 1938 invades
Austria & makes it part of Germany
 Western countries & League of
Nations do nothing (appeasement—
agreeing to demands to avoid war)
Salivating over the Sudetenland
 Germans
were living in part of
Czechoslovakia, so Hitler demands
Sudetenland
 Sept 1938 Munich Conference—
compromise reached: Germany takes
Sudetenland, but no more
Salivating over the Sudetenland
 British
Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain says Europe has
avoided war (but he’s
wrong)
 March 1939 Hitler
breaks Munich
Agreement & takes
all of Czechoslovakia
Enemies Become Allies??
 Stalin
& Hitler do not like each other;
Stalin has warned West about Hitler,
but West does not
trust Stalin either,
SO…
 August 1939-NaziSoviet Pact—USSR
will not attack
Germany & will divide
Poland
World War 2 Begins
 Sept
1, 1939—Germany invades
Poland
 Sept 3, 1939—England & France
declare war on Germany, but do
not fight Germany for 8 months
(time period known as Phony
War)
World War 2 Begins
war”-fast,
efficient attacks used by Germans;
quickly take Poland, Latvia, Estonia,
Lithuania, Finland, Denmark, Norway
 West slow to arm,
have old weapons;
Hitler has new
weapons
 Chamberlain resigns; Winston
Churchill becomes Prime Minister
 Blitzkrieg-“lightening
Fall of France
 French
built
Maginot Line after
WW1, but had gap
near Belgium
 June 1940—
Germans go
around Maginot
Line & take Paris
Fall of France
 France
split:
1.Nazis occupy northern France
2.Hitler creates Vichy
government in South
France (French leaders
who work with Nazis)
3.Free France—rebels
led by Charles de
Gaulle fought Nazis
from England
Battle of Britain
 England
only allied country left; Hitler
felt would surrender
 German air force
bombed England
for 8 straight
months; England
held off Germans
Hitler Turns on Stalin
 Hitler
felt USSR would provide
enough living space for Germans; led
surprise attack in June
1941 & pushed close to
Moscow; but…
 Stalin used scorchedearth policy to stop
Germans; USSR counterattacked
Meanwhile...
 July
1940-Italy declared war on
England & France; attacked
Egypt
 Dec 1941-Japan attacked
Indochina. US responded to
attack by banning sale of scrap
iron to Japan
Pearl Harbor
 Japan
mad at US for interfering with
expansion
 Dec 7, 1941—Japan
bombed Pearl Harbor
(Hawaii); US declared
war on Japan
1942-Tide Turns
 Battle
of the Atlantic—Allied forces
defeat Axis submarines & battleships
 Stalingrad—German army was held &
forced to surrender to Russians
 El Alamein, EgyptAllies defeated
Rommel’s desert
forces in North
Africa
Invading Italy
 July
1943—Allies attack Italy
 Italian king Victor Emmanuel III
had Mussolini jailed;
Italy surrendered
V-E Day
 D-Day—June 6, 1944—Allies
invaded Nazi-held France at
Normandy & marched towards
Germany
V-E Day
 Soviets attacked Germany from
east; fought to Berlin
by April 1945
 May 7, 1945- V-E Day (Victory
in Europe)
 Germany
surrenders
Map #1: Ambitious Advances
 With
1 color, identify Axis expansion and
Axis military victories; with another color
identify Allied advances and military
victories
 Create a key that explains your symbols &
color code
 Identify, date, and label the following:
invasions of Rhineland, Austria,
Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia, Poland, &
Eastern Europe; Attacks on France,
England, & Russia
Map #2: Allied Counter-Strike
 With
1 color, identify Axis expansion and
Axis military victories; with another color
identify Allied advances and military
victories
 Create a key that explains your symbols &
color code
 Identify, date, and label the following:
Battle of the Atlantic, Stalingrad, El
Alamein, invasion of Italy, invasion of
Normandy & push to Germany, Soviet
push to Berlin in east
 Below
Preview, respond to
Review:
–Create an image that reflects
the overall importance of the
following:
• Sudetenland
• Munich Conference
• Blitzkrieg
• Phony War
• D-Day