Transcript World War 2 Continued Powerpoint

Map Exercise
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Use the maps on pages 822 and 828 you need to do the following
In GREEN, color in the extent of all Axis power countries
In BLUE, color the Allied Nations
In RED, color and label (years) of German advances in Europe and
Allied advances in Asia
On Europe Map:
On Asia Map:
Label: Germany, Czechoslovakia,
Poland, Soviet Union, Austria,
France, Great Britain, Italy,
Norway
Label: Philippines, Japan,
Manchuria, Hawaii, Australia,
Soviet Union
Label: English Chanel, North Sea,
Atlantic Ocean
Label: Pacific Ocean, Indian
Ocean
Hitler’s Lightning War
Invasion of Poland
 Germany invaded Poland
on September 1st, 1939
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Warsaw crumbled under the
attack
France and GB declared war
two days later but it did not
help
 New Germany military
strategy called blitzkrieg, or
“lightning war.”
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Involved using fast-moving
airplanes and tanks, followed
by massive infantry forces, to
take the enemy by surprise
Soviets make their move
 September 17th, Stalin took eastern half of Poland
as promised by Hitler
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Took over other areas of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia with
no resistance
 Finland became a thorn in the Soviets side
 Over time, the Soviets won just because of sheer numbers
 The phony war
 Allied troops made fortifications on Maginot Line and
German forces made fortifications on the Siegfried Line
Became known, jokingly, as the sitzkrieg, or “sitting war”
 April 9, 1940  phony war ended when Hitler invaded
Denmark and Norway to attack GB
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France Fights and Falls
 Belgium is going to surrender
 Evacuation of Dunkirk
 Use of over 850 ships to sail b/w England and France to rescue
over 338,000 soldiers
 Mussolini joins up with Hitler and attacks from the
south
 France is going to have to surrender
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June 22, 1940  France surrenders
General Charles de Gaulle flees to London to set up a
government-in-exile to reconquer France.
Great Britain Stands All Alone
Great Britain is attacked by Germany
 w/o France, GB stood alone against Nazis
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New Prime Minister Winston Churchill said he would never
surrender
 Operation Sea Lion  Germany to take out GB’s RAF
(Royal Air Force)
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Easily outnumbered RAF and led to bombing of GB cities, such as
London
 GB had two weapons: radar and enigma
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Radar could see how many, speed of enemy warplanes
Enigma allowed for them to receive secret messages
 Even through the night raids, GB fought hard and Hitler
called off the attacks
London in WWII
The London “Tube”: Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz
War in the Balkans
 German commander Erwin Rommel helped
Mussolini take over GB in North Africa
 Hitler has been planning of attacking his Soviet ally
for over a year
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Needed the Balkans to set up shop and did not want British
interference
Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary joined the axis
Yugoslavia and Greece fought but lost
 Now Hitler turns around and attacks his ally
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
 Operation Barbarossa
 Rolled on week after week until Germans were 500 miles
into the Soviet Union
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Took over Leningrad
Hitler would starve them to death but when they would cave, he
turned his eyes on Moscow
As Germans made it farther in Soviet Union, the Soviets would burn
and destroy everything, sound familiar?
 General Zhukov had the Siberian winter and new
Siberian divisions on his side and fought the Germans
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Germans still had summer uniforms and their weapons began to
freeze, wanted to retreat
Hitler said “NO RETREAT!!” and the Germans lost 500,000 lives
and Moscow was saved
U.S. joins the war (kind of…)
 President FDR gets Congress to pass the Lend-Lease
Act of 1941
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The U.S. could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any
country vital to U.S.
Now Hitler, in response, ordered his subs to sink any cargo
ships they met
 U.S. & Germany in undeclared naval war
 Because Hitler kept sinking American ships
 FDR and Churchill met secretly to sign the Atlantic
Charter
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People can choose their own government
U. S. Lend-Lease Act, 1941
Great Britain........................$31 billion
Soviet Union........................$11 billion
France..................................$3 billion
China....................................$1.5 billion
Other European...................$500 million
South America.....................$400 million
The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000
Lend-Lease Act
Japan Seeks Pacific Empire
 America caught onto Japan’s plan of overtaking regions
in SE Asia  could try to take Philippines and Guam
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FDR cut off all ties and oil with Japan
Japan wanted to catch US off guard with two attacks simultaneously
 December 7, 1941  “A date which will live in infamy.”
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Pearl Harbor attacked by Japanese
Over 2,400 killed and 1,000 wounded
18 ships sunk or damaged (incl. 8 battleships)  ½ of Pacific Fleet
US knew that an attack might come, just did not know where or
when
 The next day, US Congress declared war on Japan