Transcript WWII Part 2 - TeacherWeb

• Blitzkrieg
• Four weeks---Poland fell
• “Phony War”—
– September 28, 1939—divide Poland with Soviet
Union;
– April 9, 1940—Hitler resumes against Norway and
Denmark
Course of the
War
France
Maginot
Line
Vichy
France
• June 23, 1940—Hitler
in Paris
Course of the War
Battle
of
Britain
1940-
• St. Paul's
Cathedral, London
(May)Churc
hill &
(Aug.)—
Luftwaffe
Effective
radar
system

London
tube as
“home”
at night
Course of war
• US aid to Allies
– Neutrality Acts
– Lend-Lease of 1941
– Embargo on Japan
Course of war
• Axis mistakes
– German attack on Russia
– Japanese :Dec. 7, 1941- attack on US
• 1895—defeated China
• 1905—Russia
• Population explosion
• Tariffs by western nations
• 1937—invade northern China
• July 1941—U.S. cuts off sales of scrap iron
and oil
Course of war
•1943-Allies agree to
fight Axis powers until
they surrender
unconditionally
Course of the
War
• October 28, 1940
• Mussolini’s invasion of
Greece angered Hitler
because of its timing
 Hitler
with
Mussolini in
Florence
Course of war
• Until fall of 1942—looked as if
Germans would win
–Summer of 1942: British forces
stopped Rommel’s troops @ El
Alamein (Africa)
Course of war
–November of 1942: British
and U.S. forces invaded
French N. Africa
Turning Points
• Battle of Midway: (June 1942) turned tide in Pacific
• Stalingrad: (Aug. 1942) turning point in the East
– German troops were encircled and forced to surrender
• Battle of Kursk: (July 1943) greatest tank battle
• Normandy: (June 1944) turning point in west
Course of war
• Jan. 1945: Soviets occupied Warsaw, by
April-entered Berlin
• Jan. 1945: Hitler resides in a bunker
– Commits suicide on April 30 (2 days after
Mussolini was killed)
– May 7: Germans surrender
Course of war
• August 14: Japanese surrender
• Legacies:
– 17 million people died in battle
– 18 million civilians died