World War 2

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World War 2

• Ambitious Advances and
• Bloody Battles

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Rise of Totalitarian Regimes

• By 1930s totalitarian regimes emerged in Russia,
  Italy, Germany, Japan
• All four wanted to expand
  territory power in
  their sphere

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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

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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

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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
  (appeasementagreeing to demands to avoid war)

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Salivating over the Sudetenland

• Germans were living in part of Czechoslovakia, so
  Hitler demands Sudetenland
• Sept 1938 Munich Conferencecompromise reached
  Germany takes Sudetenland, but no more

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Salivating over the Sudetenland

• British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain says
  Europe has avoided war (but hes
  wrong)
• March 1939 Hitler breaks Munich
  Agreement takes
  all of Czechoslovakia

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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-Nazi- Soviet
  PactUSSR will not
  attack Germany will
  divide Poland

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World War 2 Begins

• Sept 1, 1939Germany invades Poland
• Sept 3, 1939England France declare war on
  Germany, but do not fight Germany for 8 months
  (time period known as Phony War)

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World War 2 Begins

• Blitzkrieg-lightening 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

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Fall of France

• French built Maginot
  Line after WW1, but had
  gap near Belgium
• June 1940 Germans go
  around Maginot
  Line take Paris

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Fall of France

• France split
• Nazis occupy northern France
• Hitler creates Vichy government in South
  France (French leaders
  who work with Nazis)
• Free Francerebels led by
  Charles de Gaulle fought
  Nazis from England

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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

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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 scorched- earth policy to
  stop Germans USSR counter-
  attacked

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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

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Pearl Harbor

• Japan mad at US for interfering with expansion
• Dec 7, 1941Japan bombed Pearl
  Harbor (Hawaii) US declared
  war on Japan

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1942-Tide Turns

• Battle of the AtlanticAllied forces defeat Axis
  submarines battleships
• StalingradGerman army was held forced to
  surrender to Russians
• El Alamein, Egypt- Allies defeated
  Rommels desert forces in North
  Africa

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Invading Italy

• July 1943Allies attack Italy
• Italian king Victor Emmanuel III had Mussolini
  jailed Italy surrendered

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V-E Day

• D-DayJune 6, 1944Allies invaded Nazi-held
  France at Normandy marched towards Germany

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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

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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

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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

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• Below Preview, respond to Review
• Create an image or piece of propaganda that
  reflects the overall importance of the following
  
• Sudetenland
• Munich Conference
• Blitzkrieg
• Phony War
• D-Day