Germany Sparks the New War

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Neutrality Act
Land-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
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The AXIS Strategy War Around the Globe

• Italy, Germany, and Japan define their targets

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German Aggression

• Sept. 1, 1939 attack Poland
• June 1940 France falls
• Battle of Britain (Ends May 1941)
• Germany turns towards Soviet Union (June 1941)

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Operation Barbarossa

• June 1941 Invades Soviet Union
• Targets Leningrad and Moscow
• By September Germans surrounded Leningrad.
  More than 1 million die that winter
• By December outside of Moscow. Winter proved
  fatal for Germany as it did for Napoleon

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Russia had 5 million soldiersbut were poorly
trained!
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Japan

• Overcrowded and needed raw materials
• Japan wanted a Pacific Empire
• 1931 Invaded Manchuria
• 1937 Invaded China
• Began expansion in Southeast Asia

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Manchuria
China
Southeast
Asia
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Italy Pursues North Africa

• Mussolini goal is to seize British controlled
  Egypt
• Suez Canal key to reaching Oil Fields
• Begins in Libya and moves into Egypt.

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Suez Canal Access to Oil
Libya
Egypt
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World War II around the Globe
Libya
Philippines
Southeast Asia
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3 Theatres of War
European
Northern Africa
Pacific
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Grid Handout

• What countries or areas of the world were Japan,
  Germany, and Italy each pursuing?
• What were the goals of each country in pursuing
  these targets?