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1 World War II

2 Europe Goes to War 1. 1936 - German troops occupy the Rhineland
– Germany annexes Austria – Anschluss 3. Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia) Germany needs lebenstraum Munich 1938 – appeasement Neville Chamberlain gives in 4. Germany takes rest of Czech.

3 Europe Goes to War 5. Germany signs non-aggression pact with USSR 1939
6. Sept. 1, 1939 – Germany invades Poland WWII begins

4 Europe Goes to War Blitzkrieg (“lightening war”)
Hitler crushes Poland Stalin takes half of Poland for Soviet Union (communist) French build up Maginot Line - defenses April 9, 1940 – Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium fall Takes Paris on June 14, 1940 Evacuation at Dunkirk

5 War cont. Battle of Britain Luftwaffe vs. Royal Air Force (RAF)
June 1940 – June 1941 – 30,000 Londoners killed Winston Churchill rallies England Hitler’s first defeat

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7 Japan Japan Builds an Empire American Response
Invades Manchuria; other Pacific Islands 30’s & 40’s American Response FDR moves Pacific fleet to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Threatens Japan’s expansion America remains neutral Embargo; Japanese assets frozen Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 – “a date which will live in infamy” U.S. enters World War II Japan

8 Pearl Harbor

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10 Fighting in Italy and North Africa
German General Erwin Rommel – “Desert Fox” Leads Afrika Corps Panzer units (tanks) Defeated by GB at Battle of El Alamein George Patton takes Sicily Bloody Anzio Italy surrenders Mussolini killed by anti-fascists

11 War in the Soviet Union 3.6 million Germans attack in 1941
Operation Barbarossa Scorched earth policy Bitter winter Battle of Stalingrad Red Army launches massive assault; victory for USSR Turning point in war

12 Invasion of Western Europe
Build up of troops in GB D-Day (June 6, 1944) Largest landing force in history invades Normandy, France Dwight D. Eisenhower – Supreme Allied Commander Battle of the Bulge 1944 – Hitler’s last chance to defend Germany Patton stops Germans

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14 War Ends in Europe The Soviets Advance Germany Surrenders
Move on Berlin U.S. moves from west Soviets move from east Soviets take Berlin in April 1945 Germany Surrenders Hitler commits suicide on May 1, 1945 Germany surrenders on May 8, 1945 V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)

15 War Ends in Europe cont. The Yalta Conference
Stalin, Churchill, and FDR (the big three) Split Germany Stalin promised to enter war in the Pacific

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17 War in the Pacific The Japanese Advance The Philippines Fall
General Macarthur forced to leave (“I shall return”) Bataan Death March The Battle of Coral Sea First aircraft carrier battle Prevented attack of Australia

18 War in the Pacific Allied Victories Turn the Tide The Battle of Midway
Iwo Jima and Okinawa Kamikaze fighters Key victories Island hopping to Japan

19 War Ends in Pacific The Manhattan Project – secret project to develop an atomic bomb FDR dies – Truman makes decision to drop the bomb August 6, “Little Boy” dropped on Hiroshima August 9, “Fat Man” dropped on Nagasaki Sept. 2, 1945 – Japan signs surrender

20 Hiroshima

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23 Liberation Soviet and American troops come upon Nazi concentration camps World begins to learn about the Holocaust Genocide


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