The Axis Advances Chapter 14.2
The Axis Attacks Blitzkrieg-lightning war Fast moving tanks and airpower Luftwaffe-German Air Force Bombed- airfield,factories, towns and cities Tanks and troops advance rapidly
Soviets move west capturing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania Western Powers -helpless
The Miracle at Dunkirk April 1940 Hitler takes Norway and Denmark pursuing Belgium and the Netherlands British are trapped on the beach Every British boat , ship , canoe, and kayak comes to save the 300,000 troops
France falls French surrender June 22, 1940 Germans set up Vichy Government Collaborator gov’t Free French escape to Britain DeGualle-Free French leaders
Operation Sea Lion German invasion of Britain Bombing of Britian for 57 days Destroying nonmilitary targets British stand fast Battle of Britain RAF
Africa and the Balkans Axis control North Africa Rommel –Desert Fox Eastern Europe- Italy attacks Greece and Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Hungary join Axis
Germany Invades the Soviet Union Nonaggression pact broken Soviets lose 2.5 million troops Soviets retreat burning everything for Germans to take Soviet winter destroys German troops
Siege on Stalingard 1 million civilians die Stalingrad did not fall British and Soviets unite against Germans
Life Under Nazi and Japanese Occupation Hitler’s “New Order” Master Race Theft of art, factories, property, and resources Jews-sent to Concentration Camps
The Nazis commit genocide against Jews Enemies of the state Homosexuals Gypsies Disabled
Final Solution Kill all Jews Holocaust -6 million dead Concentration camps –Treblinka
Japans Brutal Conquest Escape European colonial rule Invade and conquer China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indochina Take, kill, and rape
Japan Attack the US US neutral on war FDR wants to help allies Lend Lease Act- loan of military equipment to Allies US bans oil, steel, and raw materials to Japan
Attack on Pearl Harbor Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii FDR-”A day that will live in infamy” US declares war on Japan WWII begins