1. Follow Up
Complete the summary at the bottom of your “Path to War” notes.
-Remember it should be 2-4 sentences and include key details.

2. WWII Begins August 1939 – GER. Invades Poland Break Munich agreement
BR and FR declare war on GER

4. Alliances in WWII Allied Powers Axis Powers Britain Germany France
Soviet Union
United States
China
45 other nations
Germany
Italy
Japan

5. Axis Advances Axis powers dominate in early years of the war.
Hitler uses blitzkrieg war strategy
Lightning war; attacks that combined planes, tanks, artillery and infantry bombarding their target at once.
By 1941, GER had overrun Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
With Italy, sized the Balkans and parts of N. Africa

6. GER bombed Great Britain. June 1941, GER pushes deep into Soviet Union
Dec. 7, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Also seize Philippians and other Pac. Islands

8. Allied countries geared economies towards war production
War rages on for years
Battles in N. Africa, Soviet Union, Italy, the Pacific
No battles in W. Europe
GER. Had nearly full control
Allied countries geared economies towards war production
Rationed food, regulated prices, forced production

9. The Tides Turn
Dec – U.S. enters the war after attack on Pearl Harbor.
GER. and Italy declare war on U.S.
G.B. and FR. (but not RUSS.) declare war on Japan
1943: Mussolini forced out of power and later killed
Italy no longer a threat
Soviet Union defeats GER in Battle of Stalingrad.

10. D-Day June 6, 1944 – (D-Day) Operation Overlord
American lead invasion of Normandy (FR)
176,000 troops, 600 warships, 10,000 aircraft
Long, bloody, battle – but Allies win
Turning point in the war – foothold in EUR for future attacks

12. Holocaust Revealed
First Concentration Camp discovered by Soviets in July 1944.
Genocide (mass murder) of nearly 6 million Jews and other “misfits”
2/3 of all European Jews
Auschwitz liberated Jan. 1945

13. The War is Ending Soviet Union pushed all the way to Berlin
France is liberated and allied troops move in from the West.
Hitler commits suicide
May 7, 1945 Germany surrenders

14. Yalta Conference Feb. 1945 Allies met to discuss postwar issues
Big 3 (Stalin, Roosevelt, Churchill)
Form United Nations
Divide Berlin into three sections
Soviet Union agrees to help fight against Japan in exchange for land

15. Atomic Bombs Japanese would not surrender
August 1945: U.S. drops two atomic bombs on Japan
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
200,000 die immediately
Many more die later due to radiation
Ends the war
Demonstrates America’s military might

16. WWII Casualties Soviet Union= 22 million Germany = 8 million
Japan = 2 million
U.S. = 300,000