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Follow Up. Go to your “Rise of Fascism Notes” and 1. Circle Key Terms “Word you cannot tell story without” 2. Highlight “Main Ideas” Fact that “supports” Essential Question 3. Write Questions on left hand side 4. Write a 2-3 sentence summary at the bottom. The course of the War.
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Follow Up • Go to your “Rise of Fascism Notes” and • 1. Circle Key Terms • “Word you cannot tell story without” • 2. Highlight “Main Ideas” • Fact that “supports” Essential Question • 3. Write Questions on left hand side • 4. Write a 2-3 sentence summary at the bottom.
The course of the War Workbook pg. 23
Essential Question • How was Germany able to take over so much of the world so quickly, how were the allies able to win It back?
Directions • 1. With your group begin with your assigned station. • 2. Read information and write down the most important points. • 3. Discuss as a group. • 4. Rotate
Lightening War • Invaded Poland Sept. 1st, 1939 • Stalin also taking Polish land • Blitzkrieg • German for “lightening war” • Extreme Casualties • Executed Leaders, priests and upper class • 220/1000 citizens died
The Fall of France • 6 weeks after German invasion • Paris surrendered • French quiz fighting • Vichy Government • Ruled fascist government under German rule • British sank French Ships to keep them away from Hitler • French Government established in England
The Invasion of the USSR • August 23, 1939: Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact • June 1941: Hitler invaded Soviet Union • Retreat to Moscow • Dismantled or destroyed valuable resoruces • Signed treaty with japan • Some places welcomed German soldiers
Pearl Harbor • Dec. 7th, 1941: Japan attacked Pearl harbor • 2000 Americans died • Dec. 8th, 1941: US declares was on Japan • Dec. 11th, 1941: US declares was on Germany • Allies agree to direct most of their forces towards the European Theatre
The Holocaust • Only 250, 000 Jews in Germany • Lebensraum = Living space for Germans • Conquest made Jews a larger problem for Hitler • “Sub Human” groups according to Hitler • Jews • Slavs • Communists • Homosexuals • Gypsies • Political, religious and intellectual leaders
The Yalta Conference • Feb. 1945:: “the Big Three” met at Yalta • Stalin = USSR • Churchill = Great Britain • Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) = USA • Agreements • Establish United Nations • Stalin would hold elections in Eastern Europe • Soviet control of East Europe • Allies increasingly targeted civilians • Germans tried to assassinate Hitler
Hitler’s Las Stand • German used teenagers and old men to fight • April 1945: Soviets enter Berlin • April 12th, 1945: FDR dies in US • Vice President harry Truman takes over • May 1st, 1945: Hitler commits sluiced
Dropping the Bomb • July 1945: US detonated first atomic bomb • Potsdam conference • Stalin = USSR • Atlee = Great Britain • harry Truman = USA • US and USSR not getting along • Truman decided to show the power of the US
Dropping the Bomb • Truman decides to drop “the bomb” • August 6t, 1945: Bomb dropped on Hiroshima • 120.000 Japanese die • August 9th, 1945: Bomb dropped on Nagasaki • Soviet Union invades Japan • Sept. 1st, 1945: Japan formally surrenders • (VJ – Day)