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The Great Patriotic War

The Great Patriotic War. THE GERMAN INVASION OF RUSSIA: WORLD WAR II - Military/War/History (documentary) . WWII - "Moscow Strikes Back" (1942) [Full Documentary] *Edward G Robinson narrates…. Lead up to WWII: c. 1939-1945. Great Depression & Rise of Dictators. WWI & Treaty of Versailles

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The Great Patriotic War

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  1. The Great Patriotic War THE GERMAN INVASION OF RUSSIA: WORLD WAR II - Military/War/History (documentary) WWII - "Moscow Strikes Back" (1942) [Full Documentary] *Edward G Robinson narrates…

  2. Lead up to WWII: c. 1939-1945 Great Depression & Rise of Dictators WWI & Treaty of Versailles *1917: Russian Rev (x2) Industrialization & Ne-Colonialism 1880s 1900s 1914-1918 1920s 1930s 1919 Roaring 20s in USA Rebuilding in Europe Colonial Oppression in: Asia, Latin America & Africa Depression in Germany Civil War in USSR M: militarism A: alliances N: nationalism I: imperialism & IR A: Assassination

  3. WWII: c. 1939-1945 Key Developments: Turning Points: Nazi-Soviet Pact Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact Aug. 1939 Nazi Invasion of Poland Sept. 1939 Operation Barbarossa Nazi invasion of USSR June 1941 Pearl Harbor Decd. 7, 1941 Stalingrad & Leningrad 1942-1943 / 1941-1944 D-Day June 6, 1944 A-bomb Aug. 1945 • Rise of Dictators: • Hitler • Mussolini • Franco • Stalin • Violations of Versailles: • Mussolini: Abyssinia • Hitler: Austria & Sudetenland (Czech.) • Japan: Manchuria & Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere • Appeasement (Chamberlain)

  4. Appeasement Sugar hyper kid Problem: Grocery Store Tantrum Temporarily solves problem New (worse?) problem

  5. Wonder how long the honeymoon will last?

  6. Total War

  7. On each and every attack our valorous Red Army will answer with three times more powerful blows!

  8. I swear to defeat the enemy. Cut the enemy! (1939)

  9. Glory to the heroes of the Patriotic War! Glory to the Stalin's falcons! Let's crush the enemy under avalanche of steel

  10. Soldiers of all nationalities, fight for Motherland and victory! Death to the Fascism

  11. Fight German animals! We can and must destroy Hitler's army. The face of Hitlerism

  12. Red Army's broom will sweep the enemy out! http://www.allworldwars.com/Russian%20WWII%20Propaganda%20Posters.html

  13. North African Campaign: June 1940 to May 1943

  14. April 1945… USSR & US troops In Berlin… April 30th Suicide May 8th 1945…VE DAY Reichstag After Fall of Berlin

  15. Pacific Theater

  16. Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere • Contrast to European Totalitarianism • Japan’s “New Order” • Announced in 1940 • Late 19th century idea • Ultranationalist leanings • Occupied Countries = • Puppet regimes • Subject to “Japanization” • Suffering & Death http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/papers/coprospr.htm

  17. The Atomic Bomb • August 6, 1945 • Hiroshima • August 9, 1945 • Nagasaki • August 15, 1945 • Unconditional Surrender • 62,000 buildings • destroyed • 70,000 people • killed instantly • 140,000 by • end of year Fat Man & Little Boy Ground temps of 7000 F Winds of 980 mph

  18. Was it necessary? Killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki 15-20% died from radiation poisoning Still others died from cancer

  19. VJ Day

  20. WWII Conferences • Atlantic Conference (1941) • FDR & Churchill off coast of Newfoundland • Atlantic Charter = foundations for UN • Washington DC (1941-42) • FDR & Churchill • Aid to Europe • Moscow (1942) • Churchill & Stalin • Potential of 2nd European front • Casablanca Conference (1943) • FDR & Churchill in Morocco • Axis have to unconditionally surrender • Washington DC (1943) • FDR & Churchill • Europe vs. Italy • Quebec (1943) • FDR & Churchill • Global strategy & D-Day plans • Cairo Conference (1943) • FDR, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek in Egypt • Fate of Korea & Taiwan • Teheran Conference (1943) • Big Three: FDR, Churchill & Stalin in Iran • 2nd front in Europe • USSR vs. Japan (after German defeat) • Quebec (1944) • FDR & Churchill • Lend-Lease • German occupation • Moscow (1944) • Churchill & Stalin • USSR in Pacific • Poland? • Malta (1945) • FDR & Churchill • Strategy in Europe & Far East • Yalta Conference (1945) • Big Three in the Crimea • War against Japan • Post-war Germany decisions (including war crimes trials) • UN decisions • Poland? • Potsdam (1945) • Truman, Attlee & Stalin in Germany • Administration of Japan • Redraw the lines of Europe

  21. The Cold War

  22. http://isnibhistory1.wikispaces.com/F.++World+War+II

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