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War Plan Rainbow 5

War Plan Rainbow 5. Learning Objectives. Understand what prompted the concern leading to the planning of Rainbow 5. Prologue to War. West Rise of Fascist powers 1935 Hitler Repudiates terms of Treaty of Versailles Spanish Civil War Italian invasion of Ethiopia East Invasion of China

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War Plan Rainbow 5

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  1. War Plan Rainbow 5

  2. Learning Objectives • Understand what prompted the concern leading to the planning of Rainbow 5

  3. Prologue to War • West • Rise of Fascist powers • 1935 Hitler Repudiates terms of Treaty of Versailles • Spanish Civil War • Italian invasion of Ethiopia • East • Invasion of China • Battles of KhalkhinGol

  4. War Breaks out in Europe • Invasion of Poland • Invasion of Denmark & Norway • Occupation of the Baltic States • Attack on Finland

  5. 1940 • Fall of France • Vichy Regime • Japan-China Stalemate • North Africa • Middle East

  6. 1941 War becomes Global • Germany Invades Russia • US Drawn into the War

  7. The Japanese Plan • The eastern plan required • initial attacks on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with carrier-based aircraft of the Combined Fleet • following this attack with • seizure of the Philippines • cutting the U.S. lines of communication by seizing Guam and Wake • The southern plans called for: • attacking Malaya and Hong Kong, and • following with attacks against • the Bismarck Archipelago, • Java and Sumatra • isolating Australia and New Zealand

  8. 1942 • The Allies regroup • Battle of Coral Sea • Battle of Midway • Battle of Stalingrad • Battle of El Alamein

  9. 1943 • The Allies Gain Momentum • Operation Torch • Operation Husky • Operation Avalanche • Guadalcanal • Battle of Kursk • Battle of the Atlantic

  10. 1944-45 • The Axis Collapse • D-Day • Vistula–Oder Offensive • Philippines recaptured • Battle of the Bulge • Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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