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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
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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