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WWII Review

WWII Review. Containment: Limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control Anschluss: Union of Austria and Germany engineered by Hitler Island hopping: US Marines attempting to recapture islands in Pacific from the Japanese. Operation Barbarossa:

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WWII Review

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  1. WWII Review • Containment: • Limiting communism to the areas already under Soviet control • Anschluss: • Union of Austria and Germany engineered by Hitler • Island hopping: • US Marines attempting to recapture islands in Pacific from the Japanese

  2. Operation Barbarossa: • German/Nazi plan to take over the Soviet Union • Warsaw Pact: • Alliance among the Soviet Union and 7 satellite states in Eastern Europe • NATO: • Alliance among US, Canada and 9 western European nations.

  3. Leading Up to War.. • 1935 – Italy invades Ethiopia • 1936 – Axis Powers are formed between Germany, Italy and Japan • 1937 – Japan invades Eastern China and expands its imperial power. • 1938 – Germany annexes the nation of Austria, breaking WWI treaty terms. • 1939 – Germany invades Poland, WWII begins!

  4. The Axis Advances.. • The siege of Leningrad caused the death of 1,000,000 Russians. • The German bombing on London was called the London blitz. • By 1942, the Japanese empire stretched from Southeast Asia to the Pacific Ocean.

  5. The Allies Turn the Tide.. • Nazi racism was mainly aimed at the Jewish religious group. • The slogan “Asia for Asians” aimed to help Asians escape imperial rule. • The Big Three: FDR, Churchill and Stalin. • After the US enters WWII many Japanese Americans were placed in internment camps. • D-Day occurred on June 6, 1944.

  6. Victory in Europe and the Pacific • V-E Day stands for Victory in Europe. • The Bataan Death March cost the lives of over 10,000 Filipinos and Americans. • Kamikaze pilots used suicide missions to attack US ships. • The American President who decided to drop the a-bomb was Harry Truman. • August 6th, 1945 – 1st bomb dropped on Hiroshima. • August 8th, 1945 – 2nd bomb dropped on Nagasaki.

  7. From World War to Cold War.. • Five permanent nations of the United Nations (UN) include: • US • USSR/Russia • Britain • France and • China

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