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Section 2 The Axis Advances

Section 2 The Axis Advances. Ryan Jones, Vanguard Minter, Casey Piparo , Azende ’ Smith, Jason Tucker. The Axis Attacks. Germany used the tactic of Blitzkrieg Germany and Russia divide Eastern Europe Nazi-Soviet Pact Baltic States and Finland taken by Soviets. Blitzkrieg. Lightning war

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Section 2 The Axis Advances

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  1. Section 2 The Axis Advances Ryan Jones, Vanguard Minter, Casey Piparo, Azende’ Smith, Jason Tucker

  2. The Axis Attacks • Germany used the tactic of Blitzkrieg • Germany and Russia divide Eastern Europe • Nazi-Soviet Pact • Baltic States and Finland taken by Soviets

  3. Blitzkrieg • Lightning war • Luftwaffe – German Air Force • Bombed buildings, airfields, and factories • Tanks and ground troops next

  4. Dunkirk • British and French guard Maginot Line • Blitzkrieg forces them back to Dunkirk • 300,000 British troops are ferried to Britain • Evacuation known as Operation Dynamo

  5. France Surrenders • Germany moves south through France • Italy moves north • June 22, 1940 – France surrenders • Set up “puppet state” at Vichy Me 110s over Paris

  6. Operation Sea Lion • Invasion of Britain by Germany • Target: southern military locations • Result: RAF fights back Luftwaffe • Battle of Britain • Luftwaffe attacks London • Bomb London for 57 nights • RAF wins, British morale grows Me 323 and Spitfire

  7. North Africa • Germany attacks North Africa • Led by General Erwin Rommel • Push British back to Cairo

  8. Invasion of USSR • Hitler pushes through Moscow and Leningrad • Harsh winter – lose 3,000 troops • Stalin and British agree to fight Germany

  9. Hitler’s plan to invade the Soviet Union • “Operation Barbarossa, 1941.” • http://www.english-online.at/history/world-war-2/operation-barbarossa-and-the-battle-of-stalingrad.htm

  10. Hitler saluting(Seigheil) to his troops

  11. Hitler’s New Order • Master Race (Aryan) • Puppet Governments • Concentration Camps • Targeted Jews, Slavs, Gypsies, homosexuals, the disabled. • Forced Jew to live in Ghettos • The Final Solution

  12. The Holocaust • Jews and others put into death camps • Gassed in shower rooms • Young, Elderly, and sick immediately killed • Jews rebel to the Nazis in Warsaw • Vichy sends thousands of Jews to death

  13. Japanese Conquest • Took control of Asian and the Pacific • Goal is to escape Western Rule • Killed and tortured people they took over • Seized crops, destroyed cities, made citizens slaves

  14. American Involvement Grows • March 1941 congress passed the Lend-Lease Act • Allowed us to sell/lend war materials • Roosevelt met secretly with Churchill on warship • Set goals for the war • “the final destruction of the Nazi tyranny”

  15. Japan and US Faceoff • 1940 Japan advanced into French Indochina • And Dutch East Indies • US banned sale of materials to Japan • Japanese leaders saw as threat to economy • Held talks to ease tension • Tojo made ease to tension hard

  16. Attack on Pearl Harbor • December 7, 1941 • General TojoOrdered Surprise attack on Us • Japanese planes bombed the American fleet • Claimed about 2,400 Lives • Destroyed battle ships and aircrafts • Roosevelt named it • “a date which will live in infamy”

  17. Pearl Harbor continued • On December 8 Us declared war on Japan • On December 11 Germany + Italy declared war

  18. Japan Victories • Months after Pearl Harbor Japan captured Philippines • Overran Hong Kong, Burma, and Malaya • By 1942 empire from Southeast Asia to west Pacific ocean

  19. Pearl Harbor Damage • 19 American ships sunk or damaged • 188 American aircraft destroyed • 2,348 Americans killed • 1,109 Americans injured

  20. Works Cited Bakke, Lars H. "German Propaganda Posters from the 20th Century." Crestock.com. Crestock Corp., 24 June 2008. Web. 15 May 2014. Bennett, Michael J. "Unit2WWII.html." Unit2WWII.html. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 May 2014. "Ebensee Concentration Camp Prisoners." Wikipedia. Wikipedia, 30 Oct. 2006. Web. 16 May 2014 "How Many of the Nazi Gas Chambers Are Still in Existence?" Scrapbookpages Blog. N.p., 30 Aug. 2010. Web. 16 May 2014. Kass, Ras. "RasKass – Rasassination." Rap Genius. Stu-B-Doo, n.d. Web. 16 May 2014.

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