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WORLD WAR II

WORLD WAR II. Hitler believes Germ should build a great empire (the THIRD REICH ). Need more land to East (Russia) & Slavic peoples should be used as slaves to build 3 rd Reich. DON’T WRITE!! Hitler creates new air force March 9, 1935.

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WORLD WAR II

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  1. WORLD WAR II

  2. Hitler believes Germ should build a great empire (the THIRD REICH)

  3. Need more land to East (Russia) & Slavic peoples should be used as slaves to build 3rd Reich

  4. DON’T WRITE!! • Hitler creates new air force March 9, 1935. • Begins military draft (Against Treaty Of Versailles). • Fr, GB warn Germ, but do nothing.

  5. HITLER INVADES THE RHINELAND • DON’T WRITE • Hitler knows they won’t use force. • Invades RHINELAND March 1936

  6. DON’T WRITE!Fr won’t act w/o GB. • GB doesn’t support using force (b/c Germ owns Rhine any way)

  7. THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE • Hitler & MUSSOLINI (Italy) become allies, b/c they believe must create big empire

  8. MUSSOLINI & HITLER

  9. 1936: Germ & It sign treaty recognizing poli & eco interests called the Rome-Berlin Axis. . • Invades Ethiopia w/ Germ support, angering GB & FR

  10. AUSTRIA • DON’T WRITE!! • 1937, Hitler threatens to invade Austria. • Aus Chancellor put Nazis in charge of govt. • Govt then “invites” Germ troops to come in & maintain order. • Annexed March 13, 1938

  11. DON’T WRITE!! • Next goal: destroy Czechoslovakia • Demands Germ be given SUDENTENLAND (NW Cz) on Sept 15, 1938.

  12. Policy of APPEASEMENT- belief that if you satisfy demands of unhappy nations, then unhappy powers will be content & there will be peace

  13. Fr, GB, Germ & It meet at MUNICH CONFERENCE. France & GB appease Hitler & give him Cz. • (See chart above for rest) • Hitler promises to make no more demands. BIG LIE! • Cz abandoned

  14. Neville Chamberlain, GB Prime Minister, says “This will create peace for our time”

  15. MUNICH CONFERENCE

  16. Hitler thinks Euro weak & won’t stop him. Took over rest of CZ 1939 & demands Polish port of DANZIG.

  17. GB & FR realize they need Soviets to stop Nazis & negotiate w/ USSR

  18. ON Aug 29, 1939 Hitler & Stalin (USSR) sign Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, promising not to attack each other (to prevent a 2 front war)

  19. Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact

  20. Pact gave Stalin E.Poland & Baltics

  21. Hitler invades Poland Sept 1, 1939. • Sept 3, GB & FR declare war.

  22. JAPANESE PATH TO WAR • Sept 1933: Japan attacks Manchuria for resources. • League of Nations sends investigators.

  23. US warns Japan that economic SANCTIONS (economic restrictions to enforce laws) will be used unless Japan w/draws to old borders

  24. Big Dilemma! • Japan must decide what they need more: Indochina’s resources or US’s oil & iron

  25. Germany’s fast attacks shock world. • BLITZKRIEG-lightening war- used armored columns (called panzer divisions) supported by planes. • Each division had 300 tanks w/ forces & supplies. • Breaks through areas & then bring in regular troops.

  26. THE BLITZKRIEG

  27. On 9/28/39, Poland surrenders & Germ & Soviets divide it up. • On 4/9/40, Hitler uses Blitzkrieg against Norway & Sweden.

  28. On 5/10/40 launch attack on Netherlands, Belgium & Fr w/ main assault thru Luxembourg & ARDENNES FOREST.

  29. ARDENNES FOREST

  30. Panzers break thru weak FR defenses, cut across FR, & go around MAGINOT LINE (Heavy fortifications) on Germ/FR border.

  31. Splits Allies in half, trapping FR & GB on Dunkirk beaches

  32. 6/22/40- Fr sign armistice & Germ occupies 3/5 of France. • Germ set up authoritarian regime

  33. Brits ask US for help. • US passed NEUTRALITY ACTS & cannot take sides

  34. Hitler must get control of air to invade GB • Aug 1940 LUFTWAFFE launches attack (air force) • Hits bases, harbors, communication & industry. • Brits fight & suffer losses.

  35. LUFTWAFFE

  36. DON’T WRITE • Hitler starts to bomb cities to get back at GB for raid in Berlin. • Because Germ stopped going after bases to get cities, GB rebuilds military strength. • Hitler backs off in Sept

  37. Hitler thought Brits waiting for Soviet help • 6/22/41- Hitler Invades USSR. • (Believed would win by winter). • 1800 mile attack, but capture 2 mil Rus soldiers

  38. INVASION OF RUSSIA

  39. Nov: Germ Army took Ukraine, 2nd attacked Leningrad & 3rd army 25 miles from Moscow. • Winter hits early & Strong Rus resistance stops Germ.

  40. Dec. 7, 1941 Japan attacks US naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. • Try to destroy Pacific fleet. • Thought US would accept Japan’s domination of Pacific

  41. KAMIKAZE (divine wind) were suicide pilots.

  42. Japan took over much of SE Asia & W Pacific • US declares war Dec. 8 • Joins the ALLIES • Hitler declared war on US

  43. New alliance- US, GB, & USSR are GRAND ALLIANCE • Agree to focus on military, not political issues. • Will fight until AXIS POWERS (Germ, It, Japan) have UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER- no conditions attached.

  44. women enter workforce. Some serve as nurses or WACS.

  45. GENERAL ERWIN ROMMEL (Desert Fox) & his AFRIKA KORPs break thru Egypt. • Last big success for Germ.

  46. Brits stop Rommel at EL ALAMEIN & he retreats. • US & Br invade N. Africa Nov 1942. • It & Germ armies surrender in May 1943.

  47. Hitler goes after Stalingrad (industrial center). -worst battle of the war. • Many starve during siege, but Nov 1942-Feb 1943 Soviets counterattack, encircling Germs & cutting off supplies during winter.

  48. Germ army surrenders & HITLER GIVES UP ON RUSSIA

  49. BATTLE OF STALINGRAD

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