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Aim: What are the key events of WWII?

Aim: What are the key events of WWII?. Do Now: Identify two long-term causes of WWII. What was Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement? Why is it considered a failed policy? What was the Soviet-Nazi Non-aggression pact? In your opinion, could the outbreak of WWII been avoided?.

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Aim: What are the key events of WWII?

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  1. Aim: What are the key events of WWII? Do Now: • Identify two long-term causes of WWII. • What was Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement? Why is it considered a failed policy? • What was the Soviet-Nazi Non-aggression pact? • In your opinion, could the outbreak of WWII been avoided?

  2. Chronology of WWII 1939 – September 1st – invasion of Poland • Britain and France declare war on Germany • “Blitzkrieg” – lightening warfare

  3. Chronology of WWII 1940 – invades/conquers Denmark and Norway – then Netherlands and Belgium • France – Maginot line • June – France surrenders • Italy actively joins war on German side • Battle of Britain • Winston Churchill • Mass bombings – 10 months • May 1941 – Hitler loses battle

  4. British Planes

  5. Chronology of WWII 1941 – June – invades Soviet Union • Scorched earth policy • Severe Russian winter • December 7 – Japan bombs Pearl Harbor • U.S. declares war on Japan

  6. Pearl Harbor

  7. Aim: How was WWII critical to Global history? • What is the significance of the Battle of Britain? • Why did Hitler’s generals warn against an invasion of the Soviet Union? • What strategy did the Soviet Union employ when invaded? • What is the significance of the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor?

  8. Chronology of WWII 1942 – by midyear tide begins to change • May – Battle of Coral Sea • June – Midway • General Douglas MacArthur – “island hopping” campaign • September – Battle of Stalingrad 1943 – Allies invade Sicily • Within two weeks Mussolini out

  9. Battle of Midway

  10. Chronology of WWII 1944 – June 6th – “D-day” • Allied invasion of Normandy • 176,000 allied troops ferried across the English Channel • From landing craft, they fought their way to shore amid underwater mines and raking machine-gun fire • Finally, broke through German defenses and advanced toward Paris • On August 25, the Allies entered Paris

  11. D-day: Allied invasion at Normandy

  12. Chronology of WWII 1945 – February – Yalta Conference • “Big Three” – who? • Decision? • May 8th – Final surrender of Germany

  13. Yalta: Big Three

  14. Chronology of WWII • After German surrender, still fighting Japan in the Pacific (Iwo Jima and Okinawa) • August - defeat of Japan – dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  15. American POWs

  16. Mushroom Cloud over Hiroshima

  17. WWII SUMMARY • How was WWII a total war? • Why is the Battle of Stalingrad considered a turning point? • Why is Midway considered a turning point? • What was the “island hopping” campaign? • What is the significance of D-day? • What was the significance of the Yalta Conference? (meeting of the Big Three) COMING TOMORROW – WAS THE U.S. JUSTIFIED IN DROPPING ATOMIC BOMBS ON HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI?

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