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World War II

World War II. The Most Popular War. Germany Adolph Hitler Rhineland & Czechoslovakia Italy Benito Mussolini Albania & Ethiopia Japan Moved on China Allies & League of Nations Did nothing. Recap. Blitzkrieg September 1, 1939 Starts World War II

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World War II

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  1. World War II The Most Popular War

  2. Germany • Adolph Hitler • Rhineland & Czechoslovakia • Italy • Benito Mussolini • Albania & Ethiopia • Japan • Moved on China • Allies & League of Nations • Did nothing Recap

  3. Blitzkrieg • September 1, 1939 • Starts World War II • France & Britain declare war on Germany • Germany & Soviets split Poland • Non-Aggression Pact Germany Invades Poland

  4. Germany • Denmark • Norway • Holland • Belgium • Luxembourg • Soviets • Lithuania • Latvia • Estonia • Finland Quick Victories

  5. Germany used its surrounding victories to get by France’s defenses on the German-French border • The Allies, in trouble, headed for the English Channel • British ships rescued the soldiers and transported them to England Germany Moves on France

  6. Benito Mussolini joins Hitler and attacks France from the south • With limited soldiers, France falls in June of 1940 • Hitler Annexes the northern half • The southern part had a puppet regime installed Fall of France

  7. French General • Lead an underground resistance from London • Worked throughout WWII to liberate France • The Airport in Paris is named after him today Charles de Gaulle

  8. Germany begins to bomb England • Luftwaffe • Airfields, factories, cities • Lasted 9 months • England withstood the barrage and Hitler eventually gave up • RAF • Radar • Enigma The Battle of Britain

  9. British Prime Minister during World War II • Vowed to never surrender to the Nazis • Lead the British through the war • Celebrated as one of the UK’s greatest heroes today Winston Churchill

  10. Begins in 1940 • Italy wants to take Egypt from Britain • Germany later joins • Axis Powers & Britain battle over this territory War in Northern Africa

  11. Germany puts pressure in the Balkans to eventually take the USSR • Bulgaria, Romania & Hungary submit without a fight • Germany & Yugoslavia fight, but are beaten in 3 weeks War in the Balkans

  12. Blitzkrieg rolls on June 22, 1941 • Soviets are the largest army in the world • Hitler pushes into the USSR • Russians use S.E.P. • Hitler tries to take both Leningrad & Moscow • Stopped by Russian endurance & winter Hitler Invades the USSR

  13. USA aids Allied nations • Lend-Lease Act • USA worries about Japan in SE Asia • Guam & Philippines • USA withholds oil from Japan in an effort to slow their conquest • Japan sees the USA as blocking their empire building The USA Remains Neutral

  14. December 7, 1941 • Naval base in Hawaii • Most of the USA Pacific Fleet was destroyed • 2400 Soldiers died • USA declares war on Japan the next day Pearl Harbor

  15. Allied Powers • USA • Britain • USSR • Axis Powers • Germany • Italy • Japan • Theaters of War • European • Pacific The Major Players

  16. FDR – USA • Winston Churchill – UK • Joseph Stalin – USSR • Adolf Hitler – Germany • Benito Mussolini - Italy Major Leaders

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