WWII

Snowballing to War 1. Alliances 1936-Franco-Russian Alliance 1939-Rome-Berlin Axis (plus Japan)

Snowballing to War 2. Imperialism

Snowballing to War 3. Militarism

Militarism Planes Tanks Missiles Blitzkrieg Penicillin

Snowballing to War 4. Nationalism

Snowballing to War 5. Places of Conflict

Snowballing to War 6. The “Spark”

In the 1930’s neither Germany, Italy, Japan, nor the U.S.S.R. was content with the conditions of the Paris peace conference. Great Britain, France, and the U.S. were satisfied powers but they had lost faith in the conditions and were unwilling to risk war for the sake of upholding them.

Pacifism U.S. England France Isolationism U.S. Appeasement Daladier Chamberlain

Repudiated the Treaty –Armed the military Reoccupied the Rhineland Anschluss Spanish Civil War - Munich Crisis – Sudetenland Appeasement Ends British Pact with Poland, Greece, and Romania Nazi-Soviet PactWar is coming

Sept 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland Sept 3, 1939 France and Great Britain declare war on Germany U.S.S.R. invades Poland, Baltic States, and Finland “Phony” War – Blitzkrieg – Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France Maginot Line??? Dunkirk and “Vichy” France Italy invades S. France, Greece, and Africa

MAGINOT LINE

Dunkirk

Hitler takes the Balkans Romania, Bulgaria, & Hungary were Axis Yugoslavia and Greece were occupied Hitler invades Russia 3Million troops 2000 mile front Battles Leningrad Stalingrad Moscow

OPERATION BARBAROSSA

Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor? What was fortunate for the Americans?

Battle of Stalingrad Battle of El Alamein “Desert Fox” Montgomery

What happens to Mussolini Battle for Italy June Operation Overlord General Eisenhower 130,000 – 1 st Day 1 million in a month Battle of Normandy General Patton Battle of the Bulge Why allowed into Berlin 1 st ? What was lost because of this? Russian Advances May V-E Day

D-Day

German Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel surrenders at Soviet headquarters in Berlin, May 9, The war in Europe is over!

Nuremberg Laws Star of David Jews have to register Limited in jobs and marriage “Final Solution” Ghetto’s Concentration camps Extermination Experiments Warsaw Ghetto Liberated camp

Coral SeaMidway

USS YORKTOWN HIT BY JAPANESE CARRIER PLANES. IT WAS THE ONLY CARRIER THE U.S. LOST. THE JAPANESE LOST FOUR CARRIERS AND ALL THEIR PILOTS. Battle of Midway

Island HoppingMajor Battles Philippines Guam Guadal Canal Solomon Island Wake Saipan Marshal Island Iwo Jima Okinawa Atomic Bombs Aug Aug Aug Aug Sep

IWO JIMA, OKINAWA, AND THE KAMIKAZES FIREBOMBING OF JAPAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI THE DECISION TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMBS American Casualties for Iwo Jima & Okinawa exceeded 90,000

MODEL OF “LITTLE BOY” ATOMIC BOMB ENOLA GAY, PLANE THAT DROPPED THE BOMB THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY, PLANE THAT DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN

Atlantic Charter Similar to Wilson’s 14 pts FDR and Churchill Casablanca & Teheran Unconditional Surrender Occupation of Germany Demilitarization of Germany Yalta E. Europe – Provisional gov’ts until elections Cuzon Line: Polish border Germany – 4 zones Reparations to those who suffered the most UN Russia – enters war in East after defeat of Germany Potsdam Postwar treatment of Germany Denazification War criminals New Big Three