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”

WWII 1939-1945 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.

Three Little Words That Will Lead To WWII Pacifism U.S. England France Isolationism Appeasement Daladier Chamberlain

Appeasement & Gradual Encroachment 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 Pact War is coming

Beginning of WWIII 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

Neutrality to Lend-Lease Battle of Britain U.S. Involvement: Neutrality to Lend-Lease

Hitler takes the Balkans Eastern Front 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

“Dec 7, 1941 a date that will live in infamy”

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

Turning points in the War in Europe Montgomery Battle of El Alamein Battle of Stalingrad “Desert Fox”

Turning Pts to End of war in europe What happens to Mussolini Battle for Italy June 6 1944 Operation Overlord General Eisenhower 130,000 – 1st Day 1 million in a month Battle of Normandy General Patton Battle of the Bulge Why allowed into Berlin 1st? What was lost because of this? Russian Advances May 8 1945 V-E Day

D-Day

German Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel surrenders at Soviet headquarters in Berlin, May 9, 1945. The war in Europe is over!

Holocaust Liberated camp 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

Turning Points in the Pacific Coral Sea Midway

Battle of Midway 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.

Island Hopping to Hiroshima Major Battles Philippines Guam Guadal Canal Solomon Island Wake Saipan Marshal Island Iwo Jima Okinawa Atomic Bombs Aug. 6 1945 Aug. 8 1945 Aug. 9 1945 Aug. 14 1945 Sep. 2 1945

IWO JIMA, OKINAWA, AND THE KAMIKAZES FIREBOMBING OF JAPAN The decision to drop the Atomic Bombs IWO JIMA, OKINAWA, AND THE KAMIKAZES FIREBOMBING OF JAPAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI 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

Conferences – The Big 3 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

War Crimes Trials