WW2 The “Good” War Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHOM) Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard F. Sargent

Bargaining for the Sudetenland Neville Chamberlain –Prime Minister of Great Britain How did Hitler break the Versailles Treaty? –Built up military –Brought troops into Rhineland, forbidden area serving as a buffer zone between France and Germany What did Hitler want? –Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia What happened? –Munich Pact- UK and France give land to Germany to avoid war Define APPEASEMENT. Is appeasement ALWAYS a mistake?

Soviet Union -Neutral. Define Soviet-Nazi Pact –Peace treaty between Germany and Russia How did this pact benefit Germany? –Germany was able to attack France with full power. They did not have to fight a 2 front war with France and Russia.

Blitzkrieg in Poland What German action officially started the war –Attack of Poland. UK and France enter war What is a blitzkrieg? –Lightning quick attack

Fall of France Battle of Britain What was the Maginot Line? –Heavily fortified French/German border What was the Ardennes? –A forested area believed by the French to be an impossible place for the Germans to break through into France. –They were wrong What was the RAF? The Luftwaffe? –The British airforce, the German airforce Why did Germany use aircraft so much? –Britain is an island –Britains’s navy was powerful What invention gave Britain an advantage? –Radar – of France ImageFall of France Image

Battle of Britain What was Operation Sea Lion? -Germany’s planned invasion of Britain What was the blitz? -57 nights of Nazi bombing of Britain List 5 facts about the blitz. -Thousands died -London seriously damaged -Bomb shelters -Britain refused to surrender Why do you think Germany attacked Britain by air? -Britain was an island. -London pixLondon pix

Holocaust Voroncov What was kristallnacht? –“crystal night” or night of broken glass –11/9/1938- SS attacks/vandalizes Jewish homes, synagogues, etc. What was the final solution? –Genocide-extermination of all Jews Why did the Nazis try to kill all of the Jews? –Thought they were inferior –They were a “scapegoat” for the loss of WWI and economic troubles Unimaginable horrors of concentration camps and the death toll of the Holocaust: –Gas “showers” –Crematoriums –Nearly 10,000,000+ died in the Holocaust.

Pearl Harbor and Midway Why did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor? –US stood in the way of their plans to build an empire. –We also embargoed oil to protest Japanese aggression. –They thought the attack would demoralize us. Summarize the events of the attack in 3-4 sentences. –Only 29 Japanese planes lost –Almost the entire Pacific fleet was destroyed Describe the Battle of Midway. –Japan sent 150 ships to attack Midway Island. Huge American airfield. We destroyed 332 Japanese planes all 4 aircraft carriers, and a support ship. What is one advantage that we had in this battle? –We had broken a Japanese code and knew the attack was coming. Why is this Battle significant? –Avenged Pearl Harbor –Turning Point- from then on Japan was on the defensive

Attacking the Soviet Union &The Battle of Stalingrad List 5 facts about the Battle of Stalingrad. –German goal: oil fields, capture Stalingrad –Soviets lost >1,250,000 soldiers and civilians –German army cut from 330,000 to about 91,000 What is one key factor that helped lead to the defeat of the Germans in the USSR? –The winter – pixstalingrad pix Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 183-B Bild 183-B

D-DAY and the Battle of the Bulge What was D-Day? List 5 facts –The day of the invasion of France. –June 6, 1944 –Largest land sea operation in history –156,000 troops, 4,000 landing craft, 600 warships, 11,000 planes What was the main goal of D-Day? –Attempt to break through to Germany What was the Battle of the Bulge? –A German assault. A last ditch effort stop the allied advance. –Germans seemed fairly successful –Not really. They suffered heavy losses in infantry and weapons. It was the end. Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHOM) Robert F. Sargent, U.S. Coast Guard F. Sargent

Yalta & The End of the European War What was the Yalta Conference? Who was there? A meeting to decide post-war Europe. The BIG THREE: Winston Churchhill, Roosevelt, Stalin List 2 decisions from Yalta. Split Germany into four parts (England, France, USA, Soviets) Stalin would allow free elections in Eastern Europe Fall of Berlin Berlin surrendered to Soviets May 2, 1945 What was V-E Day? May 8 Victory in Europe day

Island Hopping and the Bomb What is a kamikaze?- suicide bombers Describe Guadalcanal.- first offensive attack Describe what occurred during the Battle of Iwo Jima. –Island 750 miles from Tokyo- part of Japan –7000 US soldier die –20,000 Japanese soldiers out of 21,000 who began What was the Manhattan Project?- Top Secret Project to build Atomic Bomb Why did Truman drop the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? hiroshima pic