The New War  Tanks – faster and more mobile  Mobile infantry (APC’s and motorcycles)  Air power (Long range bombers and fighters)  Aircraft Carriers  Nuclear Bombs  Improved communication (long range radios)

How did this change the war?  No more Trenches  Much more mobile  Civilians will be targeted in the cities  Massive destruction  Massive casualties (77 million)  A true global conflict

Nuremberg

German Fighter/ German Panzer

Long range destruction EnterpriseBritish Lancaster Bomber

American JeepLittle Boy- Atomic Bomb

Blitzkrieg :  This is the German term for lightning war. This involved the cooperation of the air force (Luftwaffa), Armor (Panzers), and Infantry.  Planes would bomb power stations, bridges and telephone lines.  Tanks would bust through the enemy lines and encircle and the foot soldier cleaned up the mess.  This created mass confusion, panic and rapid retreat.

Operation Barbarossa  Hitler made the greatest error. This is the decision that would eventually cost him the war.  He figured he had England isolated. He turned his sites on his neutral ally the Soviet union.  This operation was doomed to fail. He started the invasion of the USSR in late June of This was 3 months too late. It would mean that the Germans would have to fight threw a Russian winter.

Stalingrad  By late October, the Germans were on the door step of Moscow.  Hitler wanted to destroy the industrial center of Stalingrad. He diverted men to capture the city. They encircled it and laid siege for six weeks.  The Moscow invasion stalled and the Russian army descended on the Germans entrenched around Stalingrad and captured over German soldiers.  This was a huge turning point. The USSR would gain momentum and the Germans would gain no more ground in the East.

Pearl Harbor  Nov. 26 th 1941 Japanese Carrier fleet sets out on a 5000 mile journey to Hawaii to crush the American Pacific Fleet.  Goal is to deliver a knock out blow by a surprise attack. This would allow Japan to invade Southeast Asia.  Dec. 7 th Japanese plains would strike while the Americans were still sleeping in their beds.

Pearl Harbor

Midway June 1942  Americans decode Japans invasion plans for the US airbase at Midway.  Admiral Nimitz scrambles 3 carriers: Enterprise, Hornet, and Yorktown (She got fixed)  American bombers catch the Japanese carriers with all their planes on the decks fully loaded with torpedoes and fuel.  Japanese lose four carriers and the US would lose the Yorktown.  The Importance = America controls the Seas

D-Day  The idea was to create the two front war to divide the German forces in Europe.  The British and American air Force had been bombing German industrial centers for two years. It was time to deliver the knock out punch. This would come on the beaches of Normandy (Saving Private Ryan)  The Allies worked hard at convincing the Germans that it would come at Calais in he East some 300 km from Normandy.  The American General Dwight Eisenhower would be in command.

The landing  June 6 th 1944 it begins.  1,273 ships  U.S. troops75000 British and Can.  air craft  900 armored vehicles and 600 guns.  Five beaches :Utah/Omaha = U.S Sword/Gold = British Juno = Canadian

D-Day

Yalta Conference Feb. 4-11, 1945 Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin Europe’s Post war reorganization Germany divided into 4 zones of occupation Poland and Yugoslavia are to remain independent Soviets commit to getting involved in defeating Japan

The Big Three

Occupation of Germany

Potsdam July 16th 1945 President Truman, Josef Stalin, Clement Atlee China, U.S. and Great Britain commit to the total defeat of Japan Soviet’s demand territorial concessions in the East U.S. become suspicious of Soviet intentions in the future Allies agree to prosecute Nazi war criminals in an international war tribunal

The Bomb  President Roosevelt dies in April  Harry Truman takes over and he learns of a new weapon that could end the war in weeks.  Aug. 6 th 1945 the Hiroshima  Aug. 9 th Nagasaki  Aug 14 th the Emperor announces Japan’s surrender.

Hiroshima