War Plan Rainbow 5

Learning Objectives Understand what prompted the concern leading to the planning of Rainbow 5Understand what prompted the concern leading to the planning of Rainbow 5

Prologue to War WestWest –Rise of Fascist powers 1935 Hitler Repudiates terms of Treaty of Versailles –Spanish Civil War –Italian invasion of Ethiopia EastEast –Invasion of China –Battles of Khalkhin Gol

War Breaks out in Europe Invasion of PolandInvasion of Poland Invasion of Denmark & NorwayInvasion of Denmark & Norway Occupation of the Baltic StatesOccupation of the Baltic States Attack on FinlandAttack on Finland

1940 Fall of FranceFall of France –Vichy Regime Japan-China StalemateJapan-China Stalemate North AfricaNorth Africa Middle EastMiddle East

1941 War becomes Global Germany Invades RussiaGermany Invades Russia US Drawn into the WarUS Drawn into the War

The Japanese Plan The eastern plan requiredThe eastern plan required initial attacks on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with carrier-based aircraft of the Combined Fleet –following this attack with seizure of the Philippines cutting the U.S. lines of communication by seizing Guam and Wake The southern plans called for:The southern plans called for: attacking Malaya and Hong Kong, and –following with attacks against the Bismarck Archipelago, Java and Sumatra –isolating Australia and New Zealand

1942 The Allies regroupThe Allies regroup –Battle of Coral Sea –Battle of Midway –Battle of Stalingrad –Battle of El Alamein

1943 The Allies Gain MomentumThe Allies Gain Momentum –Operation Torch –Operation Husky –Operation Avalanche –Guadalcanal –Battle of Kursk –Battle of the Atlantic

The Axis CollapseThe Axis Collapse –D-Day –Vistula–Oder Offensive –Philippines recaptured –Battle of the Bulge –Hiroshima & Nagasaki