Hitler’s Rise to Power

The Start Treaty of Versailles ends WWI (US, Britain, France) Forces Germany to pay for WWI Forces Germany to accept blame for WWI Forces Germany to disband armies Forces Germany to give up land Germany is left struggling after WWI defeat Many citizens are poor and unhappy

Post WWI Germany

Germany’s Answer Elect Adolf Hitler to undo the effects of the Treaty of Versailles Hitler gives empowering speeches to the German people http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnpTWKKWQ1o (Hitler Speeches)

Germany Rises Germany begins to build up an army/weaponry France and Britain not worried, feel Communism is a larger threat Germany’s army would be beneficial to fighting Communism Hitler allies with Italy (Mousseline) and Japan Hitler seeks to regain lost land http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnpTWKKWQ1o (Nazi Weaponry Science)

German Invasion Begins Hitler invades Austria and fixes a vote so that 99% of Austrian citizens vote to become part of Germany Hitler promises that this is all the land that Germany wants No other countries react for fear of war

Lies and Conquests Hitler breaks his word and invades Czechoslovakia Britain reaches out to Hitler trying to prevent war The Munich Treaty Gave Germany part of Czechoslovakia if they agreed to stop expansion Hitler agrees, but invades the rest of Czechoslovakia anyways

Britain and France Finally React Britain and France do not have resources to take out Hitler's armies, so they make a threat Invade Poland = Start War Hitler ignores their threat and invades Poland Britain and France declare war on Germany

Poland Germany and the Soviet Union make a nonaggression agreement Germany invades Poland from the west, Soviet Union invades Poland from the east Poland is divided between Germany and the Soviet Union

Expansion of 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway Norway holds out 2 months Soviet Union invades Finland Only gain part of Norway Germany takes Belgium, Several Small Countries and Northern France Italy invades Southern France Soviet Union invades Romania and forces Romania to give up land

Britain Stands Strong Italy takes British holds in Middle East and Africa (Lebanon, Greece, Egypt) Germans send troops to North Africa to help Italian Army The Battle of Britain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td8bF6Xgb_Y German U-boats versus British navy Air Warfare

The Axis Power Gets New Members Romania, Bulgaria, Hungry, and Slovakia join the Axis Power Newly formed terrorist-controlled Croatia joins later Germany, Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria invade and conquer Yugoslavia. Germany and Bulgaria help Italy take over Greece

Axis Powers Invade Soviet Union Axis powers (not Bulgaria) invade the Soviet Union Norway joins the axis powers to get Soviet Union out of Norway (leads to Germany taking over Baltic countries) Germans retreat from the Soviet Union

The US Joins the War! Japan bombs Pearl Harbor (Dec, 7, 1941) Japanese troops land in the Philippines, French Indochina (Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia), and British Singapore. By April 1942, the Philippines, Indochina, and Singapore are under Japanese occupation. Axis Powers declare war on the US (Dec 11-13, 1941)

Pearl Harbor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_XFKbRJhVk (Pearl Harbor Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK8gYGg0dkE (Roosevelt’s Speech)

The Fall of the Axis Powers Britain sets out to reclaim Africa first Britain then takes over Italy Once Rome is liberated, Allies are close enough to directly target Germany for the first time British and US seek to liberate France by storming the beaches of Normandy Belgium and Netherlands also liberated (Battle of the Bulge)

The Rise of the Soviet Union Germans attack the Soviet Union and are defeated again Soviet Union drives Germany out of Poland Soviet Union forces Romania to switch sides Bulgaria surrenders Germans forced to leave Greece, Albania, and Yugoslavia Finland leaves the Axis Powers Hungarians join with the Germans to withstand Soviet Union takeover

The Fall of Nazi Germany US invade Germany from the west, Soviet Union surrounds Berlin Hitler commits suicide Germany surrenders to Allie Powers and Soviet Union

Hiroshima Reaction to Pearl Harbor President Truman decides to unleash atomic bomb although deadly Effort to stop fighting with Japan Second bomb dropped in Nagasaki Soviet Union invades Japan Japan surrenders, ending the war (September 2, 1945)