1. GERMANS INVADE RUSSIA/PEARL HARBOR

2. The German Invasion of the Soviet Union  Spring of 1941 Hitler turns his sights on USSR  Ultimate target for resettled Germans to live  Hitler believes USSR is close to bankrupt, and when attacked they will collapse.

3. Operation Barbarossa  June 22 1941 Germans invade USSR  Attacking with 3.6 million soldiers, largest attacking force in history.  3700 tanks and 2500 planes  Finland, Romania, and Hungary declare war on USSR to augment German attack.  Surprise attack a front of 1900 miles  Easily reach Moscow Gates  Germany seems to be on the way to victory

4. Operation Barbarossa  Blitzkriegs don’t work in Russia  Underestimated Soviet numbers  Industry relocates  Germans lose 800,000 soldiers  Arrival of winter (most severe in years)  No winter clothes or boots  100000 frostbite  Over 2000 amputated  Russians prepared with help of Americans

5. Battles in Asia and the Pacific  USA inching towards war, ever since 1937  Why 1937?  Roosevelt's plea falls on deaf ears  When war breaks out in Europe tension with Japan increase  Cash-and-Carry  Lend-lease program  Aids Soviets, Chinese, etc….

6. Pearl Harbor  Japanese trying to project influence on S Pacific  Occupy French Indochina (modern day Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia.)  US responds by freezing assets and a complete embargo on oil.  Meet demands or go to war  350 Japanese bombers  Disabled 18 ships destroy over 200  December 11 Germany/Italy declare war on USA  2403 Americans killed  Over 1500 wounded

7. Japanese Victories  After Pearl Harbor the Japanese win battle after battle  Attacks on Guam, Philippines, Wake Island, Midway, and Hong Kong.  Australia and New Zealand were in their sights  Asia for Asians OR Asia for Japanese

8. Allied Victory in Europe  1943 Germans lose momentum to Soviets  Red Army pushes Germans out of Russia  Reach Berlin by 1945  Germans lose 6 million soldiers  DDAY (June 6 1944) USA/UK open western front by invading Normandy (France)  The Germans begin to collapse from both sides  1944 Italy withdrawals  Dresden  Germans surrender May 8 1945

9. Turning the Tide to the Pacific  Turning point on Midway  Code breakers  Island Hopping  Recapture Philippines, Marianas, and eventually move to Iwo Jima  Nagasaki and Hiroshima