2. Major Events of WWII 1939-1945

3. 1. Beginning of War A) Germany invades Poland, Sept 1, 1939 using the blitzkrieg (lightning war) Germany Marching into Poland

4. b) Britain and France declare war Phony War –no fighting for 7 months c) April 9, 1940, Hitler attacks Denmark & Norway Denmark And Norway

5. b) Britain and France declare war Phony War –no fighting for 7 months c) April 9, 1940, Hitler attacks Denmark & Norway

6. d. Battle for France & Britain Attacks on France begin in May, 1940 France surrenders on June 14, while Charles de Gaulle sets up a French government in London Hitler after taking Paris, France

7. d. Battle for France & Britain Axis advances after France Next Destination Great Britain

8. e) Battle of Britain Battle for Britain begins in Sept, 1940 Winston Churchill (leader of Britain) explains that Britains will fight until the end Battle ends in May 1941 when Hitler calls off the invasion-saves Europe

9. E. Battle of Britain Winston Churchill (leader of Britain) explains that Britains will fight until the end Battle ends in May 1941 when Hitler calls off the invasion-saves Europe Churchill preparing For battle

10. E. Battle of Britain For the following nine months, the German air force (Luftwaffe) launched repeated bombing raids on British towns and cities. This was known as the BLITZ and was an attempt to bomb Britain into submission.

11. 2. War around the World A) British attack Italians in Northern Africa, but Hitler sends aid by 1942 Hitler conquers Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941(April)

12. · The Soviets retreated as the Germans advanced on Moscow, burning crops and farm equipment as they went in order to keep them out of German hands. A Time of Peril Germany: · Germany had conquered most of Europe and invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. B) Germany invades the Soviet Union

13. B) Germany invading the Soviet Union Soviet Prisoners

14. German Forces Stalled at Moscow and Leningrad C) Battle of Stalingrad (*Turning Point of War in Europe*) Hitler starts stalling At Moscow

15. C) Battle of Stalingrad (Turning Point of War in the East)

16. Hitler trying to Get Soviet Union

17. C) Battle of Stalingrad (Turning Point of War in the East)

18. 3. America gets involved A) December 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese-kills 2,400 Americans

20. Aa) FDR calls it “A date that will live in infamy”

21. B) From 1941-1942 Japanese Island hop in the pacific undefeated (“Asia for Asians”)

22. Japan: After attacking Pearl Harbor, the Japanese seized Guam, Wake Island, Hong Kong, Malaya, Burma and the Dutch East Indies. The Japanese also defeated American and Filipino forces, led by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur, in the Philippines.

23. U.S. troops surrender to the Japanese in the Philippine Islands, May 6, 1942. A total of 11,500 Americans and Filipinos became POWs.

24. C) Battle of Midway-June 6, 1942, Americans defeat Japanese and turn the tide in the Pacific (*Turning Point in Pacific*)

25. D) Douglas MacArthur leads Americans Island-hopping back towards Japan “Hit them where they ain’t, and Let them die on the vine”

26. Island Hopping towards Japan

27. Raising the flag atop Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima, Feb. 23, 1945. This photograph became the only photograph to win the Pulitzer Prize in the same year as its publication, and ultimately came to be regarded as one of the most significant and recognizable images of the war, and possibly the most reproduced photograph of all time.

29. Battles that turn the tide E. Dwight D. Eisenhower leads Allies to victory in African territories

30. Dwight Eisenhower speaking to troops.

31. Allied Victory in Europe A) D-Day-operation Overlord-greatest land and sea attack in History. B) Led by Dwight Eisenhower on June 6, 1944 C) 5 beaches of Normandy, France Sept. liberate France

32. D-Day A) D-Day-operation Overlord-greatest land and sea attack in History. B) Led by Dwight Eisenhower on June 6, 1944 C) 5 beaches of Normandy, France

33. A) D-Day-operation Overlord-greatest land and sea attack in History. B) Led by Dwight Eisenhower on June 6, 1944 C) 5 beaches of Normandy, France

34. Normandy, France on D-Day A) D-Day-operation Overlord-greatest land and sea attack in History. B) Led by Dwight Eisenhower on June 6, 1944 C) 5 beaches of Normandy, France

35. At Utah Beach, members of an American landing party help others whose landing craft was sunk by the Germans off the coast of France. The survivors reached Utah Beach, near Cherbourg, by using a life raft.

36. Crossed rifles in the sand placed as a tribute to this fallen soldier.

37. D) Battle of Bulge-Allied Victory -Germany tries one final time to turn back the Allies but are defeated

39. The Tide Turns The Allies enjoyed victories in the Pacific, North Africa, Italy and Russia. In Italy, Mussolini had been overthrown and the new government joined the Allies. April 29, 1945 Mussolini and 15 other fascist leaders are executed and hanged at an Esso gas station in the Piazzale Loreto in Milan.

40. Election of 1944 · FDR won an unprecedented fourth term in office in 1944. However, in April of 1945, FDR died, forcing Vice-President Harry Truman to assume the Presidency.

41. Victory in Europe · By April of 1945, American and Soviet troops were closing in on Berlin. The endless procession of German prisoners marching through the ruined city streets to captivity. · Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, and Germany officially surrendered on May 7.

42. Red army soldiers raising the Soviet flag on the roof of the Reichstag (German Parliament) in Berlin, Germany.

43. On May 8, the Allies celebrated V-E Day (Victory in Europe). Churchill waves to crowds in Britain after broadcasting to the nation that the war with Germany had been won, 8 May 1945.8 May

44. V-E Day Celebrations in New York City, May 8, 1945.

45. V-E Day celebrations, Bay Street, Toronto, Canada May 7, 1945

46. VE-Day Parade, Red Square, Moscow, Russia on 6/24/1945

47. May 8, 1945 Germany surrenders-Hitler is dead, so is FDR-Truman takes over

48. Defeat of Japan · The U.S. planned to invade Japan in 1945, though experts warned that the invasion could cost over a million casualties. Stalin, Truman and Churchill at the Potsdam Conference. · Upon learning about the atomic bomb, Pres. Truman sent the Japanese the Potsdam Declaration, warning them to surrender or face “prompt and utter destruction.”

49. 5. Atomic Bombs end the war in Japan A) August 6, 1945, U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima-killing 73,000 instantly;

50. A Uranium bomb, the first nuclear weapon in the world, was dropped in Hiroshima City. It was estimated that its energy was equivalent to 15 kilotons of TNT. Aerial photograph from 80 kilometers away, taken about 1 hour after the dropping.

51. B) August 9, drop another on Nagasaki-kills 37,500 people instantly. C) Japanese surrender to Douglas MacArthur on Sept 2, 1945 Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 60,000 feet into the air on the morning of August 9 1945August 91945

52. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 60,000 feet into the air on the morning of August 9 1945August 91945 B) August 9, drop another on Nagasaki-kills 37,500 people instantly. C) Japanese surrender to Douglas MacArthur on Sept 2, 1945

53. Before and after photos of downtown Nagasaki. B) August 9, drop another on Nagasaki-kills 37,500 people instantly. C) Japanese surrender to Douglas MacArthur on Sept 2, 1945

55. The aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.atomic bombing of Hiroshima

56. Map of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Atomic Bombs were Used on Japan

57. Hiroshima and Nagasaki

58. Ohmura Navy Hospital: A 14 year old girl after the bombing of Hiroshima at Ohmura Navy Hospital on August 10-11.

59. Severe burns. Only his waist was protected from a burn by a waistband he wore (within 1km from the hypocenter).

60. The Real Aftermath

61. A woman whose face is disfigured from the blast.Later, when the rain would fall, some of the mobile survivors would actually drink the rainwater, which was poisonous with radiation.

62. The United States has a stockpile of 10,600 nuclear weapons and 103 power plants. Russia has a similar supply. The United Nation's ‘International Atomic Energy Agency’ oversees 900 of the world's nuclear facilities. Pakistan and India have both exploded nuclear devices in test blasts. Israel and North Korea are two countries believed to possess nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons continue to be a proliferation concern, particularly when North Korea recently announced it was continuing its nuclear arms program, and withdrew from the ‘International Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty.‘ One worry of the United States is not so much that North Korea itself will use what weapons it has, but that it will have no qualms about selling them to the highest bidder, whether that bidder be a nation such as Iraq, which sponsors terrorism, or individual terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda. Who Has Them?

63. One worst-case scenario simulation estimated a one-megaton explosion in Detroit (equivalent to a million tons of TNT) could kill 250,000 people, injure half a million more, and flatten all buildings within a 1.7 mile radius.

64. First comes the explosion…

65. 6. Major Leaders of the War A) Franklin D. Roosevelt - U.S. President B) Harry Truman - U.S. President after death of President Roosevelt FDR leads U.S. out of Great Dep. and WWII Truman leads U.S. into post war age

66. C) Dwight D. Eisenhower - U.S. general Allied commander in Europe D) Douglas MacArthur - U.S. general in Pacific Eisenhower leads in Europe MacArthur leads in Pacific

67. 7. Foreign Leaders A) Winston Churchill - British prime minister B) Joseph Stalin - Soviet dictator C) Adolf Hitler - Nazi dictator of Germany D) Hideki Tojo - Japanese general E) Hirohito - Emperor of Japan

68. Winston Churchill Tojo- Great BritainJapan