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Francesca Dulio and Virginia Pinasco
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Essential Question: Why did Germany lose WW2? Success Criteria: I can explain the significance of Germany declaring war on the US for Germany’s lose.
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Vocabulary: Tripartite Pact GDP Lend-lease
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Tripartite Pact- Pact between Germany and Japan stating that if Japan was attacked, Germany had to enter in aid of Japan. 7 December 1941- Japan invaded Pearl Harbour, US enters war Hitler knew US would soon declare war on Germany US navy was attacking German U-boats Roosevelt's repeated verbal attacks against his Nazi ideology What Happened
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West part of US was concentrated on Japan Hitler thought to make an easier conflict by anticipating war against US, in order to not let them more time to strengthen by splitting US concerns (west – Japan; east – Germany) What Happened
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Economic superiority of the Allies (GDP- Gross domestic product) Why?
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Military Superiority of the Allies around 16 million Germans served in the army during the Second World War. between 3 and 3.5 million were killed in action. Around 20 million Americans served in the United States Armed Forces Around 290,000 killed in action. Why?
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Hitler Some people could say that by declaring war war to US, Hitler committed a mistake, conducting Germany to the loss of WW2, but the US would have attacked Germany in any case, so Hitler anticipated the attack when the US was weaker. Why?
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What would have happened if Germany wouldn’t have declared war on the US? Lend-lease – (1941-1945) USA supplied other countries like Britain and the USSR with food, oil, weapons, and warships. US wouldn’t have done the land-lease with USSR so Germany would have had more possibilities to defeat the USSR and other countries. US would have attacked Germany soon after, when it was even stronger Impact on Germany
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"Germany Declares War on the United States." History.com A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 25 Jan. 2016. "Spartacus Educational." Spartacus Educational. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2016. "Lend-Lease and Military Aid to the Allies in the Early Years of World War II - 1937–1945 - Milestones - Office of the Historian." Lend-Lease and Military Aid to the Allies in the Early Years of World War II - 1937–1945 - Milestones - Office of the Historian. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. Bibliography
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