1. Major Military Events of World War II

2. Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain delivers an ultimatum to Germany.
-Britain and France declare war but do nothing to help the Poles or fight Hitler.
This is called the “phony war” where England and France watch and wait
- Stalin invades Poland from the east.

3. Assignment #3: Military Aspects of WWII
Crash Course World History #38 – World War II
Assignment #3: Military Aspects of WWII
On the back of your slide, take notes from textbook about your assigned battle or location of battles.
Be ready to discuss and plan a SHORT (two minute) presentation with three other people about each battle in the war for a WWII battle timeline.
As part of your presentation, brainstorm reasons your battle or campaign was significant to WWII. You will have to come up with these as a group – it may not be spelled out in the textbook.

4. Assignment #4: Timeline of WWII
Write down basic facts about each campaign (people, technologies, ideas)
Explain significance to war.

5. #1 Rescue at Dunkirk and Fall of France - 1940 – p.492-493

6. #2 Battle of Britain – 1940/1941: Nazis Target Britain with Arial Attacks in 1940 in preparation for invasion. p

7. #3: Operation Barbarossa (1941) and Battle of Stalingrad (1942-43)
p and 507
In June 1941 Nazi Forces invade Soviet Union leading to USSR joining Britain against Nazi Germany. By Winter, Germans on outskirts of Leningrad, Moscow & Stalingrad.

8. #4: North Africa Campaign AND the invasion of Italy p
#4: North Africa Campaign AND the invasion of Italy p and

9. #5: Operation Overlord aka “D- Day” on June 6th, 1944
Allied Invasion of France establishes new Western Front
p (include Germany’s surrender)

10. #6: Pearl Harbor brings US into war
and “Island Hopping Strategy” US/Australians vs. Japan p

11. Ex: Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Hiroshima/Nagasaki
p and
#7: Pacific War intensifies after German surrender in Europe, but Japan refuses to unconditionally surrender until after use of 2 atomic bombs in August, 1945
Ex: Iwo Jima, Okinawa and Hiroshima/Nagasaki