1. APRIL 14, 2017 Turn in WWII webquest WWII Notes
Get out paper and pencil
HW: WWII Vocab due Weds. 4/27

2. World War II

3. War in Europe Begins
August, 1939: Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, two nations agree to split Poland
Sept. 1, 1939: Hitler invades Poland, starting WWII.
Sept, 3, 1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany and Germany and Italy declare war on them.

4. German Blitzkrieg “Lightning War” tactic used by Germans
Rapidly took over Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and France

5. Battle of Britain and the Blitz
Air battle ( )
German Luftwaffe bombed London and other industrial targets heavily
Blitz: nighttime bombing of UK
Germans wanted to force a surrender from UK
British don’t give in
Germans never invaded UK
Turning point in the war
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7. North African Campaign
Axis powers attack British controlled Egypt for access to Suez Canal

9. The Battle of Stalingrad
Operation Barbarossa-1941
German invasion of USSR
Soviets declare war on Germany
Hitler broke Non-Aggression Pact
Sept.- Nov. 1942: the Germans attack Stalingrad, a major oil and railroad center.
Soviets hold off Germans
Turning point in Eastern Europe

10. The Invasion of Italy
July, 1943: Am. Troops commanded by General George Patton attacked Sicily.
38 days later, Sicily fell and Mussolini was overthrown by a disillusioned Italian population.
Italian people begin to fight Hitler’s forces with the Allies

11. D-Day
June 6, 1944: Allied troops commanded by Eisenhower landed on the beaches of Normandy and began the invasion of W. Europe and the liberation of France.

12. D-Day Video 8

13. The US Frees W. Europe
American forces continued to defeat the Germans and freed Paris by August, In Sept., Belgium and Holland were freed from Nazi control.

14. The Battle of the Bulge
Dec. 1944: Germany launched its last offensive in the war attacking Americans in Belgium and Luxembourg.
This was the largest battle ever fought by the US army and the largest battle of WWII.
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15. War in W. Europe
The US began to bomb Germany in 1942 using carpet bombing tactics.
The bombing of Dresden (Feb. 1945) was one of the most famous campaigns of the air war.

16. Dresden Before & After

17. The Yalta Conference
Feb. 1945: The “Big Three” met at Yalta in the USSR to plan the post-war world.

18. Yalta Conference
All agreed to split Germany into 4 zones of occupation and to also split the capital city, Berlin.
Stalin promised to allow free elections in the nations his army liberated from Germany.
Stalin agreed to enter the war against Japan soon after the German surrender.

19. May 8, 1945: V-E Day