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Conflicts of Note

2. Battle of Britain First "Air Force" battle Takes place over Britain
Begins June 1940
Between the German “Luftwaffe” and the British “RAF” (Royal Air Force
Takes place over Britain
RADAR
Warned citizens of incoming attacks and allowed time to evacuate

3. Pearl Harbor – “a date that will live in infamy”
December 7, 1941
Japanese sneak attack on the US fleet
Draws the US into WWII
El Alemein
Oct. 1942
North Africa
Largest tank battle EVER
Allied forces - Montgomery
Axis – Mainly Germany Rommel
AXIS POWERS LOSE

4. Battle of Stalingrad July 1942 – Feb. 1943
Germans advance to Stalingrad in RUSSIA
German LOSS
Begins the eastern advance west toward Berlin

5. Stalingrad

6. Teheran Conference Dec. 1943
Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin meet face to face
The topic of conversation is the creation a western front
Purpose, to force Germany into a two-front war in Europe
Agree to the creation of the United Nations

7. D-Day Unified Allied invasion of Northern France June 6, 1944
Purpose: Open a western theatre of war in Europe
Invaded along the beaches of France
High casualties on both sides
British, US, “French,” and others
Allied powers win

8. Dover – the decoy

9. D- Day

10. Guadalcanal Aug. 1942 – Feb. 1943 Naval Battle in World War II
First major offensive attack for Allied forces against Japan in the Pacific Theater
Strategic Allied Victory

11. Pacific Strategy
Island Hopping: amphibious landings on island chains across the Pacific, getting closer and closer to mainland Japan
MacArthur returning to the Philippines

12. Philippines Battle between Allied forces and Japan
Results in Allied Victory (EVENTUALLY)
Key support from Australia (air, sea, land)

13. Bataan Death March Before the Allied Victory April 9, 1942
U.S. surrender to Japan at Bataan Peninsula (Philippines)
Appx. 75,000 Filipino and American troops force to march 65-miles to prison camps.
Intense heat and harsh treatment by Japanese lead to thousands of death

14. Battle of Midway Turning point of the war in the pacific June 5th 1942
Code breakers intercepted Japan’s messages and plans for battle
While the Japanese forces were spread out in the Pacific, American forces were Midway
US destroyed 4 Japanese aircraft carriers and 250 aircraft on board
Japanese could no longer launch offensive attacks

15. Battle of the Bulge Dec. 1944 – Jan. 1945
Last German offensive during WWII
Bloodiest campaign in Europe
Marked the last obstacle as Allied troops moved towards Berlin

16. Nazism Supreme power of leader Extreme nationalism
State control of a totalitarian state
Anti-Semitism was a key part of ideology.

17. Anti-Semitism Final Solution Kristallnacht (night of broken glass)
Mein Kampf
Kristallnacht (night of broken glass)
First act of aggression against Jewish population
Destroyed homes, businesses
Passed a law requiring the wearing of yellow stars
Deportation to Ghettos
Genocide
Elimination of a “race” of people
Holocaust
11 million people

18. V-E Day Stalingrad, Battle of Bulge May 8th of 1945
Forced Germany back to center
May 8th of 1945
Above: Trafalgar Square, London
Left: NY Times shows Times Square, NYC

19. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Hiroshima: dropped, 8/6/45
Plane – Enola Gay
Bomb – “Big Boy”
Nagasaki: dropped, 8/9/45
V-J Day
August 15, 1945
Brought the end of WWII in the Pacific
Official surrender took place on September 2, 1945 on the USS Missouri

20. Yalta Conference WHO Big Three WHAT
USA: Roosevelt
U.K.: Churchill
U.S.S.R.: Stalin
WHAT
They agreed that Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania would host free elections
Adhering to the Policy of self-determination
Soviet Union occupied these states, Stalin was not compelled to enforce this policy
WHEN
February 1945
WHERE
City of Yalta on the Black Sea

21. Potsdam Conference WHO WHAT Big Three WHEN July 1945 WHERE
USA: Truman
U.K.: Atlee
U.S.S.R.: Stalin
WHAT
Decide to divide Germany into four zones of occupation – USA, GB, FR, USSR
Agreed to new borders for Poland and free elections
Stalin also reaffirmed his intentions to enter the war against Japan
(Truman learns that the Atomic bomb has been successfully tested)
WHEN
July 1945
WHERE
Potsdam – a suburb of Berlin

22. War Ends WHAT NEXT??? Marshall Plan MacArthur in Japan
US plan to rebuild Europe (west)
MacArthur in Japan
US plan to rebuild Japan

23. More Post-War Cold War “Iron Curtain” Truman Doctrine
Indirect conflict between USSR and US
“Iron Curtain”
Churchill’s metaphor for the divide between good (NATO) and bad (Warsaw Pact)
Truman Doctrine
Effort to CONTAIN communism