1. WWII in 3 days or less
WWII

2. Road to War - 1939 Japan attacks China - 1937
The Fall of Nanking becomes a major issue against the Japanese during and after the war
Japan proves to be just as brutal as the Nazis after WWII was over

3. Road to War
Germany wanted to expand their boarders (Lebensraum)
German troops invaded the Rhineland (France) (1936)
Wanted to annex Austria into German control (1938)
Hitler demanded Czechoslovakia hand over the Sudetenland (1938)
Demanded the rest of Czechoslovakia (1939)

4. Road to War
Europe did not want to get into another war so quickly
British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, believed that Hitler did not want to go to war
Chamberlain told the world that he had helped to create “Peace in our time.”

5. Road to War
While Germany was expanding/taking over, France & England threatened Hitler with war if he did not back off
WWI had drained France & England of military resources, and they were not able to back up what they were saying

6. Road to War - 1939 Hitler hated Communism & the Soviet Union
He realized that to expand German lands, he would need to keep the Soviet Union as a close ally

7. Road to War
Hitler & Stalin both agreed that they would invade and conquer Poland stopping their armies at a certain point
Sept 1st WWII started when Germany invaded Poland
England & France said enough was enough

8. Road to War
Germany uses a new tactic called Blitzkrieg and new weapons
Blitzkrieg – “Lightning War” Overwhelming force
Noise makers on the bombers cause a “terror” sensation to those on the ground being targeted

9. Road to War - 1939 Germany turned West and headed towards France
They used Blitzkrieg tactics against France
German tanks played a major role as well at the troops

10. Road to War
In October, Nazi officials start to deport Jews from Czechoslovakia & Austria to Poland
BBC reports the concentration camps are being built

11. WAR!
Churchill gives his “blood, toil, tears & sweat” speech in Commons
May 1940, France is all but defeated, England stands alone against Hitler
Hitler forces France to surrender in same place the Treaty of Versailles was signed

12. WAR! - 1940 Radar technology is delivered to the United States
Radar has proven to be very useful fighting against the German bombing

13. WAR! - 1940 German Battleship Bismarck sinks in the North Atlantic
Bismarck is one of the largest battleships of her time.

14. WAR! - 1941 Germany invades the Soviet Union
Hitler has top officials come up with a “solution to the Jewish question”
United States put an oil embargo on all nations that show aggressive actions

15. WAR!
Russian winter is Hitler’s biggest challenge, and hurts the Nazi military more than the actual fighting
Germany wasn’t prepared for the cold winter
Temps reached -22o
German troops froze, vehicles stopped working & guns wouldn’t fire

16. WAR! - 1941 November Japanese navy leaves for Hawaii
33 warships, including 6 aircraft carriers
December 7th 1941; Japan attacked United States Naval forces at Pearl Harbor
2,404 military killed, 57 civilians killed

17. WAR!
United States plans to set up internment camps for Japanese- Americans, German-Americans & Italian-Americans
Of all those interned, 62% were American citizens

18. WAR!
Manhattan Project – the United States program to develop nuclear weapons – was viewed as a race against Nazi Germany
German engineers create the first man made object that reaches into space

19. WAR!
Battle of Guadalcanal – USS Juneau sinks killing the 5 Sullivan Brothers of Iowa
Their deaths caused the US government to create the sole survivor policy

20. WAR! - 1943 Operation Mincemeat Italy surrenders in September
Allies fool German officers with fake information about an upcoming invasion
Italy surrenders in September

21. WAR!
D-Day
155,000 Allied troops land in France

22. WAR! - 1944 Japan orders massive Banzai charge Paris is liberated
Results in the death of 4,300 Japanese soldiers
Paris is liberated
Hitler ordered his troops to burn Paris to the ground
German soldiers disobey order

23. WAR!
Japan uses kamikaze attacks against US Navy in the Pacific

24. WAR!
US troops plant American flag on Mt. Suribachi

25. WAR! - 1945 Hitler is living in a bunker under Berlin with Eva Braun
Allies agree to let Soviet Union take Berlin
Germans don’t want Soviets to enter Berlin
Would rather surrender to Americans or British troops

26. WAR! - 1945 April 30th – Hitler kills himself
Next day, Germany’s new leader, Joseph Goebbels kills himself & family
WWII in Europe was over
Allies will divide up Germany into 4 parts

27. WAR! - 1945 August 6th – Little Boy is dropped on Hiroshima
140,000 deaths right away
August 9th – Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki
39,000 deaths right away
Equals to 75 million sticks of dynamite
August 15th – VJ Day, WWII is officially over, sort of

28. PEACE!
Many people view WWII officially being over with the re-unification of Germany in 1990

29. Lasting Impact of WWII Cold War Nuclear Age
United States vs. Soviet Union
Wars
Korea
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Spending lots of money on useless stuff
Berlin Wall
Nuclear Age
More Nations with Nukes
Clean Power?
People Find a Voice in the World
Protesting
Holocaust Notes