1. World War II

2. WWII Agressors Italy: Fascists- led by Mussolini
Germany: Nazis- led by Hitler
Japan: militarist- led by Hirohito
Spain: socialist- led by Fransisco Franco

3. Attempts at Peace US follows isolationist policy
Germany expands the 3rd Reich
Hitler continues to march into countries and annex them.
Appeasement:
Munich Conference, Sept. 29th 1938
Decide to give Hitler the Sudetenland
Hitler promises to respect Czechoslovakia’s borders
6 months later, Hitler annexes Czechoslovakia

4. Good Neighbor policy
Lend Lease Act- DKMAH pg. 360
Appeasement- Churchill Quote The Americans pg. 538
FDR Quarantine Speech

5. Non Aggression
Nonaggression pact signed by the Nazis (Germans) and the Soviets (Russians)
Stalin and Hitler agreed never to attack one another
Italy, Germany, and Japan- the Axis powers

6. The European Campaign Soviet troops occupy the eastern half of Poland
Fall of France
Dunkirk
Battle of Britain
Hitler invades Russia
Mussolini in Ethiopia
US undeclared naval war with Germany

7. The Eastern Front Japan attacks Pearl Harbor Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal- 43:28 WWII HD Episode 1
Battle of Iwo Jima

8. Allied Victory North African Campaign Battle of Stalingrad
Invasion of Italy
D-day invasion
Deception:
Battle of the Bulge
Hiroshima and Nagasaki

9. WWII Ends Germany has unconditional surrender
Japan surrenders and is then occupied by the US
Nuremburg trials held those responsible for the Holocaust accountable for their crimes
Famine and disease spread throughout Europe b/c transportation system was destroyed by European battles