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1 WWII

2 Snowballing to War 1. Alliances 1936-Franco-Russian Alliance
1939-Rome-Berlin Axis (plus Japan)

3 Snowballing to War 2. Imperialism

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6 Snowballing to War 3. Militarism

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8 Militarism Planes Tanks Missiles Blitzkrieg Penicillin

9 Snowballing to War 4. Nationalism

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12 Snowballing to War 5. Places of Conflict

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15 Snowballing to War 6. The “Spark”

16 WWII In the 1930’s neither Germany, Italy, Japan, nor the U.S.S.R. was content with the conditions of the Paris peace conference. Great Britain, France, and the U.S. were satisfied powers but they had lost faith in the conditions and were unwilling to risk war for the sake of upholding them.

17 Three Little Words That Will Lead To WWII
Pacifism U.S. England France Isolationism Appeasement Daladier Chamberlain

18 Appeasement & Gradual Encroachment
Repudiated the Treaty –Armed the military Reoccupied the Rhineland Anschluss Spanish Civil War - Munich Crisis – Sudetenland Appeasement Ends British Pact with Poland, Greece, and Romania Nazi-Soviet Pact War is coming

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20 Beginning of WWIII Sept 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland
Sept 3, 1939 France and Great Britain declare war on Germany U.S.S.R. invades Poland, Baltic States, and Finland “Phony” War – Blitzkrieg – Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France Maginot Line??? Dunkirk and “Vichy” France Italy invades S. France, Greece, and Africa

21 MAGINOT LINE

22 Dunkirk

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26 Neutrality to Lend-Lease
Battle of Britain U.S. Involvement: Neutrality to Lend-Lease

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28 Hitler takes the Balkans
Eastern Front Hitler takes the Balkans Romania, Bulgaria, & Hungary were Axis Yugoslavia and Greece were occupied Hitler invades Russia 3Million troops 2000 mile front Battles Leningrad Stalingrad Moscow

29 OPERATION BARBAROSSA

30 “Dec 7, a date that will live in infamy”

31 Why did the Japanese bomb
Pearl Harbor? What was fortunate for the Americans?

32 Turning points in the War in Europe
Montgomery Battle of El Alamein Battle of Stalingrad “Desert Fox”

33 Turning Pts to End of war in europe
What happens to Mussolini Battle for Italy June Operation Overlord General Eisenhower 130,000 – 1st Day 1 million in a month Battle of Normandy General Patton Battle of the Bulge Why allowed into Berlin 1st? What was lost because of this? Russian Advances May V-E Day

34 D-Day

35 German Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel surrenders at Soviet headquarters in Berlin, May 9, The war in Europe is over!

36 Holocaust Liberated camp Nuremberg Laws Star of David
Jews have to register Limited in jobs and marriage “Final Solution” Ghetto’s Concentration camps Extermination Experiments Warsaw Ghetto Liberated camp

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38 Turning Points in the Pacific
Coral Sea Midway

39 Battle of Midway USS YORKTOWN HIT BY JAPANESE CARRIER PLANES. IT WAS THE ONLY CARRIER THE U.S. LOST. THE JAPANESE LOST FOUR CARRIERS AND ALL THEIR PILOTS.

40 Island Hopping to Hiroshima
Major Battles Philippines Guam Guadal Canal Solomon Island Wake Saipan Marshal Island Iwo Jima Okinawa Atomic Bombs Aug Aug Aug Aug Sep

41 IWO JIMA, OKINAWA, AND THE KAMIKAZES FIREBOMBING OF JAPAN
The decision to drop the Atomic Bombs IWO JIMA, OKINAWA, AND THE KAMIKAZES FIREBOMBING OF JAPAN HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI American Casualties for Iwo Jima & Okinawa exceeded 90,000

42 MODEL OF “LITTLE BOY” ATOMIC BOMB
ENOLA GAY, PLANE THAT DROPPED THE BOMB THE CREW OF THE ENOLA GAY, PLANE THAT DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON JAPAN

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45 Conferences – The Big 3 Atlantic Charter Similar to Wilson’s 14 pts
FDR and Churchill Casablanca & Teheran Unconditional Surrender Occupation of Germany Demilitarization of Germany Yalta E. Europe – Provisional gov’ts until elections Cuzon Line: Polish border Germany – 4 zones Reparations to those who suffered the most UN Russia – enters war in East after defeat of Germany Potsdam Postwar treatment of Germany Denazification War criminals New Big Three

46 War Crimes Trials


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