1. The Axis Advances
Chapter 14.2

2. The Axis Attacks
Blitzkrieg-lightning war
Fast moving tanks and airpower
Luftwaffe-German Air Force
Bombed- airfield,factories, towns and cities
Tanks and troops advance rapidly

6. Soviets move west capturing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Western Powers -helpless

8. The Miracle at Dunkirk
April 1940 Hitler takes Norway and Denmark pursuing Belgium and the Netherlands
British are trapped on the beach
Every British boat , ship , canoe, and kayak comes to save the 300,000 troops

13. France falls
French surrender June 22, 1940
Germans set up Vichy Government
Collaborator gov’t
Free French escape to Britain
DeGualle-Free French leaders

14. Operation Sea Lion
German invasion of Britain
Bombing of Britian for 57 days
Destroying nonmilitary targets
British stand fast
Battle of Britain RAF

16. Africa and the Balkans
Axis control North Africa
Rommel –Desert Fox
Eastern Europe- Italy attacks Greece and Yugoslavia
Bulgaria and Hungary join Axis

17. Germany Invades the Soviet Union
Nonaggression pact broken
Soviets lose 2.5 million troops
Soviets retreat burning everything for Germans to take
Soviet winter destroys German troops

19. Siege on Stalingard
1 million civilians die
Stalingrad did not fall
British and Soviets unite against Germans

20. Life Under Nazi and Japanese Occupation
Hitler’s “New Order”
Master Race
Theft of art, factories, property, and resources
Jews-sent to Concentration Camps

21. The Nazis commit genocide against
Jews
Enemies of the state
Homosexuals
Gypsies
Disabled

22. Final Solution
Kill all Jews
Holocaust -6 million dead
Concentration camps –Treblinka

26. Japans Brutal Conquest
Escape European colonial rule
Invade and conquer China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indochina
Take, kill, and rape

27. Japan Attack the US
US neutral on war
FDR wants to help allies
Lend Lease Act- loan of military equipment to Allies
US bans oil, steel, and raw materials to Japan

28. Attack on Pearl Harbor
Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
FDR-”A day that will live in infamy”
US declares war on Japan
WWII begins