1. The United States In World War II
Chapter 24
The
United States In
World War II

2. Sec. 1 The War in Europe & N. Africa
Review of WWII Battles
Operation Barbarossa
Hitler breaks “Non Aggression” Pact with Soviet Union by invading Soviet Union in Summer of 1941
Uses Blitzkreig and takes much of western Russia
Battle of Stalingrad – Soviets defeat Germans. Hitler’s forces begin retreat back to Germany.
HITLER LOOSES 2 MILLION TROPPS . . .
Invasion of Soviet Union a
TOTAL FAILURE!

3. Operation Torch Allies invade Morocco and Algeria: Nov. 1942
July 1943: Allies attack Italy from Africa

4. July 1943: Allies take Sicily
Italians
overthrow
Mussolini
Allies
Slowed by
Nazis

5. Operation Overlord
Stalin needed help fighting Hitler on continental Europe
Allies needed to launch massive invasion of Europe
Calais or Normandy?
CALAIS
NORMANDY

6. June 6, 1944: D-DAY

7. 10,000+ Allied Casualties
6,000 American Casualties

9. Battle of the Bulge
As the Allies moves east towards Germany, Germans launch a massive counterattack in Belgium.
Hitler launched this attack for 3 reasons:
Stop the Allies march to Germany
Cut off the Allies supplies by controlling the port of Antwerp
Break up the Allied alliance

10. “The Bulge”
German armored divisions strike and push the Allied line back—creating a “bulge”
Allied front line

11. Americans defeat Germans at Bastonne and push Germans back.
By January, Allies continue marching forward toward Germany.
Victory gives Americans renewed strength and determination of victory

12. Battle of the Bulge

13. SWITCH GEARS!

14. The Holocaust

15. Hitler’s Ideology
Born an Austrian Believed in the superiority & unity of the German peoples
Lead the National Socialist Party (Nazi’s)
Promoted belief in the racial superiority of the German (Aryan) race.
Anti-Semitic – Hostility, hatred and prejudice against the Jewish people
Jews blamed for all of Germany’s problems
Hitler believed Europe needed to be purged of all Jews

16. MEIN KAMPF (“My Struggle”)
Book wrote by Hitler while in prison
Hitler wrote of his philosophy and goals
Focused on greatness of Germany and Hitler’s racism towards Jews

17. Mein Kampf Quotes… “The [Nazi party] should not become a
“The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew.”
“The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force.”
“The [Nazi party] should not become a
constable of public opinion, but must
dominate it. It must not become servant of the masses, but thei master!”

18. The Aryan Race
“The Master Race” according to Hitler
Believed German people were superior in
appearance (blond hair/blue eyes idea)
intelligence
talent
courage.
Led to Hitler’s belief that non-Aryans had to be exterminated

19. Hitler’s Ideas in Action
Nuremberg Laws – Ant-Semitic German laws passed under Hitler designed to drive Jews out of Germany.
Defined who was and wasn’t a Jew
Jews denied citizenship in Nazi Germany
Jews prohibited from marrying Germans
Jews prohibited from displaying Nazi flag

21. Kristallnacht “Night of broken glass”
Night of anti-Jewish riots and attacks across Germany
Thousands of Jewish business and Synagogues damaged
100 Jews murdered

22. Over 26,000 Jews Arrested and sent to concentration camps

23. As Hitler took over Europe he imprisoned millions of Jews
Ghettos – Neighborhoods in cities that Jews were confined to live in

24. As Hitler took over Europe he imprisoned millions of Jews
Concentration Camps – Prison compounds that imprisoned Jews and political enemies of Nazi Germany
Prisoners received little food and forced to perform hard labor
Starvation and overwork designed to kill
Examples: Dachau and Treblinka

26. GENOCIDE The Final Solution
Hitler’s call for the total destruction of the Jewish population of Europe through Extermination Camps
GENOCIDE

28. HOMEWORK
Go over Section 3 on the War in the Pacific Complete the remainder of the Cornell Notes