1. Follow Up Go to your “Rise of Fascism Notes” and 1. Circle Key Terms
“Word you cannot tell story without”
2. Highlight “Main Ideas”
Fact that “supports” Essential Question
3. Write Questions on left hand side
4. Write a 2-3 sentence summary at the bottom.

3. The course of the War
Workbook pg. 23

4. Essential Question
How was Germany able to take over so much of the world so quickly, how were the allies able to win It back?

5. Directions 1. With your group begin with your assigned station.
2. Read information and write down the most important points.
3. Discuss as a group.
4. Rotate

6. Lightening War Invaded Poland Sept. 1st, 1939 Blitzkrieg
Stalin also taking Polish land
Blitzkrieg
German for “lightening war”
Extreme Casualties
Executed Leaders, priests and upper class
220/1000 citizens died

7. The Fall of France 6 weeks after German invasion Vichy Government
Paris surrendered
French quiz fighting
Vichy Government
Ruled fascist government under German rule
British sank French Ships to keep them away from Hitler
French Government established in England

8. The Invasion of the USSR
August 23, 1939: Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
June 1941: Hitler invaded Soviet Union
Retreat to Moscow
Dismantled or destroyed valuable resoruces
Signed treaty with japan
Some places welcomed German soldiers

9. Pearl Harbor Dec. 7th, 1941: Japan attacked Pearl harbor
2000 Americans died
Dec. 8th, 1941: US declares was on Japan
Dec. 11th, 1941: US declares was on Germany
Allies agree to direct most of their forces towards the European Theatre

10. The Holocaust Only 250, 000 Jews in Germany
Lebensraum = Living space for Germans
Conquest made Jews a larger problem for Hitler
“Sub Human” groups according to Hitler
Jews
Slavs
Communists
Homosexuals
Gypsies
Political, religious and intellectual leaders

11. The Yalta Conference Feb. 1945:: “the Big Three” met at Yalta
Stalin = USSR
Churchill = Great Britain
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) = USA
Agreements
Establish United Nations
Stalin would hold elections in Eastern Europe
Soviet control of East Europe
Allies increasingly targeted civilians
Germans tried to assassinate Hitler

12. Hitler’s Las Stand German used teenagers and old men to fight
April 1945: Soviets enter Berlin
April 12th, 1945: FDR dies in US
Vice President harry Truman takes over
May 1st, 1945: Hitler commits sluiced

13. Dropping the Bomb July 1945: US detonated first atomic bomb
Potsdam conference
Stalin = USSR
Atlee = Great Britain
harry Truman = USA
US and USSR not getting along
Truman decided to show the power of the US

14. Dropping the Bomb Truman decides to drop “the bomb”
August 6t, 1945: Bomb dropped on Hiroshima
Japanese die
August 9th, 1945: Bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Soviet Union invades Japan
Sept. 1st, 1945: Japan formally surrenders
(VJ – Day)