1. World War II Democracy v. Dictators

2. The Sides (Major) Allies US Great Britain France **USSR (Russia)
**Italy
Axis Powers
Japan
Germany
**USSR

3. Churchill and Roosevelt
Great Britain’s prime minister, Winston Churchill, and FDR laid out battle plans
First the would concentrate their forces on Europe and then after defeating Germany and Italy they would go Japan

6. First Allied troops took North Africa

8. Mean while the Germans had gone against their alliance with the USSR and had invaded them
After the Battle of Stalingrad the Germans were retreating back to Germany
1,100,000 Soviets lost their lives defending the city. More that the US would lose in the entire war!!

13. Next the Allies Invaded Italy this gave Germany a 2 front war
Mussolini is taken from power by the Italian people and hung in the street
It took several years more to push the Germans back to Germany

15. D Day The next move was to invade the German occupied France
on June 6,1944 the Allies crossed the English Channel and invaded on the Coast of Normandy (a part of France)
*****Despite heavy loses the allied held their ground and by Sept had liberated France, Luxemburg, and Belgium from German Control

20. Allies and the USSR were now closing in on Germany to reach Berlin from three sides: Italy, France, and Russia
On May 8, 1945 Truman proclaimed V-E Day

21. Pacific War

22. The Battle of Midway There were several naval battles in the Pacific.
Here the Japanese tried to trap the US by invading Midway hoping the US would follow and be defeated
The US intercepted communications by the Japanese and meet the Japanese there

26. After the Battle of Midway Japan (lacking natural resources) never recovered
The US quickly built new ships that were faster and stronger

27. After VE Day US concentrated on Japan
Island hopping- taking over one island at a time- was how the US moved through the Pacific in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

33. Meanwhile in the US the Manhatten Project was developing the Atomic Bomb in Los Alamos
Should we drop the bomb? ? ?

35. Divide your paper into 4 quadrants
Create battle scenes for each one from WWII
Each scene must show
Who fought and won
Three other details from the battle we discussed
Pearl Harbor
Stalingrad
D-Day
V-E Day
Battle of Midway