1. World War 2 Begins

2. Review
What were the causes of World War I?

3. Review: Hitler Invades Poland
Blitzkrieg:using tanks and air power to quickly destroy the enemy
Non Aggression Pact: Stalin and Hitler agree not to attack one another
Stalin helps Hitler take over Poland, they split the country between them

4. Axis Powers Advance Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, Japan
Allies: Great Britain and France
Hitler takes over Denmark and Norway
Hitler takes over France, occupies North France and sets up a government in S. France, Vichy
Some French Officials escape and run government in Britain

5. Review Who are the Allied and Axis powers?
Turn to your partner and discuss
Popsicle sticks will be pulled

6. Civilians get caught in war
Hitler wants to take over Britain
Starts using air raids on major cities like London
Known as "the blitz"
Londoner's continued their daily lives to show strength

7. Operation Barbarossa
Hitler breaks non aggression pact and invades Soviet Union
Wanted natural resources and to destroy communism
Caught Stalin by surprise, millions of Soviet troops died, destroyed factories so Germans couldn't have them
Winter came and saved Soviets; killed thousands of Germans

8. Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks the US Fleet in Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941
US declares war

9. Review
What are ways that the axis powers made gains during World War 2? Were they successful?
Turn to partner and discuss
Popsicle sticks will be pulled

10. Allies Push Back New Allies: Great Britian, US, Russia
1942: Axis powers have advantage
Allies use total war to make gains
Factories used for weapons, rations of war materials/food, women join the workforce
Propaganda, censorship used to gain support

11. Naval Victory makes Japan Weak
Battle of Coral Sea and Battle of Midway were major wins for US against Japan using planes and aircraft carriers
US destroyed 4 carriers and 250 planes
New allied powers agreed to focus all power on finishing Italy, Germany and then focus on Japan

12. Italy faces defeat
US and British Troops gain key territory in North Africa and invade Italy from the Mediterranean Sea
Defeat Italy in a month, Mussolini overthrown,Hitler sends troops to help Italy, weakens Hitler

13. Battle of Stalingrad Hitler wanted to capture Stalingrad for oil
Stalin had new offensive to fight him off
Germans faced large loses, pushed out of the Soviet Union

14. D-Day June 6th, 1944 invasion of France Stormed beaches of Normandy
Pushed inland and Germans retreated
1 month later, France free from German occupation

15. Review
What are ways the Allied Powers made gains against the Axis powers?
Talk to your tables
Popsicle sticks will be drawn

16. Allies launch Bombing Attacks
Bombed several German industry cities to cripple economy/production
Dresden: Allies kill 135,000 civilians
Battles of the Bulge: German offensive against allies, mass destruction on both sides
Hitler losing support and control

17. Yalta Conference
Stalin, Churchill, FDR meet to discuss how to defeat Japan
Promised Stalin Islands in the Pacific
Stalin wanted an eastern block/ buffer zone to protect from Germany/ US and GB wanted Eastern Europe to choose own gov.
Causes distance b/t allies

18. V-E Day Victory in Europe Day: May 8th, 1945 Germany Surrenders
Allies were able to defeat the Axis Powers because they were all separated geographically and had to fight on multiple fronts at all times

19. Manhattan Project Building Project of the atomic bomb
Used it against the Japanese
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
120,000 civilians killed total, thousands more die from radiation poisoning, affected Japanese for years after

20. V-J Day Japan surrenders after bombing August 15th, 1945
World War 2 finally over

21. Effects of WW2 Death toll: 60 million dead
Nuremburg Trials: Nazi's on trial for War crimes
United Nations (UN) created
Cold War begins

22. Exit Slip
Identify and explain 1 cause and 1 effect of World War 2