2. APUS History – Chapters 25

4. The Wave True Story! –1967 California Middle School Social Studies –Experiment was terminated after 4 days because the teacher felt it was spinning out of control 1981 Movie 2008 German Movie

5. New Deal Essay Before you submit: 1.Underline your thesis statement 2.Place an * next to your evidence in paragraphs 2, 3, 4 that supports your thesis. 3.Place a $ next to any outside information within your essay.

6. A People’s War? On a separate sheet of paper, answer the following: –According to Zinn, why was WWII not a people’s war? (one paragraph) Provide at least three examples (one paragraph)

7. 10 Steps to WWII

8. 1.The Versailles Treaty

9. 2.The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations y No control of major conflicts. y No progress in disarmament. y No effective military force.

10. 3.The “Stab-In-The-Back” Theory German soldiers are dissatisfied. German soldiers are dissatisfied.

11. 4.The Great Depression

12. 5.The Manchurian Crisis, 1931

13. Japan Invades Manchuria, 1931

14. 6. Italy Attacks Ethiopia, 1935 Emperor Haile Selassie

15. 7. Germany Invades the Rhineland March 7, 1936

16. The National Front [Nationalists] The National Front [Nationalists] The Popular Front [Republicans] The Popular Front [Republicans] 8.The Spanish Civil War: 1936 - 1939

17. The Spanish Civil War: A Dress Rehearsal for WW II? Italian troops in Madrid

18. 9.The Japanese Invasion of China, 1937

19. 10.The “Problem” of the Sudetenland

21. Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938 Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with. Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

22. Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939

23. Rome-Berlin Axis, 1939 The “Pact of Steel”

24. The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, 1939 Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop & Molotov

25. Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939 Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]

26. German Troops March into Warsaw

27. 3 Things to Remember…. 1.Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact: Both countries agreed not to fight each other and to split Poland 2.Germany attacks Poland: Start of WWII because Britain & France declare war on Germany 3.Blitzkrieg: Lightening War – multiple attacks by air and land to produce a highly mobile fast moving army

28. The “Phoney War” Ends: Spring, 1940

29. Dunkirk Evacuated June 4, 1940

30. France Surrenders June, 1940

31. A Divided France Henri Petain

32. The French Resistance The Free French General Charles DeGaulle The Maquis

33. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis: The Tripartite Pact September, 1940

34. Now Britain Is All Alone!

35. Battle of Britain: The “Blitz”

37. The London “Tube”: Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz

38. The Royal Air Force

39. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

41. The Atlantic Charter y Roosevelt and Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941. y Calls for League of Nations type organization after the end of WWII.

42. Lend-Lease

43. More Things to Remember: 1.Germany takes over most of Europe leaving Britain to fight alone 2.Britain survives the Battle of Britain and avoids invasion because its air force successfully fights off the Germans 3.Lend Lease Act – allows the US to lend or lease military goods to any country considered vital to the defense of the US

44. Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s Biggest Mistake

45. Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941 y 3,000,000 German soldiers. y 3,400 tanks.

46. Battle of Stalingrad: Winter of 1942-1943 German ArmyRussian Army 1,011,500 men1,000,500 men 10,290 artillery guns13,541 artillery guns 675 tanks894 tanks 1,216 planes1,115 planes

47. What about the United States?

48. US Reasons for Isolation Memories of WWI Relationship / relatives on both sides Economic issues

49. Three Stages of US Involvement Stage 1 – Isolationism Stage 2 – Assistance –Lend Lease Act Supplies, Cash to allies Stage 3 - Involvement

50. U. S. Neutrality Acts: 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939

51. America-First Committee Charles Lindbergh

52. Great Britain.........................$31 billion Soviet Union...........................$11 billion France......................................$ 3 billion China.......................................$1.5 billion Other European.................$500 million South America...................$400 million The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000 U. S. Lend-Lease Act, 1941

53. Pearl Harbor

54. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto

55. Pearl Harbor from the Cockpit of a Japanese Pilot

56. Pearl Harbor - Dec. 7, 1941 A date which will live in infamy!

57. President Roosevelt Signs the US Declaration of War

58. USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor

59. Pearl Harbor Memorial 2,887 Americans Dead!

60. Why? Japan wanted to conquer East Asian nations to secure raw materials Japan wanted to control East Asia US supplied aid to China (Japan’s enemy) US froze Japanese assets in American banks US blocked the export of vital resources (including oil) to Japan

61. Impacts of Pearl Harbor 1.US Naval power in the Pacific greatly weakened – creates the opportunity for Japan to conquer significant territories 2.Mobilizes Americans for WAR! 1.Industry, Armed Services Volunteers, Draft, Financial Support 3.Greatly expands anti-Japanese attitudes 1.Fear of additional attacks 2.Fear of espionage

65. Japanese Internment Camps During the winter of 1942, in the first months of America’s war with Japan, the United States government ordered tens of thousands of people of Japanese ancestry, two-thirds of them American citizens, to report to assembly centers throughout the West for transfer to internment camps. Approximately 120,000 people Hundreds of millions in personal property lost

66. Why?

68. Japanese Internment Camps

69. Population and Location

70. Relocation Camp

71. Horse Stalls for Homes

72. America on the Home Front

73. The “Big Three” Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin

74. European Theatre Why did the Allies focus on Europe 1 st ? –Allies needed to invade Europe to regain lost territory –Russia wanted Allied invasion as soon as possible to reduce German pressure on Russian troops

75. D-Day June 6, 1944  The invasion would begin on the beaches of Normandy, France.  The largest amphibious force in the history of warfare.  Considered by some to be the greatest military achievement of the 20 th century.

76. PreparationPreparation  9 battleships  23 Cruisers  104 destroyers  71 U-boats  150,000 troops set to cross the English Channel in the invasion of Hitler’s fortress of Europe

77. Germans Anticipated attack in 1944

78. D-Day Leaders General Dwight D. Eisenhower  The success of the invasion was far from a certainty in Eisenhower's mind.  In advance, he wrote a short speech for the potentially catastrophic failure.

79. D-Day Leaders General Dwight D. Eisenhower Our landings have failed and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based on the best information available. The troops, the air and the navy did all that bravery could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.

80. "to preserve … our civilization and to set free a suffering humanity." - Franklin D. Roosevelt “The whole of the South Coast of England is a bastion of defense against the invasion of Hitler; you've got to turn it into the springboard for our attack." - Winston Churchill “I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full victory.” - General Dwight D. Eisenhower

81. D-Day Leaders Field Marshall Rommel  Commander of the 7 th German Army.  Told Hitler about the severity of the invasion but was rejected.  Planned with other officers to possibly overthrow Hitler in hopes of negotiating with the Allies.  Rommel accused of assassination attempt on Hitler—Suicide!

82. Real D-Day Planning Map

83. German Defense System

84. Invasion at Utah Beach

85. I remember seeing all the dead bodies littering the beach. Some were killed on the first landing. They were fodder for the Germans gun. Others were washed in by the tide where their boats had been caught. - Sr. Bernard Morgan

86. “Welcome to Hell”

87. Normandy Landing (June 6, 1944 ) Higgins Landing Crafts German Prisoners

88. FatalitiesFatalities 4,500 Allied and American troops dead

89. National D-day Memorial Foundation

90. D-Day: Turning the Tide of War  Invasion of Normandy was the decisive Allied victory that turned the tide of World War 2.  Success of the invasion was necessary for the Allies to launch an attack to liberate France.  Allies moved permanently to the offensive as the armies marched through Europe to liberate the other conquered nations.

91. July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot Major Claus von Stauffenberg

92. July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel 3. Gen Alfred von Jodl 4. Gen Walter Warlimont 5. Franz von Sonnleithner 6. Maj Herbert Buchs 7. Stenographer Heinz Buchholz 8. Lt Gen Hermann Fegelein 9. Col Nikolaus von Below 10. Rear Adm Hans-Erich Voss 11. Otto Gunsche, Hitler's adjutant 12. Gen Walter Scherff (injured) 13. Gen Ernst John von Freyend 14. Capt Heinz Assman (injured) E-mail this to a friend-mail this to a friend

93. T The Liberation of Paris: August 25, 1944 De Gaulle in Triumph!

94. U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

95. French Female Collaborators

96. The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Offensive Dec. 16, 1944 to Jan. 28, 1945

97. Yalta: February, 1945 y FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific war. y FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of influence and a weak Germany. y Churchill wants strong Germany as buffer against Stalin. y FDR argues for a ‘United Nations’.

98. Hitler’s “Secret Weapons”: Too Little, Too Late! V-1 Rocket: “Buzz Bomb” V-2 Rocket Werner von Braun

99. Mussolini & His Mistress, Claretta Petacci Are Hung in Milan, 1945

100. US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River: April 25, 1945

101. Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945 The F ü hrer’s Bunker Cyanide & Pistols Mr. & Mrs. Hitler

102. V-E Day (May 8, 1945) General Keitel

103. V-E Day (May 8, 1945)

106. Singapore Surrenders [February, 1942]

107. U.S. Surrenders at Corregidor, the Philippines [March, 1942]

108. Bataan Death March : April, 1942 76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans] Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to POW camps in the Philippines.

109. 4 th Marines Patch

110. Bataan Death March

111. Details of the March The only way to get the men to the camp was to make them march the 70 miles. The Japanese High Command believed that it should only require a few days, but the men taken as prisoners of war were not in good health and were malnourished. That set the stage for an onslaught of inexcusable brutality. –Japanese soldiers committed random beatings and killings of all kinds –1000 soldiers died on the nine day hike

112. Bataan: British Soldiers A Liberated British POW

113. Allied Counter-Offensive: “Island-Hopping”

114. “Island-Hopping”: US Troops on Kwajalien Island

115. Farthest Extent of Japanese Conquests

116. Battle of Midway Island: June 4-6, 1942

117. Japanese Kamikaze Planes: The Scourge of the South Pacific Kamikaze Pilots Suicide Bombers

118. Gen. MacArthur “Returns” to the Philippines! [1944]

119. US Marines on Mt. Surbachi, Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

121. WW II Casualties Country Men in war Battle deaths Wounded Australia1,000,00026,976180,864 Austria800,000280,000350,117 Belgium625,0008,460 55,513 1 Brazil 2 40,3349434,222 Bulgaria339,7606,67121,878 Canada 1,086,343 7 42,042 7 53,145 China 3 17,250,5211,324,5161,762,006 Czechoslovakia— 6,683 4 8,017 Denmark—4,339— Finland500,00079,04750,000 France—201,568400,000 Germany20,000,000 3,250,000 4 7,250,000 Greece—17,02447,290 Hungary—147,43589,313 India2,393,89132,12164,354 Italy3,100,000 149,496 4 66,716 Japan9,700,0001,270,000140,000 Netherlands280,0006,5002,860 New Zealand 194,000 11,625 4 17,000 Norway75,0002,000— Poland—664,000530,000 Romania 650,000 5 350,000 6 — South Africa 410,0562,473— U.S.S.R.— 6,115,000 4 14,012,000 United Kingdom 5,896,000 357,116 4 369,267 United States 16,112,566291,557670,846 Yugoslavia3,741,000305,000425,000 1.Civilians only. 2.Army and navy figures. 3.Figures cover period July 7, 1937 to Sept. 2, 1945, and concern only Chinese regular troops. They do not include casualties suffered by guerrillas and local military corps. 4.Deaths from all causes. 5.Against Soviet Russia; 385,847 against Nazi Germany. 6.Against Soviet Russia; 169,822 against Nazi Germany. 7.National Defense Ctr., Canadian Forces Hq., Director of History.

122. Massive Human Dislocations

123. The U.S. & the U.S.S.R. Emerged as the Two Superpowers of the later 20 c

124. The Creation of the U. N.

125. The Nuremberg War Trials: Crimes Against Humanity

126. Japanese War Crimes Trials General Hideki Tojo Bio-Chemical Experiments

127. 7 Future American Presidents Served in World War II

128. Early Computer Technology Came Out of WW II Mark I, 1944 Admiral Grace Hooper, 1944-1992 COBOL language Colossus, 1941