Bell Work Hitler’s, Stalin’s, and Mussolini's

governments are examples of what type of government

Totalitarian

Objective: Cover the events of WWII

On September 1st 1939 Hitler invades Poland and conquers it in 4 weeks

Germans use a new form of fighting called Blitzkrieg (Lightning War) which uses surprise and overwhelming force to crush its enemies

After the invasion of Poland, Britain and France declare war

WWII had begun

Hitler quickly conquers Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, and France

France builds the Maginot Line

Germans bypass the line by passing through the Ardennes forest

Cut off Allied soldiers had to escape they use the French port of Dunkirk to cross English Channel to Britain

Paris falls in June 1940

Hitler now controls much of Europe Britain asks U.S. for help U.S. had a strict policy of Isolationism

and didn’t want to get involved President Roosevelt worked to convince

America to give aid to Britain Slowly U.S. begins to send food, ships,

planes, and weapons

Hitler begins to plan the invasion of Britain and unleashes the Luftwaffe

Hitler felt Britain would surrender Churchill refuses Bombed England day and night

for 10 months People sleep in subways to avoid

the bombs RAF fought around the clock Defeats the German Air Force

With in two years Hitler breaks the treaty with the Soviet Union and opens second front on June 22, 1941

Wanted natural resources and land Soviets join Allies Germany captures huge amounts

of land Soviet army loses millions of

soldiers over 2 million captured By December Germans were within

25 miles of Moscow

December 7th 1941 a date which will live in infamy

Japan launches a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii

Japan quickly conquers the Philippines, Malaya, Dutch East Indies, and other islands

Japan thought their attack on the U.S. Fleet would destroy the U.S. Navy and led to America accepting the Japanese domination of the Pacific

They were wrong, instead they awoke a sleeping giant

Allies included Britain, U.S., and Soviet Union

Axis Powers included, Germany, Italy, and Japan

Allies begin the assault in Africa and defeat the Germans and Italians in Africa within a few months

On the Eastern Front Hitler attacks Stalingrad in Nov. 1942 by Feb. 1943 the Soviets counter-attack

The combination of Russian troops and the Russian Winter defeat Hitler’s troops

After Pearl Harbor, U.S. Carrier planes destroys 4 Japanese Aircraft Carriers at the Battle of Midway

This is the turning point of the U.S. war in the Pacific

Afterwards the U.S. would island hop across the Pacific until they were within striking distance of Japan

After Africa, the Allies invade Italy

Mussolini is defeated and executed

Next Allies invade France on D-Day June 6, 1944

Gen. Eisenhower leads the invasion

Despite heavy Germany resistance the Allies establish a beachhead

After D-Day Paris is quickly liberated as Allies continue to push East

The Soviets Continue to defeat the Germans and push West toward Berlin

Hitler moves to a underground bunker In the end he blames the Jews and

commits suicide

Allies move within striking distance of Japan

President Truman orders the use of a new super weapon the Atomic bomb

On August 6 1945 Hiroshima was destroyed

August 9 1945 another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki

August 14, 1945 Japan surrenders

WWII is over. 50 million people died during the war