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Journal 3/8/18
Is it ever okay to break a promise? Explain
Are there any circumstances that make itokay?
Unit 5 Table of Contents
World War 2
1. Title Page (Extra credit for decorating)
2. Table of Contents
3. Europe After WWI Map
4. 15.1 Assessment #2 – 8
pg.467
5. Postwar Disillusionment Notes
6. 15.2 Assessment #1 – 7
pg. 475
7. 15.3 Assessment #1 – 88. A Worldwide Depression Notes
9. What is Fascism?
10. Fascism Rises in Europe Notes
11. Getting to Know Adolf Hitler
12. 15.4 Assessment #1 -7
pg. 485
13. Britain – France Simulation
14. Events Leading up to WW2
15. Leave it to Hitler
16. 16.1 Assessment 1, 3-8
pg 496
17. The Battle of Britain
18. The Eastern Front of WW2
19. 16.2 Assessment #1-8 pg 501
The Eastern Front of World War II
We did it!We have
control of France
We?
Oui! Us teaming up to take France was a great idea. How should we divide
it up now?
I didn’t need your help. France is under German
control. Find your own land to
conquer.
Fine. I already have
Ethiopia, I might as well take
control of all of Africa
Sure. It’s all yours. I still need to finish
off those pesky Brits and be done
with the allies once and for all.
You wont regret this!
Suez Canal
Mussolini Invades Egypt
Can you hurry up and take
the Suez Canal?
It’s taking a little longer
than expected
The Egyptians should be no match for your troops
The British have stepped
in and are defending
Egypt
They even have the support of the Egyptians
Hello…Hitler
Churchill!
War in North Africa
•In September, 1940, Italy controlled Somalia, Ethiopia,
and Libya
•The Axis Powers wanted to conquer Egypt to control the
Suez Canal
•Italian troops pushed 60 miles into Egypt and dug in
•In December 1940 the British counterattacked, claiming
500 miles of North African territory and 130,000 Italian
Prisoners
Fine. I’ll do it myself
I know just the man for the job
General Erwin Rommelaka Desert Fox
Afrika Korps
Did you actually think Benito could
do it?
I’ve got to keep him
busy somehow
War in North Africa
•General Erwin Rommel is sent to Libya to command the
newly formed tank corps, the Afrika Korps
•Tank warfare raged across Africa for over a year until
Rommel had defeated all of the allied forces in Egypt
Why wont these allies
quit already.
I’ve been bombing
Britain for months and I haven’t made any progress.
I haven’t invaded anyone in so long. I’m
starting to forget what it
feels like.
But who is left?
I’ve got it!
But first, some practice
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
• Hitler prepares for his invasion by attacking the Balkans
• Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary cooperated by joining the Axis Powers in early 1941
• Greece and Yugoslavia only last a few weeks
It sure has been nice around here with all this new
land
Good thing I have that
nonaggression pact with Hitler
and Hirohito
Next stop USSR!
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
• June 22, 1941 – First Blitzkrieg attack on the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa)
• As the Russians retreated, they burned and destroyed everything in the enemy’s path
• The Germans surrounded and laid siege to the city of Leningrad for one month, starving the 2.5 million inhabitants
• On October 2, 1941, Hitler moved on to Moscow, the capital and heart of the Soviet Union
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
• Soviet general Georgi Zhukov counterattacks with the harsh Russian winter on his side
• Germans suffered immense losses due to Hitler’s order, “No retreat!”
• The Germans held their ground, but Moscow had been saved and the Germans had lost 500,000 soldiers
Oil!
Stalingrad
The Battle of Stalingrad
• In the summer of 1942, Hitler sent his armies south to the city of Stalingrad
• The Battle of Stalingrad began on August 23, 1942.
• The Luftwaffe bombed to city into rubble
• However, Stalin would not let the city fall
• By November 1942, the Germans controlled most of the city
• Then another Russian winter hit
• Hitler once again forbid surrender, stating that the city was “to be held at all costs”
Battle of Stalingrad
Marked by fierce close quarters combat and direct assaults on civilians in air raids, it is often regarded as the single largest (nearly 2.2 million personnel) and bloodiest (1.7–2 million killed, wounded or captured) battle in the history of warfare. It was an extremely costly defeat for German forces, and the Army High Command had to withdraw vast military forces from the West to replace their losses.
No worries. I’ve still got my crew
Hermann Goering
•Official successor to Hitler
• Leader of the Luftwaffe
•Accumulated tons of wealth by war’s end
Rudolf Hess
•Next in line after Goering
•Helped Hitler write Mein Kampf
• Incredibly loyal to the Reich
Heinrich Himmler
• Leader of the SS
•Ruthless military genius
•Had direct command over the destruction of the Jews
Adolf Eichmann
•Engineered all of the details of the Holocaust
•Member of both the SA and SS
•Brought to trial in 1961
Reinhard Heydrich
•Other Nazis genuinely afraid of him
•Known for murder and blackmail
•Assassinated by the Czechs in 1942
Josef Goebbels
•An expert in the use of propaganda
• Known for promoting blatant lies
• Turned Hitler into the “hero” of Germany
Dr. Seuss Joins the War
A Case Study of Total War
Dr. Seuss Joins the War
• Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991) was a life-long cartoonist
• He grew up haunted by WWI
• Started creating children books in 1937
• From 1941-1943 he was the chief editorial cartoonist for the NY Newspaper, PM
• His political cartoons were a hit, building his fame as a cartoonist