Turning Points of WWII

7th Grade U.S. History

Hello! Today is 2/19/13

• Warm Up: In your opinion, what is the best way to deal with a bully? Explain.

Anti-Semitism

Hostility and violence against the Jewish people

Aryan supremacy

A belief by Nazis that they were better than other people.

What we’re going to do today

Agenda: – Results of Appeasement– Turning Points of World

War II– Video

By the end of class, you will be able to describe the key turning points of World War II. By the end of class, you will be able to describe the key turning points of World War II.

RESULTS: After the Munich Conference, what happened?

• In March 1939, Hitler . . . Took western Czechoslovakia

• In August 1939, Hitler and Stalin signed the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact

• which meant Hitler could . . . Attack Poland

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Allied Powers Axis Powers

Joseph Stalin, Soviet Union

Winston Churchill, Great Britain

U.S.A.Franklin D. Roosevelt

Harry Truman

Benito Mussolini, Italy

Adolf Hitler, Germany

Hideki Tojo, Japan

Turning Points in World War II

• September 1939• Start of World War II, invasion caused England

and France to declare war on Germany

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Germany invades France

• June 1940• Captured Paris

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Battle of Britain33

• Germany bombed London, but unable to take the city.

• August 1940

Lend Lease Act

• March 1941• The U.S. gave

Britain war supplies and old naval warships in return for military bases in Bermuda & the Caribbean.

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Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor

• December 7th, 1941• Surprise attack on

U.S. forced the U.S. to enter the war.

Germany Declares War on United States

December 11th, 1941

Germany Declares War on United States

December 11th, 1941

United States Declares War on Japan and Germany

December 8-11th, 1941

United States Declares War on Japan and Germany

December 8-11th, 1941

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Battle of Midway

• First U.S. victory over Japan, turned the tide in the Pacific Ocean.

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• June, 1942

Battle of Stalingrad

• November 1942 – February 1943

• Stopped German advance in the Soviet Union, put Germany on the defensive, and gave the Allies an Eastern Route to Germany.

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Allied Invasion of France “D-Day”• June 6, 1944• Allowed Allies to reclaim France and gave the

Allies a western route towards Germany.

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United States drops the Atomic bomb

• August, 1945• Forced Japan to

surrender to the United States, ending World War II.

Hiroshima90,000 – 166,000 died

August 6th

Hiroshima90,000 – 166,000 died

August 6th

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Nagasaki60,000 – 80,000 died

August 9th

Nagasaki60,000 – 80,000 died

August 9th

Activity: Historical MarkerCreate a historical marker to commemorate one of the key events or important locations of WWII. Use your class notes to choose a turning point. Your marker should include: •A drawing of the event •Date the event took place•Key facts of the event •Description of the event’s significance in WWII

Allied Powers Axis Powers

________ _______, Soviet Union

________ _________, Great Britain

U.S.A._________ _________

Harry Truman

_______ _________, Italy

____ ____, Germany

______ _____, Japan