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World War II World War II Battles and Battles and StrategiesStrategies
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Axis War StrategyAxis War Strategy
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Strategies - EuropeStrategies - Europe
• BlitzkriegBlitzkrieg – fast, lightning attacks on your enemy before they can recover
• Invade and conquer France
• Use German Air Force to bomb Great Britain until they surrender
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Strategies - EuropeStrategies - Europe
• Destroy Munich Pact and quickly defeat Soviet Union
• Take complete control of Europe before US got involved in the war
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Strategies - PacificStrategies - Pacific
• Japan wanted full military and economic control of Pacific
• Felt US needed to recognize their power in Pacific
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Strategies - PacificStrategies - Pacific
• Attack US Pacific Ocean military base and then invade Australia and Hawaii
• They thought US would rather respect them than fight a long, costly war
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Pearl HarborPearl Harbor
• Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacked the US military base in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
• Destroyed US Pacific fleet of warships
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Pearl HarborPearl Harbor
• Dec 8 – US declared war on Japan
• Dec 10 – Germany and Italy declared war on US
• US now fully involved in World War II
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Allied StrategyAllied Strategy
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Strategy - EuropeStrategy - Europe
• Defeat Hitler first
• Most US resources were sent to Europe and Africa to fight Germany and Italy
• Attack Hitler from all directions and push back toward Germany
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Battles – Europe Battles – Europe and Africaand Africa
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Battle of Britain (Aug 1940)Battle of Britain (Aug 1940)
• British cities were relentlessly bombed by German Air force
• Churchill refused to allow British citizens to give up
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El Alamein (Nov 1942)El Alamein (Nov 1942)• German forces threatening to seize Egypt
and the Suez Canal were defeated by the British.
• Importance– Prevented Hitler from gaining access to
Middle Eastern oil and attacking the Soviet Union from the south.
– Allies got access to Germany from the South
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Stalingrad (Sept 1942) Stalingrad (Sept 1942) • Hundreds of thousands of German
soldiers were killed or captured in the Russian city of Stalingrad.
• Importance
– This defeat prevented Germany from seizing the Soviet oil fields
– Allies got access to Germany from East
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Normandy (D-Day) June 6, 1944
• Allied troops under Gen. Dwight Eisenhower landed in German-occupied France
• Importance– Despite intense German opposition and
heavy American casualties, the Americans were able to liberate France.
– Allies were able to attack Germany from the west
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V-E Day (May 8, 1945)V-E Day (May 8, 1945)• US and Russian forces closed in
on Germany from all sides
• Adolph Hitler killed himself before he could be captured
• German forces surrendered, ending the war in Europe