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World War Two(1939-1945)
Key Terms• Blitzkrieg• Axis & Allies• Pearl Harbor• Churchill• Stalin• FDR• Stalingrad• D-day• Eisenhower• Yalta Conference• Dresden• Island Hopping
I. German Conquest (1939-42)A. PolandB. FranceC. Battle of BritainD. Russian Invasion
II. US (1939-12/7/41)A. Neutrality & Japan
III. Defeating Germany (1942-45)A. Diplomacy/Big ThreeB. The “Tide Turns”
IV. Defeating JapanV. Results
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WWII Themes
• Technology-from the Blitz to A-bomb & in between
• Diplomacy-Allies cooperate• “Total War”-civilian casualties
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Poland Faces A Blitzkrieg
• Germany invaded Poland September 1, 1939
New Technologies = Success
• Blitzkrieg = “Lightening Warfare”– Air attacks combined
with rapid troop movement
• Poland fell within one month
German air force targeted railroads
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WWII Alliances
Allies• Great Britain• France
Axis• Germany• Italy • Japan
Following Germany’s invasion Alliances were formed:
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France Falls To Germany
• 1940 France fell to Germany in 6 weeks (successful Blitz)
Victorious German Soldiers
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The British Stand Alone: Battle of Britain
• Cities were bombed June, 1940-June 1941
• British radar helped & radio influenced morale
London under fire
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Russian Invasion
• June, 1941 Germany invaded Russia (in violation of previous treaty)
• German “Blitzkrieg” again VERY successful (initially)
Hitler switched tactics
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Pearl Harbor Attack(12/7/41)
• 19 Ships sunk• About 2,000
dead
USS Arizona explosions killed about 1,100
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WWII Alliances
Allies• Great Britain• France• USSR
Axis• Germany• Italy • Japan
• US
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“Big Three”
• Prime Minster of Great Britain
• Goal: Attack “Soft Underbelly” of Europe
Winston Churchill
(1874-1965)
Italy
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“Big Three”
• Leader of Soviet Union (USSR)
• Goal: A Second Front in western Europe
• 20-30 million Soviets died during WWII
Joseph Stalin
(1879-1953)
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“Big Three”
• US President• Goal: Defeat
Germany first with fewest US casualties
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
(1882-1945)
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Battles Of Stalingrad & Leningrad (Leningrad: 1941-44)
• Turning point of European war
• USSR turned back Germans
• Leningrad/ St. Petersburg was under seige
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The “Tide Turns” In Italy
• In 1943 following defeats in North Africa Mussolini was deposed & Italy surrendered.
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D-Day(June 6, 1944)
• Allied invasion in western France (2nd Front).
• Technological success– 500,000 troops– 11,000 aircraft– 4,000 vessels
Dwight Eisenhower
(1890-1969)
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Dresden, Germany
• Major German cultural center
• Site of massive allied bombing campaign February 1945– Up to 130,000
civilians killed
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Yalta Conference(February, 1945)
1. Free elections would be held in Poland.
2. Germany would be occupied by Allied Powers.
3. USSR would join the war against Japan.
4. Allied Powers would participate in the United Nations.
It was decided that following Germany’s defeat…
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Germany’s Defeat
• Germany surrendered May 8, 1945.
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Island Hopping
• US strategy to defeat Japan.• US forces went from Island to Island in the
Pacific on their way to the Japanese mainland.
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War In The Pacific: Midway(June 1942)
• Location of an important US based in the Pacific • US won a decisive victory• Significance: Turning point in the war in the
Pacific
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Iwo Jima(February-March, 1945)
• 6,800 US dead
•19,000 US wounded
•21,000 Japanese dead
*Figures are approximate
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Okinawa April-June, 1945
• 12,500 US/Allied dead
• 35,000 US/Allied wounded
• 100,000 Japanese soldiers dead
• 80,000 Japanese civilians dead or wounded
*Figures are approximate
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“Kamikaze”• Japanese “suicide” planes increased as the
Americans neared the Japanese mainland.
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Tokyo Was Firebombed
•March, 1945 (two days)
•About 80,000 dead
•250,000 buildings destroyed
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Atomic Warfare
• US ultimatum rejected• Hiroshima (8/6/45):
100,000 Japanese dead
• Nagasaki (8/9/45): 40,000 Japanese dead
• Japanese Surrender (8/14/45)
The Aftermath of the Atomic Bombs
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WWII-Deaths
Country Military Deaths
Civilian Deaths
USSR 13,000,000?
(min)
7,000,000?
(min)
Germany 3,250,000 3,500,000
Poland 125,000 6,000,000
Great Britain 325,000 65,000
United States 400,000
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World War Two(1939-1945)
Key Terms• Blitzkrieg• Axis & Allies• Pearl Harbor• Churchill• Stalin• FDR• Stalingrad• D-day• Eisenhower• Yalta Conference• Dresden• Island Hopping
I. German Conquest (1939-42)A. PolandB. FranceC. Battle of BritainD. Russian Invasion
II. US (1939-12/7/41)A. Neutrality & Japan
III. Defeating Germany (1942-45)A. Diplomacy/Big ThreeB. The “Tide Turns”
IV. Defeating JapanV. Results