bellringer you have 5 minutes to study for your quiz!! bjotd: who ruled france until he exploded?
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Bellringer
• You have 5 minutes to study for your quiz!!
• BJOTD: Who ruled France until he exploded?
1. Germany invades Poland, Sep 1939, WWII starts, “blitzkrieg” (lighting war)
Germans troops at border crossing
German bomber over city
German dive bomber
Hitler reviews troops entering Poland German tanks
2. German invasion of France, May-June 40: Bypass Maginot Line, Ardennes, Dunkirk evacuation, Vichy France, Free French
DeGaulle in London
Dunkirk Evacuation
Vichy France
German Panzer (tank) Division
German troops crossing Meuse
France after the fall
3. Battle of Britain, Aug-Sep 40: Brits win air battle, no German cross-channel invasion, Blitz ( bombing of London)
Subway sheltersFires in London during the Blitz.Incoming German bombers met by British
British Spitfire chases bomber over London
4. Germany invades USSR, June 41: Operation BARBAROSSA
Surrendering Soviet soldiers
Soviet civilian watches village burn
Hitler plans Barbarossa
German infantry, armor, & airforces
1. Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 41: US declares war on Japan, Germany declares war on US; Battleships destroyed, but not aircraft carriers.
Assignment
• Complete the maps using your notes from the lecture. Label each event with the proper number from the notesheet.
El Alamein, Oct 42: Brits defeat Rommel, go on the offensive, Montgomery “Monty” in charge
Rommel Montgomery
Brits beat back German tanks
German tank surrenders
Allied tanks counterattack
Operation Torch, Nov 42: US enters Africa, Vichy France falls
Royal Navy convoys US forces US troops land in Algiers US troops move inland
US occupies Casablanca
Stalingrad, Aug-Dec 42, Huge German defeat, Soviets on the attack.
German commander (Von Paulus) surrenders
Ruins of Stalingrad
German troops in Stalingrad
Soviet troops counterattack
German POWs
Battle of the Atlantic, June 43: German U-boats fail to stop Allied convoys
Allied convoy under air escort
German U-boat
Sunk Allied ship
Allied destroyer hunting U-boat
Allies invade Sicily, July 43: Italy withdraws from the war
Allied rivals: Patton(US) & Montgomery(UK)
Allies loading up in Tunisia
Allies landing in Sicily
Allies invade Italy, Sep 43: Second front in Europe to help Soviets
US troops liberate Rome
Bombed Monte Cassino Abbey US troops move inland
Allies invade Normandy, June 44: Operation Overlord, Omaha Beach most difficult landing
Eisenhower talks with paratroops
Pinned down on Omaha Beach
Allies pour men & material into the beachheads
Allied breakout: July 44: Patton’s race for Berlin, Operation Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge slow Allies, Soviets take Eastern Europe
Japan invades US Philippines, Dec 41-Jan 42: Bataan Death March, Corregidor
Battle of Coral Sea, May 42: Tactical draw; strategically, US stops Japanese plan to invade Australia.
Battle of Midway, June 42: Carrier battle; First major Japanese defeat; US on the attack from then on.
Island Hopping, Aug 42-Apr 45: US Navy retakes island chains, Gilberts, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Kamikazes
US drops atomic bombs on Japan, 6 Aug 45 on Hiroshima, 9 Aug 45 on Nagasaki: Japan surrenders 2 Sep 45 (VJ Day).
“Little Boy”
Japanese surrender onboard USS Missouri
“Enola Gay”
Hiroshima
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