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WWII in 3 days or less. WWII1939-1945. Road to War-1939. Japan attacks China - 1937 The Fall of Nanking becomes a major issue against the Japanese during and after the war Japan proves to be just as brutal as the Nazis after WWII was over. Road to War-1939. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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WWII in 3 days or less
WWII 1939-1945
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Road to War - 1939
Japan attacks China - 1937
The Fall of Nanking becomes a major issue against the Japanese during and after the war
Japan proves to be just as brutal as the Nazis after WWII was over
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Road to War - 1939 Germany wanted to
expand their boarders (Lebensraum) German troops invaded
the Rhineland (France) (1936)
Wanted to annex Austria into German control (1938)
Hitler demanded Czechoslovakia hand over
the Sudetenland (1938) Demanded the rest of
Czechoslovakia (1939)
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Road to War - 1939 Europe did not want to
get into another war so quickly
British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, believed that Hitler did not want to go to war
Chamberlain told the world that he had helped to create “Peace in our time.”
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Road to War - 1939 While Germany was expanding/taking
over, France & England threatened Hitler with war if he did not back off
WWI had drained France & England of military resources, and they were not able to back up what they were saying
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Road to War - 1939 Hitler hated Communism & the Soviet Union
He realized that to expand German lands, he would need to keep the Soviet Union as a close ally
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Road to War - 1939 Hitler & Stalin both agreed that they would
invade and conquer Poland stopping their armies at a certain point
Sept 1st WWIIstarted whenGermany invadedPoland
England & Francesaid enough wasenough
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Road to War - 1939 Germany uses a new tactic called Blitzkrieg
and new weapons
Blitzkrieg – “Lightning War”Overwhelming force
Noise makers on the bomberscause a “terror” sensation to those on the ground beingtargeted
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Road to War - 1939 Germany turned West
and headed towards France
They used Blitzkrieg tactics against France
German tanks played a major role as well at the troops
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Road to War - 1939 In October, Nazi officials start to deport Jews
from Czechoslovakia & Austria to Poland
BBC reports the concentration camps are being built
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WAR! - 1940 Churchill gives his “blood,
toil, tears & sweat” speech in Commons
May 1940, France is all but defeated, England stands alone against Hitler
Hitler forces France to surrender in same place the Treaty of Versailles was signed
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WAR! - 1940 Radar technology is delivered to the United
States
Radar has proven to be very useful fighting against the German bombing
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WAR! - 1940 German Battleship Bismarck sinks in the
North Atlantic
Bismarck is one of the largest battleships of her time.
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WAR! - 1941 Germany invades
the Soviet Union
Hitler has top officials come up with a “solution to the Jewish question”
United States put an oil embargo on all nations that show aggressive actions
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WAR! - 1941 Russian winter is Hitler’s biggest challenge, and
hurts the Nazi military more than the actual fighting
Germany wasn’t prepared for the cold winter Temps reached -22o
German troops froze, vehicles stopped working & guns wouldn’t fire
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WAR! - 1941 November Japanese navy leaves for Hawaii
33 warships, including 6 aircraft carriers
December 7th 1941; Japan attacked United States Naval forces at Pearl Harbor 2,404 military killed, 57 civilians killed
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WAR! - 1942 United States plans to
set up internment camps for Japanese-Americans, German-Americans & Italian-Americans
Of all those interned, 62% were American citizens
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WAR! - 1942 Manhattan Project –
the United States program to develop nuclear weapons – was viewed as a race against Nazi Germany
German engineers create the first man made object that reaches into space
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WAR! - 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal – USS Juneau sinks
killing the 5 Sullivan Brothers of Iowa
Their deaths caused the US government to create the sole survivor policy
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WAR! - 1943 Operation Mincemeat
Allies fool German officers with fake information about an upcoming invasion
Italy surrenders in September
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WAR! - 1944 D-Day
155,000 Allied troops land in France
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WAR! - 1944 Japan orders massive
Banzai charge Results in the death of 4,300
Japanese soldiers
Paris is liberated Hitler ordered his troops to
burn Paris to the ground German soldiers disobey
order
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WAR! - 1944 Japan uses kamikaze attacks against US
Navy in the Pacific
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WAR! - 1945 US troops plant American flag on Mt.
Suribachi
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WAR! - 1945 Hitler is living in a bunker under Berlin with
Eva Braun
Allies agree to let Soviet Union take Berlin Germans don’t want Soviets to enter Berlin Would rather surrender to Americans or British
troops
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WAR! - 1945 April 30th – Hitler kills
himself
Next day, Germany’s new leader, Joseph Goebbels kills himself & family
WWII in Europe was over
Allies will divide up Germany into 4 parts
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WAR! - 1945 August 6th – Little Boy is
dropped on Hiroshima 140,000 deaths right
away
August 9th – Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki 39,000 deaths right
away Equals to 75 million
sticks of dynamite
August 15th – VJ Day, WWII is officially over, sort of
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PEACE! - 1990 Many people view WWII officially being over
with the re-unification of Germany in 1990
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Lasting Impact of WWII Cold War
United States vs. Soviet Union Wars
Korea Vietnam Afghanistan
Spending lots of money on useless stuff Berlin Wall
Nuclear Age More Nations with Nukes Clean Power?
People Find a Voice in the World Protesting
Holocaust Notes