chapter24 26 war europe part two

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Chapter 26 World War II

The War in Europe

Part II

Battle of Britain, Pearl Harbor,Stalingrad, D-Day and VE-Day


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German Luftwaffe (LOOFT vah fuh)

German air force


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The Battle of BritainThe Battle of Britain German bombing raids of Britain

Hitlers 1st mistakeHitlers 1st mistake:

Frustration led to achange of targets inBritain from military tocivilian targets

Move backfires British people showremarkable resolve

and determination British military able to

respond w/out attacks

By September Hitler

postponed British invasion


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Hitler Invades Soviet UnionHitler Invades Soviet Union

June 22, 1941 Hitler breaksnon-aggression pact, invadesUSSR

1,800 mile long front

Early winter and fierce Sovietfighting halted German advance

22ndnd big mistake for Hitlerbig mistake for HitlerInvading the USSR creates a 2front war


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Japanese Imperialism in Asia Like Germany, Japan wanted living space and

resources

Sept 1931 Japanese seize Manchuria (north of

China) Japan moved steadily south taking over Northern

Chinese territory

Planned to take over the USSR with Germanys help

Japan wanted more lands in the SouthPacific, the US protested and said theywould cut off aid and raw materials toJapan

Japanese Emperor Hirohito

Japanese Leader Hideki Tojo


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Japan Invades Manchuria (Video 1:00)


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Churchill & FDR Meet in Secret


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Video: The Path to Infamy (Video 3:49)

Click on picture to see video


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Pearl Harbor Attacked Dec. 7, 1941Pearl Harbor Attacked Dec. 7, 1941

Japanese aircraft bomb US Pearl Harbor base inHawaii

Japanese had launched assaults throughoutAsia with great success

Japanese viewed Americans as soft, a surpriseattack would give them Pacific control

4 days after Pearl Harbor Hitler declares waron US. Believes US action in Pacific wouldmake them weak in Europe


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Photograph from a Japanese plane of Battleship Row at the beginning of the

attack. The explosion in the center is a torpedo strike on the USS Oklahoma. Two attacking Japanese planes canbe seen: one over the USS Neosho and one over the Naval Yard.


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Rosie the Riveter


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Axis vs. AlliesAxis vs. Allies ALLIES: Great Britain, USA, USSR agree to

fight until the Axis Powers surrenderunconditionally

AXIS: Germany, Italy, Japan

FDR and Winston Churchill (Britain) meet in USand plan massive attacks in Europe

US first attacks in Africa vs. Italian and Germantroops

May 1943 US/British troops force German/Italiansurrender in Africa

"The Big Three": Josef Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt and

Winston Churchill meeting at the Tehran Conference in 1943.

Flags of the Third Reich, Japan and theKingdom of Italy, in Berlin (September 1940)


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4/5 of the World at War(Video 1:00)


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Stalingrad

& Volga

River

The Battle of Stalingrad 1942

Germans vs. Russians


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Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bombers over Stalingrad.


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Sept. 1942 Battle of Stalingrad (Video 1:11)


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Stalingrad 1942Stalingrad 1942 Most terrible battle of

the war

Stalingrad majorindustrial center inUSSR

If Hitler could win the

city of Stalingrad it wasa portal to the middleeast and vastresources of oil for hiswar machine.

Germans finallystopped after fiercefighting in winterconditions

Soviet holding the red banner high


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The entire German 6th Army (their

best) surrenders at Stalingrad


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The Battle ofStalingrad in Russia Germany vs. the Soviet Union

August 23, 1942 February 2, 1943

The Soviet Red Armys victory overGermany

Integral Part of World War II

Considered as the most decisivebattle of all battles in World War IIand also regarded as a turning

point in World War II. This battle was also the

bloodiest battle in history, where1.5 million people were killedfrom both sides. Both sidesfought with brutality and disregardcivilian casualties.


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Vasily Zaytsev inspiration for the movie Enemy at the Gates

Between October 1942 and January 1943, Zaytsev made 242 verified kills.


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The Motherland Calls in

Volgograd (Stalingrad)279 feet tall

One of the largest statues in the world

Two hundred steps, symbolizing the 200 daysof the Battle of Stalingrad, lead from thebottom of the hill to the monument.


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Show the first 10 minutes of

Part One: The Biggest

Invasion


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General Eisenhower with troops.

Training in Britain.


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DD--Day:Day: Historys greatest naval invasionHistorys greatest naval invasion June 6, 1944Allied forces under command of US general

Eisenhowerlanded on Normandy beaches ofFrance

Within 3 months the Allies had landed 2 million men and million vehicles

Allies broke through German lines beginning the push towardsGermany


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DD--Day:Day: Historys greatest naval invasionHistorys greatest naval invasion


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The Bombing of


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The Bombing of

Germany

Wilhelm Keitel signs


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Germany SurrendersGermany Surrenders

January 1945, AdolfHitler moves into a

bunker 55 feet deepunder Berlin

Hitler blamed Jews forthe war

April 28th

Mussolinishot and killed byItalian resistancefighters

April 30th Hitler

commits suicide inbunker

War in Europe wasover

Wilhelm Keitel signs

surrender terms, 7 May

1945 in Berlin


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(above) The remains of the above-ground

portion of the Fhrerbunker in the garden of

the Reich Chancellery. Entrance is to the left

and circular structure was for generators and

ventilation.(below) The remains of the Fhrerbunkerin

1946


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Churchill sitting on a damaged chair from theFhrerbunker

inJuly 1945.


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