German OffensiveGerman Offensive

German OffensiveGerman Offensive

BlitzkriegBlitzkrieg (lighting war)

surprise and overwhelming force…Luftwaffe airstrikes and then tanks and soldiers

Poland fell after just 3 weeks

The Fall of France

May 1940 Germany had invaded

Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, BelgiumBelgium

The Battle of Britain

Nightly bombings of cities

Battle of BritainBattle of Britain

The German forces were driven off by the RAF

- Royal Air Force -

The U.S. Provides Limited Aid

In 1940, FDR announced that the US should become

“The Great Arsenal of democracyThe Great Arsenal of democracy”

http://www.schooltube.com/video/bfb6358e949745c9aed5/SNL%20Seinfeld%20History%20Lesson

Germany invaded the USSR - 1941US began to aid Stalin and Communist Soviet Union

“the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

Japan Attacks the U.S.Japan Attacks the U.S.PEARL HARBORPEARL HARBOR

December 7, 1941

““A date which will live in A date which will live in infamy” infamy”

The Eastern Front - 1942The Eastern Front - 1942

Germany attacks the Soviet Union

Battle of StalingradBattle of Stalingradwon by the Soviets

– Brutal winter– Massive Soviet counterattack

– Hitler refused to retreat– Soviets lost over 1 million soldiers– Soviet army began moving toward

Germany

Operation OverlordOperation Overlord

D-DayD-DayJune 6, 1944

70,000 troops land at Normandy, France

Allies were able to start their Allies were able to start their push towards Germanypush towards Germany

http://www.history.com/videos/atomic-bomb-ends-wwII#dday-invasion

Liberating EuropeLiberating Europe

The Big Three - FDR, Churchill, Stalin

Yalta ConferenceYalta Conference• Roosevelt wanted Soviet support against Japan and Soviet participation in the United Nations

• Churchill pressed for free democratic elections in Eastern and Central Europe (Poland)

• Stalin demanded a Soviet sphere of political influence in Eastern and Central Europe, an essential aspect of the USSR's national security strategy.

Adolf Hitler commits suicideAdolf Hitler commits suicideGermany surrendered

VE DayVE Day (May 8 1945)

Racial PurityRacial PurityGermany tried to prove their “superior” race

The German government tried to identify persons of “inferior” race

The GhettosThe GhettosJews were forced to live in ghettosghettos,

overcrowded segregated areas within cities

Ghetto to Concentration Ghetto to Concentration CampsCamps

Jews were later relocated from ghettos to concentration camps where they were forced to work to support the Nazi war effort

The Final SolutionThe Final Solution

GenocideGenocide the deliberate extermination of a

specific group of people

Death Camps to carry out the extermination of all Jews

HolocaustHolocaustNazi racism led to the

systematic murder of 11 million people in Europe

The Jews suffered the most with 6 million deaths 90% of Jewish Population in Poland was murdered

The Nuremberg War TrialsThe Nuremberg War Trials

Death camps were discovered by Allied forces

Nazi leaders were put on trial Charged with war crimes

12 of 24 were sentenced to death

Goering, Hess,

von Ribbentrop, Keitel