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WW II
Two theaters of conflict
Europe and the Pacific
Stage I 1939-1941
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Europe
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Germany: Conquers France, Belgium,
Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, and Poland.
British evacuation and Dunkirk.
Battle of Britain: June-Sept. 1940.
German invasion of Russia: Sept. 1940.
Begins Lend-Lease Act, Convoy duty in the
Atlantic.
Pacific:
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Japan:
Controls China, moves into Indochina.
U.S. Freezes asset, embargo on scrap, iron and steel.
Japan forces British withdraw of Singapore.
Japan issues demands November 20, 1941.
Unfreeze Assets
Supply Japan with gas.
Cease aid to China.
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Stage II: Dec. 7 1941-Aug. 1942.
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America enters the war.
Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attacked, to cripple
U.S. fleet in the Pacific.
Europe:
Germany is defeated at Stalingrad. Forced to
surrender 6th Army.
Rommel defeated at El Alamein.
Combined Allied landings in North Africa, Sicily.
Convoy system gains control of the Atlantic.
Prepare for Normandy Landings.
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Iwo Jima
Pearl Harbor
Stage II
Cont.
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Japan is defeated at Midway: loses 4
carriers and 350 pilots.
U.S. begins island hopping campaign
victories in Marshall Islands, Solomon
Islands and the Philippines.
Stage III
June 6, 1944-Aug. 14, 1945
Europe: Normandy Landings, Germany
retreating against Russian attacks.
Allies move up the Italian Peninsula.
Assassination attempt against Hitler.
Hitler commits suicide May 7, 1945,
Germany surrenders.
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D-day invasion
Map of Axis Power
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Chart of Allied Death
“The big three”
Pacific
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Allies conquer Iwo Jima.
Marines conquer Okinawa.
Allies begin air offensive against Japan.
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Aug. 6, 1945 Hiroshima
Aug. 9, 1945 Nagasaki
VJ Aug. 15, Victory over Japan.
A-Bomb
Heavy Cost of War:
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Billions of Dollars.
Millions of Casualties.
Russia:20 million.
Germany 3 million
Japan: 2 million
Results
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New World Order
Shift
From Europe to the U.S. and the Soviet
Union. A clash of ideology Democracy vs.
Communism.
Rebuilding Europe.
Iron Curtain.
Atomic Age.