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German Offensive German Offensive Blitzkrieg (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, Belgium The Battle of Britain Nightly bombings of cities Battle 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 democracy” http://www.schooltube.com/video/b fb6358e949745c9aed5/SNL%20S einfeld%20History%20Lesson Germany invaded the USSR - 1941 US began to aid Stalin and Communist Soviet Union “the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Japan Attacks the U.S. PEARL HARBOR December 7, 1941 “A date which will live in infamy” The Eastern Front - 1942 Germany attacks the Soviet Union Battle of Stalingrad won by the Soviets – Brutal winter – Massive Soviet counterattack – Hitler refused to retreat – Soviets lost over 1 million soldiers – Soviet army began moving toward Germany http://www.history.com/videos/atomic-bomb-endswwII#dday-invasion Operation Overlord D-Day June 6, 1944 70,000 troops land at Normandy, France Allies were able to start their push towards Germany Liberating Europe The Big Three - FDR, Churchill, Stalin Yalta 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 suicide Germany surrendered VE Day (May 8 1945) Racial Purity Germany tried to prove their “superior” race The German government tried to identify persons of “inferior” race The Ghettos Jews were forced to live in ghettos, overcrowded segregated areas within cities Ghetto to Concentration Camps Jews were later relocated from ghettos to concentration camps where they were forced to work to support the Nazi war effort The Final Solution Genocide the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people Death Camps to carry out the extermination of all Jews Holocaust Nazi 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 Trials Death camps were discovered by Allied forces Nazi leaders were put on trial Charged with war crimes Goering, Hess, von Ribbentrop, Keitel 12 of 24 were sentenced to death