Timeline - Okemos Public Schools
... 34. As a result of the Munich Conference and Allied appeasement, Hitler annexed a large area of Czechoslovakia containing many ethnic Germans. ...
... 34. As a result of the Munich Conference and Allied appeasement, Hitler annexed a large area of Czechoslovakia containing many ethnic Germans. ...
File
... – Benjamin O. Davis- was a Tuskegee Airman and later became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force Japanese American internment – Executive Order 9066 allowed the government to begin the process of internment, or forcing relocation and imprisonment, of Japanese Americans. – Many Ja ...
... – Benjamin O. Davis- was a Tuskegee Airman and later became the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force Japanese American internment – Executive Order 9066 allowed the government to begin the process of internment, or forcing relocation and imprisonment, of Japanese Americans. – Many Ja ...
Timeline
... November 20: Nuremberg War Crimes Trials begin in Germany. The victorious Allies (the U.S., France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union) set up the so-called International Military Tribunal (IMT) at the end of World War II. Prosecutors from those four countries indicted 22 Nazi German officials on th ...
... November 20: Nuremberg War Crimes Trials begin in Germany. The victorious Allies (the U.S., France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union) set up the so-called International Military Tribunal (IMT) at the end of World War II. Prosecutors from those four countries indicted 22 Nazi German officials on th ...
US Involvement in World War 2
... The Decision to Drop the A-Bomb –The U.S. military favored a fullscale invasion of Tokyo by 1946 –The Japanese refused to surrender thus far & were arming civilians for an Allied invasion –At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, Truman gave the order to use the atomic bomb ...
... The Decision to Drop the A-Bomb –The U.S. military favored a fullscale invasion of Tokyo by 1946 –The Japanese refused to surrender thus far & were arming civilians for an Allied invasion –At the Potsdam Conference in July 1945, Truman gave the order to use the atomic bomb ...
Nazi Germany Invades Poland On Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi Germany
... War II. The day before, Nazi operatives had posed as Polish military officers to stage an attack on the radio station in the Silesian city of Gleiwitz. Germany used the event as the pretext for its invasion of Poland. The New York Times article about the invasion included a report of the Gleiwitz ep ...
... War II. The day before, Nazi operatives had posed as Polish military officers to stage an attack on the radio station in the Silesian city of Gleiwitz. Germany used the event as the pretext for its invasion of Poland. The New York Times article about the invasion included a report of the Gleiwitz ep ...
WWII - Charles Best Library
... harbor's (artificial harbours) and PLUTO (pipeline under the ocean) helped the 326,000 men land and remain well supplied. Eventually 3 million men were landed in ...
... harbor's (artificial harbours) and PLUTO (pipeline under the ocean) helped the 326,000 men land and remain well supplied. Eventually 3 million men were landed in ...
Chapter 26 Review Sheet
... failed and millions of people had lost their jobs. Germans rallied around Adolf Hitler who gained popularity by exploring people’s fears about the economy. During the Depression, many Japanese suffered lack of jobs and food shortages. As a result, military leaders rose to power in the early 1930’s. ...
... failed and millions of people had lost their jobs. Germans rallied around Adolf Hitler who gained popularity by exploring people’s fears about the economy. During the Depression, many Japanese suffered lack of jobs and food shortages. As a result, military leaders rose to power in the early 1930’s. ...
Chapter 37 Reading Questions
... 9. What factors contributed to 1942 being a turning point for the Allies in the fight against the Axis powers? 10. Was it moral to drop the atomic bombs? 11. Compare and contrast exploitation by Axis powers and European imperialism. 12. Did most people collaborate or resist Axis occupation? Why? 13. ...
... 9. What factors contributed to 1942 being a turning point for the Allies in the fight against the Axis powers? 10. Was it moral to drop the atomic bombs? 11. Compare and contrast exploitation by Axis powers and European imperialism. 12. Did most people collaborate or resist Axis occupation? Why? 13. ...
WWII Background PP - holocaust
... streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future.” ...
... streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future.” ...
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... 29. What is Island hopping? 30. What were Kamikaze attacks? 31. Why did General Douglas MacArthur and the Allied forces invade the Japanese controlled island of Iwo Jima? What was the result? 32. What was did the Battle for Okinawa cost both in terms of men and equipment? Why the heavy cost? ...
... 29. What is Island hopping? 30. What were Kamikaze attacks? 31. Why did General Douglas MacArthur and the Allied forces invade the Japanese controlled island of Iwo Jima? What was the result? 32. What was did the Battle for Okinawa cost both in terms of men and equipment? Why the heavy cost? ...
Totalitarian Triumph In many countries, representative government
... Hitlerʹs Blitzkrieg (ʺlightning warʺ) tactics in which airplanes, tanks, and motorized infantry encircled defenders, assured Germans that the human cost of conquest would be light. After successfully using this strategy first in Poland, then in Denmark and Norway, the Germans attacked Belgium, th ...
... Hitlerʹs Blitzkrieg (ʺlightning warʺ) tactics in which airplanes, tanks, and motorized infantry encircled defenders, assured Germans that the human cost of conquest would be light. After successfully using this strategy first in Poland, then in Denmark and Norway, the Germans attacked Belgium, th ...
World War II
... Leading up to WWII American government stressed neutrality FDR- worried by German expansion felt GB and France could not stop Germany alone After Dunkirk, US gave GB 50 destroyers Cash and Carry Policies- Cash for needed supplies (GB running out of money) Lend-Lease- President can lend war equipment ...
... Leading up to WWII American government stressed neutrality FDR- worried by German expansion felt GB and France could not stop Germany alone After Dunkirk, US gave GB 50 destroyers Cash and Carry Policies- Cash for needed supplies (GB running out of money) Lend-Lease- President can lend war equipment ...
World War IIteachernotes
... 3. Each time they invaded and occupied new countries, the area of conflict expanded 4. Each country either defended their own borders or acted in defense of an ally. 5. Two sides formed: a. Allied Powers: Britain, France, Soviet Union, & United States b. Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, & Japan. 6. WWII ...
... 3. Each time they invaded and occupied new countries, the area of conflict expanded 4. Each country either defended their own borders or acted in defense of an ally. 5. Two sides formed: a. Allied Powers: Britain, France, Soviet Union, & United States b. Axis Powers: Germany, Italy, & Japan. 6. WWII ...
Totalitarian Regimes 2012-2013
... • The Long March (6,000 miles)communists outnumbered by nationalists • Japan sees weakness & invades (mid 1930’s)- puts civil war on hold • By 1949- China becomes Communist under Mao Zedong • U.S. feared- communist would spread throughout the world. ...
... • The Long March (6,000 miles)communists outnumbered by nationalists • Japan sees weakness & invades (mid 1930’s)- puts civil war on hold • By 1949- China becomes Communist under Mao Zedong • U.S. feared- communist would spread throughout the world. ...
No Slide Title
... Created a United Nations to promote world peace. Germany and Berlin would be divided into 4 zones controlled by the US, British, France and Soviet Union Eastern European countries under Soviet control would have “free elections” Stalin agreed but kept Eastern Europe under Soviet control after WW ...
... Created a United Nations to promote world peace. Germany and Berlin would be divided into 4 zones controlled by the US, British, France and Soviet Union Eastern European countries under Soviet control would have “free elections” Stalin agreed but kept Eastern Europe under Soviet control after WW ...
Chapter 17 WWII: Road to War Dictators in the Soviet Union, Italy
... B. Mussolini used gangs of Fascist thugs to terrorize his opponents. C. In Germany Nazism grows, it is an extreme form of Fascism. D. Hitler looks to increase German “Lebensraum” (living space) by expanding into Eastern Europe toward the Soviet Union. E. The Axis powers are so named for “axis” betwe ...
... B. Mussolini used gangs of Fascist thugs to terrorize his opponents. C. In Germany Nazism grows, it is an extreme form of Fascism. D. Hitler looks to increase German “Lebensraum” (living space) by expanding into Eastern Europe toward the Soviet Union. E. The Axis powers are so named for “axis” betwe ...
Section 1: Mobilizing for Defense
... the coast and began to advance eastward. By August, they had liberated Paris, and by the fall they had entered Germany. The Germans began a counterattack in December. They cut deeply into Allied lines at first, but the Allies responded quickly. This battle—called the Battle of the Bulge—was Germany’ ...
... the coast and began to advance eastward. By August, they had liberated Paris, and by the fall they had entered Germany. The Germans began a counterattack in December. They cut deeply into Allied lines at first, but the Allies responded quickly. This battle—called the Battle of the Bulge—was Germany’ ...
WORLD WAR II TIMELINE 1931 September 18: Japan begin
... April 1: Germans surrounded in Ruhr valley. In the Pacific theatre, Americans invade Okinawa. April 12: FDR dies, Harry S Truman takes over the presidency of the United States. April 20: Americans capture Nuremberg. April 28: Mussolini captured by Italian partisans and shot to death. April 29: Dacha ...
... April 1: Germans surrounded in Ruhr valley. In the Pacific theatre, Americans invade Okinawa. April 12: FDR dies, Harry S Truman takes over the presidency of the United States. April 20: Americans capture Nuremberg. April 28: Mussolini captured by Italian partisans and shot to death. April 29: Dacha ...
Presentation
... By taking over U.S., British, and French territories to gain resources. 105. Which British general led the victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein? ...
... By taking over U.S., British, and French territories to gain resources. 105. Which British general led the victorious troops in the Battle of El Alamein? ...
World War II
... • V-E Day: the Soviets and American forces decided to attack Germany from two sides. The Soviets attacked from the east and the Americans from the west. • Deep inside his bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler knew the end was near, so he committed suicide. Before that he appointed Grand Admiral Doenitz to ...
... • V-E Day: the Soviets and American forces decided to attack Germany from two sides. The Soviets attacked from the east and the Americans from the west. • Deep inside his bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler knew the end was near, so he committed suicide. Before that he appointed Grand Admiral Doenitz to ...
Battles During WWII
... ‘Black May’ of 1943, U-boat losses were unsustainable U-boats withdrew from Atlantic—new German submarines arrived in 1945=too late to affect course of the battle. ...
... ‘Black May’ of 1943, U-boat losses were unsustainable U-boats withdrew from Atlantic—new German submarines arrived in 1945=too late to affect course of the battle. ...
WWII Notes
... 8)What was decided at the Yalta Conference? 9)What events finally made the Japanese surrender? ...
... 8)What was decided at the Yalta Conference? 9)What events finally made the Japanese surrender? ...
THE SECOND WORLD WAR (1939-1945) Part – (II) 5. The Policy of
... said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”. On 11 September Hitler postponed his operations against Britain. The US Entry into the War: On 7th December 1941 Japan attacked the US Fleet based at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. The loss of American lives from the sudden attack was shock ...
... said, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat”. On 11 September Hitler postponed his operations against Britain. The US Entry into the War: On 7th December 1941 Japan attacked the US Fleet based at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii. The loss of American lives from the sudden attack was shock ...
Major Conflicts of World War II
... forces crossed the Rhine river into Germany • on April 25 Soviet forces surround Germany capital of Berlin and bomb it with artillery fire ...
... forces crossed the Rhine river into Germany • on April 25 Soviet forces surround Germany capital of Berlin and bomb it with artillery fire ...
End of World War II in Europe
The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945.