The Holocaust
... guards at the Buchenwald concentration camp and later found by American forces after the liberation of the camp. Buchenwald, Germany, after April ...
... guards at the Buchenwald concentration camp and later found by American forces after the liberation of the camp. Buchenwald, Germany, after April ...
Ch 28 America in a World at War
... from fear of deflation (not enough currency, low prices) to inflation (too much, high prices) during the war Anti-Inflation Act: gave president the authority to freeze agricultural prices, wages, salaries and rents ...
... from fear of deflation (not enough currency, low prices) to inflation (too much, high prices) during the war Anti-Inflation Act: gave president the authority to freeze agricultural prices, wages, salaries and rents ...
period_1-_the_battle_of_the_north_atlantic_by_matthew_dickson
... They thought that Britain would run out of supplies and starve. This would force them to surrender. On September 3 1939, just after Britain declared war on Germany, German submarines sunk the British passenger ship Athenia. Killing 112 British civilians. This was the beginning of the actual Battle o ...
... They thought that Britain would run out of supplies and starve. This would force them to surrender. On September 3 1939, just after Britain declared war on Germany, German submarines sunk the British passenger ship Athenia. Killing 112 British civilians. This was the beginning of the actual Battle o ...
A Closer Look at Canada
... Canadian forces on D Day were so successful they actually had to backtrack and wait for the other Allied troops to catch up! After weeks of fighting their way inland, the Allies began an 11 month reclaiming mission through France, Belgium and into Germany. Canada was given the special task of libera ...
... Canadian forces on D Day were so successful they actually had to backtrack and wait for the other Allied troops to catch up! After weeks of fighting their way inland, the Allies began an 11 month reclaiming mission through France, Belgium and into Germany. Canada was given the special task of libera ...
The Berlin Airlift The Berlin Blockade
... In response to this, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed. NATO is a formal alliance between the territories of North American and Europe. From its inception, its main purpose was to defend each other from the possibility of communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation. Many po ...
... In response to this, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed. NATO is a formal alliance between the territories of North American and Europe. From its inception, its main purpose was to defend each other from the possibility of communist Soviet Union taking control of their nation. Many po ...
Social Studies 5 th Benchmark 3 Study Guide (16/17)
... 16. Germany, Japan, and Italy formed an alliance called the Axis Powers. 17. Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States formed an alliance called the Allied Powers. 18. The Japanese made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This caused the US to enter the war. 19. A famous battle in th ...
... 16. Germany, Japan, and Italy formed an alliance called the Axis Powers. 17. Great Britain, Soviet Union, and the United States formed an alliance called the Allied Powers. 18. The Japanese made a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This caused the US to enter the war. 19. A famous battle in th ...
The Axis Advances
... Dunkirk (off the French coast) by sending all available ships from Britain to France to rescue the stranded soldiers However, in June, 1940, the French were forced to surrender to the Germans Germany occupied northern France and set up a puppet state, called the Vichy government, in the south ...
... Dunkirk (off the French coast) by sending all available ships from Britain to France to rescue the stranded soldiers However, in June, 1940, the French were forced to surrender to the Germans Germany occupied northern France and set up a puppet state, called the Vichy government, in the south ...
Russia - Joseph Stalin
... October 1942, the British General Montgomery drove the enemy back. In September 1942 the Russians halted the German steamroller at Stalingrad. November 1942 the Russians unleashed a counteroffensive, which was never seriously reversed. ...
... October 1942, the British General Montgomery drove the enemy back. In September 1942 the Russians halted the German steamroller at Stalingrad. November 1942 the Russians unleashed a counteroffensive, which was never seriously reversed. ...
The Axis Advances
... Dunkirk (off the French coast) by sending all available ships from Britain to France to rescue the stranded soldiers However, in June, 1940, the French were forced to surrender to the Germans Germany occupied northern France and set up a puppet state, called the Vichy government, in the south ...
... Dunkirk (off the French coast) by sending all available ships from Britain to France to rescue the stranded soldiers However, in June, 1940, the French were forced to surrender to the Germans Germany occupied northern France and set up a puppet state, called the Vichy government, in the south ...
WWII - XMission
... • Allies suffered over 2,000 casualties. • Within one week, ½ million men came ashore. • By late July, Allies had over 2 million troops in France ...
... • Allies suffered over 2,000 casualties. • Within one week, ½ million men came ashore. • By late July, Allies had over 2 million troops in France ...
Chapter 23 - Plainview Public Schools
... • Hitler uses Blitzkrieg to attack Poland • Sep, 1st, 1939- by Sep 17 Poland is taken • Allies still did noting ...
... • Hitler uses Blitzkrieg to attack Poland • Sep, 1st, 1939- by Sep 17 Poland is taken • Allies still did noting ...
WWII Presentation
... August 1940, the Germans launched daylight raids against airfields and inland cities in Southern Britain The objective was to draw out British fighters and destroy them Royal Air Force (RAF) were superior “So much owed by so many to so few” Speech by Churchill ...
... August 1940, the Germans launched daylight raids against airfields and inland cities in Southern Britain The objective was to draw out British fighters and destroy them Royal Air Force (RAF) were superior “So much owed by so many to so few” Speech by Churchill ...
1939 - 1945 The Second World War
... 14 June - The German army enters and took over Paris. 30 June 1940 (until the Liberation on 9 May 1945) German troops take over the Channel Islands, the only British soil occupied by Germany 21 June - ...
... 14 June - The German army enters and took over Paris. 30 June 1940 (until the Liberation on 9 May 1945) German troops take over the Channel Islands, the only British soil occupied by Germany 21 June - ...
Document
... or lightning war, against Poland in September of 1939. By June of 1940, Germany had conquered most of western Europe. In June of 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. On December 7, 1941, Germany’s ally, Japan, launched a surprise attack on the United States—an act that drew America into the war. ...
... or lightning war, against Poland in September of 1939. By June of 1940, Germany had conquered most of western Europe. In June of 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. On December 7, 1941, Germany’s ally, Japan, launched a surprise attack on the United States—an act that drew America into the war. ...
Hot Time In The Town Of Berlin
... The bodies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, center, his mistress, Clara Petacci, right, and Achille Starace, former secretary of the Fascist Party, hang by their heels in Milan, Italy, April 29, 1945, after they were executed by Italian partisans. AP Photo/U.S. Army Air Force ...
... The bodies of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, center, his mistress, Clara Petacci, right, and Achille Starace, former secretary of the Fascist Party, hang by their heels in Milan, Italy, April 29, 1945, after they were executed by Italian partisans. AP Photo/U.S. Army Air Force ...
File
... December 1944-January 1945. This was the last major German offensive of the war. o February 1945- The Allies launched an intensive aerial assault and followed it with an invasion of Germany. o May 8, 1945- Germany formally surrenders. Russian troops occupied most of the country. Hitler committed s ...
... December 1944-January 1945. This was the last major German offensive of the war. o February 1945- The Allies launched an intensive aerial assault and followed it with an invasion of Germany. o May 8, 1945- Germany formally surrenders. Russian troops occupied most of the country. Hitler committed s ...
World War II Begins
... Germans began to drive them toward the English Channel. The Germans had captured nearly all of the ports except the ones at Dunkirk in northern France. As German forces closed in on Dunkirk, Hitler suddenly ordered them to stop. No one is sure why, Historians know he was nervous about risking his ta ...
... Germans began to drive them toward the English Channel. The Germans had captured nearly all of the ports except the ones at Dunkirk in northern France. As German forces closed in on Dunkirk, Hitler suddenly ordered them to stop. No one is sure why, Historians know he was nervous about risking his ta ...
World War II Begins
... • Mid-1942: Japanese had driven Americans out of the Philippines and seized many island nations in the Pacific. • U.S. set out to stop Japan’s advance • U.S. commander of the Pacific was Douglas MacArthur who used the Island-Hopping strategy – Island-hopping: called for attacking certain key islands ...
... • Mid-1942: Japanese had driven Americans out of the Philippines and seized many island nations in the Pacific. • U.S. set out to stop Japan’s advance • U.S. commander of the Pacific was Douglas MacArthur who used the Island-Hopping strategy – Island-hopping: called for attacking certain key islands ...
Power Notes: World War II LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand
... LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand the war in Europe 1941-1945. 1) The U.S. used its great industrial capacity to become the "Arsenal of Democracy." 2) The blitzkrieg (lighting war) soon changed to a war of attrition. Casualties were huge. 3) The British wanted to attack Germany on the periphery, the U ...
... LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Understand the war in Europe 1941-1945. 1) The U.S. used its great industrial capacity to become the "Arsenal of Democracy." 2) The blitzkrieg (lighting war) soon changed to a war of attrition. Casualties were huge. 3) The British wanted to attack Germany on the periphery, the U ...
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.