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II.
Fascism threatens other countries
A. What did Hitler want?
1. wanted revenge for the Treaty of Versailles
2. build up his army - which treaty forbid
3. He takes back the Rhineland – area that borders France
4. He annexes Austria – his home country - says that
Germany speaking people should be united
5. He takes the Sudetenland – part of Czechoslovakia –
then he takes all of Czechoslovakia – they welcome
him
B. Munich Conference
1. England and France decide to meet with Hitler to
discuss peace
2. England and France agree to give Czech. To Germany
in return Hitler agrees not to take over any other
countries. (Munich Pact)
C. USSR and Germany sign a Non-Aggression Pact
1. Hitler and Stalin agree to not attack each other
2. The entire World is shocked.
D. September 1st 1939 Germany invades Poland (WWII is
on!)
1. Use Blitzkrieg (German for lightening war – fast
moving)
2. Take over the entire country in less than 1 month
3. France and England declare war on Germany
E. The two sides
1. Axis Germany, Italy, and Japan
2. Allies France, England, USSR, (later) US
III.
Axis success in Europe
A. Germany will be very successful early on
1. Blitzkrieg - “lightning war” it is very fast moving war
(fast tanks, planes, motorcycles, and trucks)
2. Germany invades Poland, Belgium, and France. They
conquer all of them very quickly.
B. Battle of Britain
1. Germany is ready to invade Britain
2. They want to use air power to improve their chances of
invading Britain.
3. The British defend their country very well and stop the
Germans from invading
4. The US sends supplies and weapons to Britain to help
them.
C. Hitler’s worse decision – Ever
1. he decides to invade the USSR (Russia)
2. his troops capture most of the USSR however supplies
run out
3. Winter comes and his troops suffer because the
Russians use Scorched Earth – destroyed anything of
use to the Germans.
4. Biggest most important battle of WWII is the Battle of
Stalingrad
a. furthest east that Germans get
b. it close to a huge oil field (which the Germans want)
c. it along the Volga River (huge transportation hub)
d. The city is named after Stalin – Stalin does not want
to lose it
5. The Germans lose the Battle of Stalingrad on Feb 2,
1943 – it was the last time the Germans would be on
the offensive during the War.
D. Japan attacks the US at Pearl Harbor, HI
1. Japan is mad that the US will not trade natural
resources with them
2. They attempt to destroy the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl
Harbor
3. US declares War on Japan, Germany, and Italy
Part 4 The Tide Turns for the Allies
A. The Allies fight Germany in North Africa
B. Allies defeat the Axis powers in North Africa and then
invade Italy
C. Italy overthrows Mussolini and join the Allies – Germany
takes over Northern Italy and fights on.
D. D-Day June 6th 1941 the Allies invade France and push
the Germans back into Germany
E. Germany surrenders on May 8, 1945
F. In the Pacific, the US uses Island Hopping to defeat the
Japanese.
G. The Allies decided to fight the Axis in Europe 1st and then
in the Pacific later
H. The US drops the two atomic bombs on Japan to force
them to surrender, without having to invade Japan
1. The 1st is dropped on a Hiroshima killing 70,000 people
2. The 2nd is dropped on Nagasaki killing 40,000 people
I. Japan surrenders to the US to End WWII