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World History
Lecture: World War II
Aggression, Appeasement,
and War
A. WWII fought in: Europe, N. Africa, Asia and the
____________ Islands
B. Alliances of WWII
i.
_________ Powers - Germany, Italy, and Japan
ii.
Allied Powers - _________, Britain, the Soviet
Union, China, and the _______ __________
C. modern technology made World War II more
____________ than any previous war
i.
faster and more effective airplanes and
submarines and increasingly __________bombs,
(Germans used ____________)
Hitler’s Westward Expansion
The Three Fronts of
World War II
What is Fascism?
A. Fascist aggression in the _______
i.
________ – Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia
ii.
Italy – _________________
iii. Japan – Manchuria and _________
B. _________ Civil War “dress rehearsal” for World War
i.
Fascists supported General Francisco _______
ii.
__________ and volunteers from everywhere
went to Spain to fight for the Spanish Republic
C. to avoid another major war, western democracies
adopted a policy of _____________ but finally declared
war when Hitler invaded ________ in September ____
A. Hitler conquered _____________, Denmark, Norway,
Luxembourg and the ______________ using Bliztkrieg
B. Germany bypasses the _________ __________ and
attacked ___________ through Belgium.
i.
Germany pushed Allies across France to
Dunkirk on the _________Channel
ii.
France _______________ on June 16, ______
a. North – controlled by ___________
b. South – _________ France (puppet state)
A. Battle of ____________
i.
August 1940-June ______
ii.
Sept. 1940 – 1st peace time U.S. _______
iii. Britain never ______ _____
D. U.S. joins the war after it is attacked at _______ ______
i.
December ___, _______
E. By _______ the Axis Powers controlled virtually all of
western ___________ and North _________..
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Why do you think people supported
Fascist governments?
What does appeasement mean?
What were the similarities between the
Axis Powers?
What were the similarities between the
Allies?
Why was Blitzkrieg an effective strategy?
What treaty did Germany violate when
conquering Europe?
Why did the Japanese attack the U.S. at
Pearl Harbor?
The Allied Offensive in Europe
The Struggle on the Eastern Front
The North African Front
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A. Erwin _________ (“Desert ______”)– secure N.
_______ for ___________ Powers
B. “Beat __________first” strategy – defeat AXIS Powers
in Europe first
C. “Operation __________1942 – headed by U.S. general
____________ and British generals Montgomery and Clark
i.
Rommel ________________________
D. Allies invade _________– surrenders
A. 1941 Germany invades the _______________
B. June 1941 Germany attacked __________
i.
Operation ______________
a. “__________ _______” policy by USSR
b. Stalin asked allies for:
-Massive _____
-Recognition of territorial demands in
_____________ Europe
-Second ________ in western Europe
*His requests were _____ met
c. The battle for _____________ lasted for 2 year
ii. Battle of Stalingrad – October 1942
a. important industrial center
b. Nov. 19 Soviets counterattacked
c. German army ___________
d. Dramatic _________ in the war
A. Operation Overlord (___________) June 6, 1944
i.
Cross Channel Allied invasion to retake ______
a. Amphibious assault on ________ and land
b. Planned by U.S. General ______________
c. Success depended on 3 conditions
-reserve of _________
-secrecy
-_______ weather
ii. _______broke through the German Defense line
a. General _________ led a brilliant assault
against France
b. _________ was liberated in August of _____
B. The Battle of the________
i. The last German ______________
ii. Germany surrenders May 8, _______
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Why do you think the Allies chose to
defeat the Axis Powers in Europe first?
Why do you think the Allies were so slow
in meeting Stalin’s requests?
Why was the Battle of Stalingrad a
dramatic shift in the war?
What does “D-Day” stand for?
Why was the strategy of Operation
Overlord? Was it successful?
Why was the Battle of the Bulge
significant?
From World War to Cold War
The War in the Pacific
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A. By 1942 Japan occupied most of the __________Islands
i.
Fighting the Japanese was _______ than Europe
a. fighting in dense __________
b. U.S. offensive was _______________
landings on small islands
c. ______ rather than air supremacy was key
B. The Allies go on the _____________
i.
Japanese advances were halted by American
victories at __________ Island & ________ Sea
ii.
American forces then took the offensive,
“__________ hopping” toward Japan.
C. to force Japan to surrender
i.
United States used a powerful new weapon, the
_________ bomb
ii.
bombed __________ and __________
A. costs of World War II were enormous
i.
_______ million people dead worldwide
ii.
millions of _________
iii. lands in Europe and Asia in _________
B. change of international power
i.
the old European Powers – France, Britain, and
Germany – were _________ by the war
ii.
two new powers – the USSR and the ____ –
assumed the dominant role in global politics
C. conflicting __________ and mutual _______ led to the
_______ _______, which pitted the western
democracies, led by the United States, against the
___________ bloc, dominated by the ________ Union
Describe the strategy of the Allies in the
Pacific.
Why was the Battle of Midway a turning
point in the war?
Why did the U.S. decide to use the atomic
bomb on Japan?
What accounted for the high casualty
rate during WWII?
Explain the differences in ideologies
between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
after WWII.
Essential Questions:
• How did the aggressors of World War 11 benefit from the
policy of appeasement and nonintervention?
• How did the geography of the Allied and Axis powers impact
diplomacy, military and political decisions during World War
11?
• What was the human cost of World War11?
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Check for Understanding
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