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WORLD WAR II
European Battles
Part I
Key Terms
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Appeasement- giving
concessions in order to
prevent conflicts.
Non-aggression pact- Russia
and Germany would not
attack each other.
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Alliance Systems
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Axis powers- Germany, Italy,
and Japan. They wanted
totalitarian governments,
hated democracy and felt
superior.
Allied powers- France,
England, and U.S.
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Hitler’s Conquests
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Austria is taken over in 1938.
In the Munich Conference, Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain
gives Hitler Sudetenland
in order to appease Hitler. It
failed.
Albania was invaded by Italy.
Poland is invaded in 1939 which
starts World War II
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German Successes
(1939-1940)
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Conquest of Poland - Blitzkrieg
Lighting War- massive air
bombing.
Denmark and Norway are taken
over by submarine warfare.
Supplies are withheld.
France- the Maginot line was
destroyed. It was supposed to
stop the Germans.
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German’s Successes
(1939-1940)
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Dunkirk- British are forced to
retreat. They could have lost
all their men.
Vichy, France becomes the
headquarters for Germany.
Charles De Gaulle tries to free
France.
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England stands alone
from 1940 to 1941
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Winston Churchill
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Winston Churchill
becomes the new prime
minister of England
He changes the
strategy of the war. He
is able to stop Hitler
from conquering other
countries.
The Battle of Britain
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It changes the scope of the
war.
The Royal Air Force was able
to push Hitler and his soldiers
out of England. He was not
able to conquer it again.
Radar was used to defeat
Germany.
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Hitler breaks nonaggression pact
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Hitler breaks the Non-aggression
pact by invading Russia in 1941.
The Russians retaliate by burning
all supplies and buildings.
This is called the land-scorched
policy.
This forces the German soldiers
out of Russia. Leading to decline
of the German military campaign.
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Atlantic Charters 1941
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FDR and Churchill meet
no territorial gains
respect the rights of people
no use of force
United Nations established
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Pearl Harbor bombed on
December 7, 1941
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Pearl Harbor is bombed by
the Japanese.
The Americans did not
enter the war earlier due to
the Depression
However, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
finally asked for approval
to declare war on the Axis
powers.
Battle of Stalingrad 1942
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Russia defeats
Germany in the Battle
of Stalingrad
It pushed the Germans
back to Berlin. It
proved that Russia had
a strong army.
Russia moved towards
Germany
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Battle of Alamein-1942
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General Bernand Montgomery
defeated the Axis powers in the
Battle of Alamein in Egypt.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
fought Erwin Rommel who was the
Desert Fox .
The Allied Powers defeated Italy
and Germany. This was the first
major defeat for Germany and
Italy.
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The defeat of Italy
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This defeat
forced Italy to
withdraw from
the war.
Mussolini is
executed in
1945.
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Mussolini and his mistress are hanged
Tehran Conference-1943
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Churchill and FDR meet to discuss
the invasion of Normandy, France
and stopping Germany.
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Stalin
FDR
Churchill
Battle of Normandy1944
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Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
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Eisenhower recaptured
Normandy, and later the
rest of France, and is
basically free from
German control.
It is known as D-Day.
General Omar Bradley &
George Patton led the
advances
The Battle of the Bulge1944
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The Americans captured the 1st
German town, Aachen.
The Germans broke-up the Allies
line of defense.
The German soldiers killed many
prisoners.
After many days of fighting, the
Germans suffered large casualties
and destruction of weapons.
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Japanese Battles
Part II
Battle of Coral Sea-1942
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1942- Coral Sea – US & Australia
stopped Japan from invading
Australia
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Battle of Midway-1944
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The Americans destroyed
many of the Japanese
carriers.
US defeated the Japanese.
US avenged Pearl Harbor
US was island hopping by
winning back lost territories.
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Battle of Iwo Jima-1945
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Battle of Iwo Jima (sulfur island).It
was an important victory because
the Americans could use the island
to launch bombers to Japan
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Battle of Okinawa-1945
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Japan unleashed a
huge amount of fire
power on the Allies .
The Allies lost 7,600
lives but Japan lost
110,000 lives
The Generals in War
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Douglass
Mac Arthur took
over
Guadacanal,
Iwo Jima, and
Okinawa.
The Generals in War
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Lieutenant Colonel
James Doolittle led
the bombing in
Japan
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The Generals in War
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Military leaders for
Japan were Tojo
Emperor Hirohito
Yalta Conference-1945
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Churchill and FDR
decide to fight Japan.
The deal was that
Germany would be
divided into 3 zones
and free elections
would be held in
Eastern Europe. (April
1945 - FDR dies).
Harry S. Truman-1945
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F.D.R. dies and is
replaced by Harry S
Truman.
Truman orders the
dropping of the Atomic
bomb on Hiroshima
and Nagasaki which
forces the Japanese to
surrender.
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End of the war-1945
 In 1945, Germany
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surrenders when the
British and
Americans crossed
the Rhine River.
Hitler commits
suicide on April 30,
1945.
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Atomic Bombs
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They were dropped
on Hiroshima and
Nagaski.
This forced Japan to
surrender which
ended World War II.
V-J Day (victory in
Japan) on August
1945.
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Causes and Results of
World War II
Part IV
Causes of World War II
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Hitler wanted to control and spread the
Aryan Race
League of Nations refused to stop Hitler
the totalitarian governments wanted to
stop Communism and democracy
the depression forced the countries to
fight
League of Nations could not handle the
diplomatic problems
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Results of World War II
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Cold War- United States against
Russia
Atomic age used to control
diplomatic problems
40 million people died
4 trillion dollars spent on the war
The holocaust forced people to
realize that whole cultures could be
destroyed
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Significant Facts
Part III
Contributions of
Servicemen
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99th Pursuit
Squadron-Tuskegee
Airmen were pilots
& AfricanAmericans who
successfully
stopped the German
pilots in Italy.
Contributions of
Servicemen
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The 442nd Regimental
Combat Team who
were JapaneseAmericans were
highly decorated for
their bravery in
battles in Italy &
North Africa.
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Contributions of
Servicemen
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141st Regiment, 36th Division
who were Mexican-Americans
were highly decorated.
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Contributions of
Servicemen
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Navajo Code Breakers helped
with creating a secret code.
They spoke in their language
to get information to the
soldiers.
The Japanese couldn’t break
the codes.
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Scientific Progress
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radar, guide
missiles
Jet-propelled
planes
magnetic mines
airplanes
atomic bombs
Semi-conductors
computers
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Scientific Progress
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Soldiers’ rations
Code Breaking
Parachutes
Transistor radios
Software programs
Video games
Weather tracking,
air traffic control
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Facts related to the war
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spread of Communism
40 million people died
Japan and Germany collapsed
and the new super powers are
Russia and the United States
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