Download according to Nazi ideology the conquest of

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Operation Barbarossa
…………following Dunkirk………..”the
road to London goes through Moscow’
was the code name for Nazi Germany's
invasion of the Soviet Union during
World War II
that commenced on June 22, 1941.
The operation was named after the
Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of the
Holy Roman Empire, a leader of the
Crusades in the 12th century;
according to Nazi ideology the
conquest of 'inferior races' was
similarly righteous.
I. Motives:
• Inferior race (Slavs and Jews)
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Hates Communism
• Oil and wheat
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Lebensraum (Living Space) –
wrote about in Mein Kampf
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“………to the East….”
• [……did not see Russia as part of
Europe……told the Russians to move to
India…..]
• A. Begins June 22 1941 (delayed the
operation….supposed to begin in early
spring 1941……to assist Mussolini in
Yugoslavia and N. Africa vs. the British)
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[damages their relationship, Hitler sees
him as a liability]
• B. Stalin calls for “scorched earth policy” –
• Soviets practice scorched-earth
policies: As the Nazi German Army
pushed the Soviets through the Ukraine in
1941 and 1942,
• Joseph Stalin ordered his army and
civilians to destroy anything that could be
useful to the Germans,
• including industrial facilities, rail lines,
communication lines, and shelter.
• The Germans practiced their own
scorched-earth policy in 1943 and 1944
• as they retreated through Russia and
Europe.
• As his country was collapsing in March
1945, Adolf Hitler ordered his armaments
minister, Albert Speer, to destroy any
German resources not yet in Allied hands.
• Unknown to Hitler, Speer never carried out
the order.
• C. Germans reach Moscow Dec 1941
(-60 degrees)
• ……..aaaahhhhh How I long for those
Russian Winters…………
• - Hitler and Germans not prepared for
winter.
• “Behind us is Moscow, there is no room
left for retreat”
• B. Russians begin counter attack
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- huge population rapidly creates new
army
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- aid from US (officially enters war Dec
1941)
• - German ideas of racial superiority and
hatred of Communists create resentment
and motive for Russians to fight
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- Germans begin retreat……the
beginning of the end…….
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Hitler faces choice………use resources
(men, trains, equipment) to reinforce his
troops in the East or use those resources
to “exterminate” the Jews in “DEATH”
camps.
Japanese Expansion
• 1. What were Japan’s motivations
in expanding to East and
Southeast Asia
• Raw materials, living space
• 2. What imperialist powers had
previously controlled these
regions?
• French, Dutch, British
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3. Why was Japan able to move against
these imperialist powers in these
regions?
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German victory over France and
Netherlands
British focus on surviving
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• 4. How did Japan justify its attempts to
gain control of these regions?
• A new order = “Asia for the Asiatics”
• Get rid of European rule
• (remember equality issue w/ L of N)
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5. What did the U.S. do that would increase
tensions between U.S. and Japan?
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Embargo on scrap iron to Japan
6. Explain (in your own words) why Japan
signed the Tripartite Pact and what it is.
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Tripartite Pact 1940
Japan joins in response to US actions / right
to “receive the space to which it is entitled”
and cooperate with each other
(Germany, Italy, Japan)
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• 7. What further steps did the U.S take to
upset Japan?
• Oil embargo on Japan and halt all
Japanese economic actions in U.S.
• 8. What was Japan’s motivation and strategic goal of
attacking Pearl Harbor?
• Dec 7, 1941
• Dec 8 – US declares war
• US is obstacle for Japanese expansion (and survival)
• Strategy: destroy US Pacific fleet
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto stated: "I fear all we have done
is to awaken a sleeping giant..."
• "In the first six to twelve months of a war with the United
States and Great Britain I will run wild and win victory
upon victory. But then, if the war continues after that, I
have no expectation of success."
Prime Minister /
General
Emperor Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Isoroku Yamamoto