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Allied and Axis Strategy and War in the European Theater
Bell Ringer
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What is Isolationism?
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What does “cash and carry” basis mean?
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How did President Roosevelt address the nation after
Pearl Harbor?
Time line Activity
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Create a time line using the events on your
worksheet
Add the US embargo on steel and oil to the
event list
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Use your book and notes to help you
Provide a brief description of each event on the time
line
Be creative!
 1931- Japan invades
 1939- Neutrality Act (Cash
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Manchuria
1935- Neutrality Act
(against all belligerent
nations)
1935- Italy invades
Ethiopia
1936- Germany invades the
Rhineland
1938- Munich Agreement
1939 – Nonaggression Act
1939- Germany invades
Poland
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and Carry basis)
1940- US embargo on oil
and steel
1940- Hitler over runs
France
1940- Battle of Britain
1941- Lend Lease Act
1941- Pearl Harbor
1941- US enter WWII
Major Conflicts in the European Theater
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Battle of the Atlantic
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Battle of El Alamein
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Operation Torch
Allied Strategy
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European Theater
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“Defeat Hitler First”
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Germany viewed as a
direct threat
American military
resources targeted for
Europe
Allied Strategy
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Pacific Theater
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Island Hopping
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Moved closer to Japan by hopping from island to
island
Cut off Japanese supplies through submarine
warfare
Set up military bases for air attacks on Japan
Island Hopping
Axis Strategy in European Theater
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Defeat the Soviet Union quickly and control their oil
fields
Force Britain out of war through bombing
campaigns and submarine warfare
US cannot be allowed to change momentum
Axis Strategy in Pacific Theater
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Japan plans to invade
Indonesia and
Australia
Hoped American
would accept Japanese
dominance rather than
fight a bloody and
costly war
Following Pearl Harbor
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US joins the war
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Allied Power
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Great Britain
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United States
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Soviet Union
Axis Powers
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Germany
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Italy
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Japan
Battle of Atlantic
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Goal: Prevent food and war
materials from reaching Great
Britain
681 Allied ship sunk in seven
months of 1942 by German
submarines
Allied Counter: Use of
convoys with destroyers battle
ships and airplanes using sonar
and radar to cut down
Production of “liberty ships”
outnumbered their sinking
Battle of Stalingrad
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August 1942: Luftwaffe
nightly air raids
September 1942:
Germany control 90% of
city
Winter 1943
Opportunity for massive
counter attack
Soviet tanks and forces
surround the city
starving the Germans out
Result of Battle of Stalingrad
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Germany surrender in
February 1943
1,100,000 Soviets
causalities
Prevents Germany from
control of Soviet oil
fields
Turning point in
European Theater
Battle of El Alamein
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German forces threaten
to seize Egypt and Suez
Canal
November 1942
Germany forces are
defeated
Result: Prevented Hitler
from gaining oil
supplies from Middle
East
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Operation Torch
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American General
Dwight D. Eisenhower
vs. General Erwin
Rommel
Goal: Improve naval
control of
Mediterranean
Axis surrender in May
1943
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Spring 1943
Tide turns in favor of
the Allies
Allies regain control
Allies mount their own
offensive and march
towards Germany
begins