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THE FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
Unit II – World War II
EUROPE AT WAR
■ Hitler and the Blitzkrieg– Poland, Denmark, Norway,
Netherlands and Belgium
■ France– Armistice
– Germany occupies 3/5
■ The U.S. Remains Isolationists– After WWI, laws prevented
us from acting
– Lend/Lease Act
ATTACK ON THE SOVIET UNION
■ Hitler Frustrated with Britain
– British broke German codes, Churchill, and Radar
– Soviet Union their only hope
– Destroy them!
■ Invasion in June
– Accomplished before winter?
– Did not plan for winter uniforms
■ Soviet Offensive and Winter
– German defeat
THE RISE OF JAPAN
■ Japan’s Desire for Resources
– Seizure of Manchuria
– Expansion into northern
China
■ Delayed Response
– Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese
President
– Fighting Chinese
Communists
– Chang loses and retreats to
Taiwan
THE UNITED STATES RESPONDS
■ The U.S. Objects to Japan’s Actions
– Economic sanctions unless Japan
withdraws
– Japan needs resources from the
U.S.
– Can you think of examples of
countries using economic
sanctions against other countries
today?
■ Japan Makes A Decision…
– Germany or the United States?
PEARL HARBOR
■ December 7, 1941
– Japan attacks the U.S. at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
– Feared an attack from the United States
– Damaged 350 aircraft, sunk or damaged 18 ships, and killed or
wounded 3,500 Americans
■ Effect of the Attack?
– Unified U.S. public opinion about joining the war
■ Hitler’s Advantage
– If the U.S. is busy in the Pacific, they won’t be busy in Europe
– Four days after Pearl Harbor, Hitler declares war on the U.S.
JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS
THE U.S. ENTERS THE WAR
■ The New Allies
– Britain, USA, and the Soviet
Union
– Ignore political differences
– Fight until Germany, Italy, and
Japan surrendered
unconditionally
■ The Tides Turn
– 1942/1943 - Germany (not
Hitler) begins to realize it is
only a matter of time!
D-DAY
■ Planned Invasion
– Nazi Controlled Europe
– Operation Overlord
■ June 6, 1944 (D-Day)
– Beaches of Normandy
– Soldiers braved mines, barbed wire, and machine
guns
■ Within Three Months
– 2 million men landed - 500,000 vehicles unloaded
HITLER’S SUICIDE
■ Germany Surrounded
– Russia closes in on Berlin
– U.S./Britain continues through France
■ Hitler Descends
– Bunker 55 feet below Berlin
– Nazi leaders turn on Hitler
– Death of Mussolini
– April 30, 1945 – Death
PROJECT PAPERCLIP
■ What is an example of German technological advances during
WWII that the Allies later stole?
– atomic bombs
– digital technology
– jet engines
– microchips
THE ALLIES WIN!(Do you know why?)