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Warm-Up Question. In your notebooks write down this question: Q: How did this happen? Play Me: Let's take a look... After we watch the video, write your answer in your notebook. The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations. No control of major conflicts. No progress in disarmament.
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Warm-Up Question • In your notebooks write down this question: Q: How did this happen? Play Me: Let's take a look... After we watch the video, write your answer in your notebook.
The Ineffectiveness of the League of Nations • No control of major conflicts. • No progress in disarmament. • No effective military force.
The Road to War • 1936 – Hitler says “NO THANKS” to League of Nations/Treaty of V. • Remobilizes the Rhineland • France unwilling to go to war. • Britain urges appeasement
Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936 1 month later Japan joins and the trio is now the “Axis Powers”
U. S. Isolationism • American’s support isolationism (?) • Belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided • U.S. Neutrality Acts: banning sale of arms to nations at war. • American is staying away…for now….
Hitler Makes First Move • Look at page 492 • March 1938 – Annex’s Austria • Faces NO consequences • Sets sites on Czechoslovakia Germans invade Austria
On a scale of 1-10, 1 being the worst and 10 being the best, what score would you give me for my time in class so far and why? 2) Do you like the assignments you have been doing? Why or why not? (ex: Lenin Project, Revolutionary Racket, Trench Letter) 3) Is there anything you want to do more off or less of? Why? 4) Any other comments for Mrs. Long? Tell me! (ex: I like….. Or I don’t like….) Evaluating Mrs. Long!
The Munich Conference • Sept. 29, 1938 – Musso. Proposes meeting w/ Italy, German, Britain & France re: Czech • France & Britain give into Hitler’s demands to maintain peace & avoid war • Agree to give Sudetenland immediately to Hitler (!) • Hitler “agrees” to respect Czech. Borders Appeasement strikes again!
Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938 British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with.
The War Begins!
Warm-up! Welcome Back! Today YOU recap for me. In 5-7 sentences tell me where we left off “Last Time in World History!”
Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939 Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis, 1940 The Tripartite Pact
Warm-up! • To refresh your memory, skim over Chapter 16, section 1 on page. 496. While you do, in your notebook write down the words or phrases in blue as well as their definitions.
The Atlantic Charter • Roosevelt and Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941. • Solidifies alliance. • Call for free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own government
Battle in North Africa • *Mussolini tries to gain control of Suez Canal. • Successful at first, but Allies regroup and push back 500 miles by 1941 • Hitler steps into and appoints General Erwin Rommel “Desert Fox” • Allies suffer defeat
On a piece of paper, tell me who you have chosen for your WWII Facebook project and why. I will be collecting this. Warm-up!
The “Big Three” Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin
The Fight for Europe • The “Big Three” decide to strike in N.F. first “Operation Torch” • Led by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower • Defeat Rommel! • Set eyes on Italy next
Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943 • Hitler orders attack on Stalingrad (oil rich) • Luftwaffe blitz city with bombs • Nazi’s control 90% of city…then winter hits • Soviets counterattack and frozen/starving Nazi’s surrender • KEY TURNING POINT IN EAST
Invasion of Italy • July 10, 1943 – Allies attack Italy and take Sicily • Musso. is toppled from power and arrested, but escapes! Axis powers retreat North • April 1945: Allies finally defeat Germans & Italians in Northern Italy • Mussolini disguised as a soldier is spotted, is hanged in town square
General Eisenhower is named Allied Supreme Commander in Europe June 6 1944: Allies launch an invasion of the beaches in N. France D-Day: Invasion of Normandy • 1 50K allied troops land:27K killed on first day • One month later, one million more Allied troops arrive – Allies winning Great Britain
Battle of the Bulge • Allies next turned their attention to invading Germany. • Brits. and American troops pushed in from the west and the Soviets advanced from the east (“bulge”) • Dec. 1944, the Germans launched a last-ditch counterattack…they lose, Allies win!!
Hitler Commits Suicide April 30, 1945 Cyanide & Pistols The Führer’s Bunker Mr. & Mrs. Hitler
V-E Day (May 8, 1945) Allies win in Europe!!!!
December 7th, 1941 Japan attacks Pearl Harbor “A Date Which Will Live In Infamy” Japan’s Pacific Campaign What causes the US to enter WWII?
The Pacific War • FDR asks congress to declare war 1 day after attack • Jan 1942: Japan attacks US in Guam, Wake Island, Philippines • Feb 1942: Japan attacks British in Malaya, Hong Kong, Burma
Bataan Death March: April, 1942 76,000 prisoners [12,000 Americans] Marched 60 miles in the blazing heat to POW camps in the Philippines.
Allied Counter-Offensive:“Island-Hopping” or “Leap-Frogging” Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle:First U. S. Raids on Tokyo, 1942 • US Col. James Doolittle leads bombing attack of Tokyo • Little damage is done, but shows Japan is vulnerable to air attacks
Key Battles Battle of the Coral Sea Battle of Midway • June 1942: Allied code breakers know Admiral Yamamoto is planning an attack on Midway • Americans launch sneak attack on Japs and attack fleet • Turning point in Pacific offensive • May 1942: Japan advancing south. Both sides use aircraft carriers. Allies able to stop Japan’s advances
Japanese Kamikaze Planes:Suicide Bombers Kamikaze Pilots Play Me