WWII in 3 days or less

WWII 1939-1945

Road to War - 1939

Japan attacks China - 1937

The Fall of Nanking becomes a major issue against the Japanese during and after the war

Japan proves to be just as brutal as the Nazis after WWII was over

Road to War - 1939 Germany wanted to

expand their boarders (Lebensraum) German troops invaded

the Rhineland (France) (1936)

Wanted to annex Austria into German control (1938)

Hitler demanded Czechoslovakia hand over

the Sudetenland (1938) Demanded the rest of

Czechoslovakia (1939)

Road to War - 1939 Europe did not want to

get into another war so quickly

British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, believed that Hitler did not want to go to war

Chamberlain told the world that he had helped to create “Peace in our time.”

Road to War - 1939 While Germany was expanding/taking

over, France & England threatened Hitler with war if he did not back off

WWI had drained France & England of military resources, and they were not able to back up what they were saying

Road to War - 1939 Hitler hated Communism & the Soviet Union

He realized that to expand German lands, he would need to keep the Soviet Union as a close ally

Road to War - 1939 Hitler & Stalin both agreed that they would

invade and conquer Poland stopping their armies at a certain point

Sept 1st WWIIstarted whenGermany invadedPoland

England & Francesaid enough wasenough

Road to War - 1939 Germany uses a new tactic called Blitzkrieg

and new weapons

Blitzkrieg – “Lightning War”Overwhelming force

Noise makers on the bomberscause a “terror” sensation to those on the ground beingtargeted

Road to War - 1939 Germany turned West

and headed towards France

They used Blitzkrieg tactics against France

German tanks played a major role as well at the troops

Road to War - 1939 In October, Nazi officials start to deport Jews

from Czechoslovakia & Austria to Poland

BBC reports the concentration camps are being built

WAR! - 1940 Churchill gives his “blood,

toil, tears & sweat” speech in Commons

May 1940, France is all but defeated, England stands alone against Hitler

Hitler forces France to surrender in same place the Treaty of Versailles was signed

WAR! - 1940 Radar technology is delivered to the United

States

Radar has proven to be very useful fighting against the German bombing

WAR! - 1940 German Battleship Bismarck sinks in the

North Atlantic

Bismarck is one of the largest battleships of her time.

WAR! - 1941 Germany invades

the Soviet Union

Hitler has top officials come up with a “solution to the Jewish question”

United States put an oil embargo on all nations that show aggressive actions

WAR! - 1941 Russian winter is Hitler’s biggest challenge, and

hurts the Nazi military more than the actual fighting

Germany wasn’t prepared for the cold winter Temps reached -22o

German troops froze, vehicles stopped working & guns wouldn’t fire

WAR! - 1941 November Japanese navy leaves for Hawaii

33 warships, including 6 aircraft carriers

December 7th 1941; Japan attacked United States Naval forces at Pearl Harbor 2,404 military killed, 57 civilians killed

WAR! - 1942 United States plans to

set up internment camps for Japanese-Americans, German-Americans & Italian-Americans

Of all those interned, 62% were American citizens

WAR! - 1942 Manhattan Project –

the United States program to develop nuclear weapons – was viewed as a race against Nazi Germany

German engineers create the first man made object that reaches into space

WAR! - 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal – USS Juneau sinks

killing the 5 Sullivan Brothers of Iowa

Their deaths caused the US government to create the sole survivor policy

WAR! - 1943 Operation Mincemeat

Allies fool German officers with fake information about an upcoming invasion

Italy surrenders in September

WAR! - 1944 D-Day

155,000 Allied troops land in France

WAR! - 1944 Japan orders massive

Banzai charge Results in the death of 4,300

Japanese soldiers

Paris is liberated Hitler ordered his troops to

burn Paris to the ground German soldiers disobey

order

WAR! - 1944 Japan uses kamikaze attacks against US

Navy in the Pacific

WAR! - 1945 US troops plant American flag on Mt.

Suribachi

WAR! - 1945 Hitler is living in a bunker under Berlin with

Eva Braun

Allies agree to let Soviet Union take Berlin Germans don’t want Soviets to enter Berlin Would rather surrender to Americans or British

troops

WAR! - 1945 April 30th – Hitler kills

himself

Next day, Germany’s new leader, Joseph Goebbels kills himself & family

WWII in Europe was over

Allies will divide up Germany into 4 parts

WAR! - 1945 August 6th – Little Boy is

dropped on Hiroshima 140,000 deaths right

away

August 9th – Fat Man is dropped on Nagasaki 39,000 deaths right

away Equals to 75 million

sticks of dynamite

August 15th – VJ Day, WWII is officially over, sort of

PEACE! - 1990 Many people view WWII officially being over

with the re-unification of Germany in 1990

Lasting Impact of WWII Cold War

United States vs. Soviet Union Wars

Korea Vietnam Afghanistan

Spending lots of money on useless stuff Berlin Wall

Nuclear Age More Nations with Nukes Clean Power?

People Find a Voice in the World Protesting

Holocaust Notes