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Turning Points ofWorld War II
Appeasement
• 3 possible motives
• Significance in 1938?
• Modern significance?
• Modern application to U.S. foreign
• end of isolationism
The Fall of FranceJune 1940
• “phony war”
• blitzkrieg warfare
• less than three weeks....
• train car
Battle of Britain aka“The Blitz” (Fall 1940)
• Background of battle
• new technology
• Nazis change tactics
• First major turning point: Allies go on the offensive--Germany is not invincible!
Operation Barbarossa June 1941
• Nazis invade the USSR! (lebensraum)
• second major turning point: two front war
• a new alliance and propaganda--”Uncle Joe”
• lend lease is extended to the USSR
Significance of Operation Barbarossa
Ultimately, Hitler failed to learn from WW I
Pearl Harbor• policy of isolation
• impact of the Battle of Britain
• Why did Japan attack?
• U.S. responses (turning point #3)
D-Day
• turning point #4--largest amphibious invasion--ever!
• strategy
• toehold in Europe
“The destruction of the enemyʼs landing attempt...is the sole decisive factor in the whole conduct of the war and hence in its final result.” ---Adolf Hitler
A-bombTurning Point #5:
game over
Lessons Learned• how to create a long-lasting peace
• power of a-bombs
• importance of industry, inventions & mass production
• isolation
• appeasement
• intelligence organization
• tactics