German OffensiveGerman Offensive
German OffensiveGerman Offensive
BlitzkriegBlitzkrieg (lighting war)
surprise and overwhelming force…Luftwaffe airstrikes and then tanks and soldiers
Poland fell after just 3 weeks
The Fall of France
May 1940 Germany had invaded
Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Netherlands, BelgiumBelgium
The Battle of Britain
Nightly bombings of cities
Battle of BritainBattle of Britain
The German forces were driven off by the RAF
- Royal Air Force -
The U.S. Provides Limited Aid
In 1940, FDR announced that the US should become
“The Great Arsenal of democracyThe Great Arsenal of democracy”
http://www.schooltube.com/video/bfb6358e949745c9aed5/SNL%20Seinfeld%20History%20Lesson
Germany invaded the USSR - 1941US began to aid Stalin and Communist Soviet Union
“the enemy of my enemy is my friend.”
Japan Attacks the U.S.Japan Attacks the U.S.PEARL HARBORPEARL HARBOR
December 7, 1941
““A date which will live in A date which will live in infamy” infamy”
The Eastern Front - 1942The Eastern Front - 1942
Germany attacks the Soviet Union
Battle of StalingradBattle of Stalingradwon by the Soviets
– Brutal winter– Massive Soviet counterattack
– Hitler refused to retreat– Soviets lost over 1 million soldiers– Soviet army began moving toward
Germany
Operation OverlordOperation Overlord
D-DayD-DayJune 6, 1944
70,000 troops land at Normandy, France
Allies were able to start their Allies were able to start their push towards Germanypush towards Germany
http://www.history.com/videos/atomic-bomb-ends-wwII#dday-invasion
Liberating EuropeLiberating Europe
The Big Three - FDR, Churchill, Stalin
Yalta ConferenceYalta Conference• Roosevelt wanted Soviet support against Japan and Soviet participation in the United Nations
• Churchill pressed for free democratic elections in Eastern and Central Europe (Poland)
• Stalin demanded a Soviet sphere of political influence in Eastern and Central Europe, an essential aspect of the USSR's national security strategy.
Adolf Hitler commits suicideAdolf Hitler commits suicideGermany surrendered
VE DayVE Day (May 8 1945)
Racial PurityRacial PurityGermany tried to prove their “superior” race
The German government tried to identify persons of “inferior” race
The GhettosThe GhettosJews were forced to live in ghettosghettos,
overcrowded segregated areas within cities
Ghetto to Concentration Ghetto to Concentration CampsCamps
Jews were later relocated from ghettos to concentration camps where they were forced to work to support the Nazi war effort
The Final SolutionThe Final Solution
GenocideGenocide the deliberate extermination of a
specific group of people
Death Camps to carry out the extermination of all Jews
HolocaustHolocaustNazi racism led to the
systematic murder of 11 million people in Europe
The Jews suffered the most with 6 million deaths 90% of Jewish Population in Poland was murdered
The Nuremberg War TrialsThe Nuremberg War Trials
Death camps were discovered by Allied forces
Nazi leaders were put on trial Charged with war crimes
12 of 24 were sentenced to death
Goering, Hess,
von Ribbentrop, Keitel