World War II

AlliancesAllied Powers Great Britain France Russia

United States

Axis Powers Germany Italy Japan Ottoman Empire

Blitzkrieg- Lightning War

German strategy of quick, total destruction: • Tanks• Planes• Troops

France: government in exile

Invaded by Nazis

Vichy France: allowed to keep government

The Battle of Britain

57 nights of bombing of London and surrounding towns

May 1941: over 43,000 civilians killed During “The Blitz,” British children sent to

live in the countryside with host families

“Goodbye Blue Sky”Pink Floyd Goodbye

USA involvement

December 1941: US declared war on Japan and allies (Germany, Italy)

Just like WWI: lots of fresh troops No fighting on US soil

Casablanca Conference

FDR and Winston Churchill (British PM)

Agree to focus first on Europe

Begin in Africa

Battle of Stalingrad-1942

Hitler’s aggression spreads army too far

General Winter

Turning Point

D-Day: June 6, 1944

Allies land in Normandy to free France

Turning Point!

Battle of the Bulge: Last major German Offensive

V-E Day May 8, 1945

Victory in Europe

Yalta Conference (July 1945)

One of these things is not like the other ones…

Churchill Roosevelt Stalin

Yalta Conference- July 1945

Eastvs.

West

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Bataan Death March – 60mi Americans and

Filipinos surrender to Japanese

Japan violates Geneva Convention

Battle of the Coral Sea

First battle totally fought via aircraft carrier

Battling toward Japan

Battle of Midway: No more Japanese

offensives – Why?

Battle of Guadalcanal: Marines fight in the

jungle

Battle of Iwo Jima

First foreign flag raised on Japanese territory

Turning Point in the Pacific

I Pledge Allegiance…

Manhattan Project

1945: first atomic bomb tested

Where?

Little Boy and Fat Man