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World War II: The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany : 

World War II: The Rise and Fall of Nazi Germany

Nazis: 

Nazis Who were the Nazis? Nazis=National Socialist German Workers’ Party Formed in 1919 How they became so powerful It all comes back to… Marcinlachowicz.com, “Major”, September 11, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial, No Derivative Works

Adolf Hitler: 

Adolf Hitler Background Imprisonment and “Mein Kampf” Ideology towards Jewish people “Final Solution” Frank M. Rafkin, Hitler, March 31, 2011 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution, Noncomercial, Share Alike

The Holocaust : 

The Holocaust Beginning “Kristallnacht”- Night of Broken Glass Death camps Example: Auschwitz Story of Anne Frank

The Road to War : 

The Road to War Treaty of Versailles Germany pays reparations; nearly bankrupts them Ill feelings in Germany Appeasement policy September 1, 1939- Germany invades Poland

Fighting in Africa: 

Fighting in Africa June 10, 1940-May 16, 1943 Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Allies: U.S., England, Australia, etc. Axis: Germany, Italy, Vichy French Allied victory sets stage for Italy

U.S. Enters War in the Pacific: 

U.S. Enters War in the Pacific Dec. 7, 1941- Pearl Harbor May 7 & 8, 1942- Battle of Coral Sea U.S. matches Japan Battle of Midway U.S. defeats Japan

Key Figures : 

Key Figures U.S.- Patton, MacArthur, Eisenhower, FDR Germany- Hitler, Rommel (“Desert Fox”) Russia- Stalin England- Churchill, Montgomery

D-Day : 

D-Day June 6, 1944 Invasion of Normandy, France 160,000 Allied troops land; 9,000 lost Diversion Invasion- Pas de Calais Fake troops, tanks, communications, etc.

War in Europe: 

War in Europe Germany- “2-front war” England, U.S. in West; Russia in East Invades Russia in June, 1942  winter Conditions and Consequences Battle of Stalingrad World War 2 Recolored, Winter of 1942 Stalingrad, August 21, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike

March Towards Berlin: 

March Towards Berlin Battle of the Bulge Desperate counter attack by Germany December 16, 1944-January 28, 1945 Huge loss by Germany U.S. gets within 70 miles Soviets battle in Berlin April 1, 1945-May 2, 1945

Surrender and VE-Day: 

Surrender and VE-Day May 1, 1945- Hitler commits suicide May 8, 1945-Germany formally surrenders VE-Day celebrated across Europe and U.S. “VE”= Victory in Europe Day However, War still rages in Pacific

Fighting in the Pacific: 

Fighting in the Pacific 1942- U.S. begins fighting Japan Battle of Midway Admiral Nimitz; June 3-6, 1942 Island hopping The Seabees and Papa “CB”- Construction Battalion Seabees patch, April 24, 2010 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution, No Derivative Works

Battle of Iwo Jima : 

Battle of Iwo Jima David Ohmer, Iwo Jima Memorial, February 2, 2009 via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution February 19, 1945- March 26, 1945 Small Island; Large Causalities • 26,000 Americans; 22,000 Japanese -More Americans, but bigger % Japanese

The Atomic Bomb : 

The Atomic Bomb August 6, 1945- 1 st Bomb dropped at Hiroshima August 9, 1945- 2 nd dropped at Nagasaki Bomb= 22 kilotons of TNT Conservative causalities= 150,000 (Hiroshima) and 75,000 (Nagasaki) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-22tna7KHzI

End of the War: 

End of the War “VJ-Day”= Victory in Japan Day August 10, 1945-Japan formally surrenders U.S. and Soviet Union emerge as superpowers Dawn of the Atomic Age Cold War begins shortly