1. State Standards 8.5, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, and 8.10

2. World War II 1939-1945 Axis Powers Germany, Italy, and Japan Allied Powers France, Britain, US, SovietUnion 3. Response to Hitler Treaty of Versailles Germany cannot build an offensive army Hitler secretly builds France and Britain do nothing! Appeasement Give Germany whatever they wanted to avoid war 4. Hitler on the Move Hitler invades allcountries aroundGermany Nonaggression Pact Hitler makes a secretdeal with Russia to splitPoland France and Britainpromise to protectPoland 5. Blitzkrieg (Lightning Warfare) Gain victory as quickly as possible with the least amount ofGerman casualties 1. German Air Force Bomb everything they can find 2. Panzer Forces German tanks would crash through defensive lines at top speed 3. Motorized Infantry Infantry in trucks would come in right behind the Panzers to allowthe tanks to continue their advance 4. Regular Infantry Advance on foot to allow Motorized infantry to continue on 6. Invasion of Poland Case White Germanys Panzers vs.Polish Calvary Polish Calvary forces chargeGerman tanks with theirswords Russians also invade fromthe east Germany defeats Polandin 26 Days! Russia Realizes GermanysPower, nobody else does 7. TargetFrance Blitzkrieg Unleashed against Belgium and the Netherlands Takes 10 days to capture these two countries France and Britain try to reinforce the countries but fail Become surrounded 8. Conquest of France Blitzkrieg Unexpected Success France falls in 35 days Second most powerful military in the world Reason for quick success France lacks necessary armed forces and misused the ones that they had 9. The Jewish Question Hitlers Plan Hitler planned toremove all Jews fromGermany Hitler first created manyrestrictions on Jews This was done to encourage their relocation on their own 10. Kristallnacht Jew assassinates German official in Paris Kristallnacht results Night of Broken Glass Jewish businessesdestroyed Results in mass Jewishemigration from Germany 11. Carrying out the Final Solution The Final Solution Hitler chooses extermination as the final solution Establishment of death camps that use gas to kill Auschwitz Largest death camp thatwas built in Poland Camps use hydrogencyanide to kill prisoners 12. Carrying out the Final Solution. At first only Jews unfitfor work were killed Towards the end of thewar all Jews are beingkilled In all possibly as many as5.8 million Jews werekilled during theHolocaust 13. Hitler FailsTwice Battle of Britain Bombing campaign against Britain Fails to defeat Britain Invasion of Russia Scorched Earth Policy Battle of Stalingrad 200 day battle Bloodiest battle of WWII Germany begins to retreat 14. The Pacific Island Hopping America planned to take over certain islands leading to Japan Some islands were bypassed Battle of Midway US Navy halts the advance of the Japanese 15. The Pacific. Guadalcanal Marines take the island but struggle to hold it Medal of Honor Winner John Bassilone Machine gunner whosuffers third degree burnsfrom moving his machinegun 16. The Pacific.. Iwo Jima February 19th 1945 One of the final battles in the Pacific Marines pay a high price in lives to take island First Flag Raising Small group of Marines given a flag to raise at the top of Mount Suribachi 17. The Pacific Iwo Jima Second Flag Raising Another group of Marinesgiven a flag to place on topof Suribachi to replace thefirst flag Joe Rosenthal, combatphotographer, follows thegroup 18. Harlon Block, Rene Gagnon, Michael Strank, Franklin Sousley, Ira Hayes, and John Bradley 19. Pacific. 1 out of every 3 Marineswere either killed orwounded Almost all of the 20,000Japanese defenders died 27 Medals of Honorawarded Uncommon valor was acommon virtue 20. The Homefront Post Depression Resolve US must muster all the determination it can to win World War II Men dropped out of high school to fight, women worked in factories to produce weapons 21. The Homefront. Women in the Military 350,000 women serve inthe military Womens Army Corps(WAC) Women Accepted forVolunteer EmergencyService (WAVES) 22. The Homefront.. $320 Trillion Amount spent to finance the war All industry produces war equipment Government spending lifts the country out of the depression 23. The Homefront Government Agencies War Production Board Supervised conversion ofindustry to war production Office of PriceAdministration Supervised consumerprices and managedrationing Office of WarMobilization Supervised the efforts ofall these agencies 24. The Homefront. Rationing Ration Books Government begins toration certain items bygiving out redeemablecoupons These coupons could beredeemed for items suchas sugar, meat, andgasoline 25. The Homefront War Bonds Bought by Americans tohelp pay for the War Government promisesto pay back money laterwith interest 26. The Homefront. Discrimination Executive Order 8802 Banned discrimination inthe defense industry Did not desegregate thearmed forces Executive Order 9981 Desegregated the military(1948) 27. D-Day in France Normandy, France Location America selects June 6, 1944 Five Beaches selected for the attack (US gets 2) 1. Utah Beach US 2. Omaha Beach US Hitler never realized thiswas the real invasion 28. Hitlers End Hitler becomesdesperate whilesurrounded Orders the destructionof Death Camps Unable to destroy mostof the death camps 29. Hitlers End. Bunker Life Headquarters moved to an underground bunker in Berlin Developed a stoop, suffered from tremors in his limbs, and dragged his leg when he walked Comes under the influence of a quack doctor who gave him large dosages of drugs (Cocaine) 30. Hitlers End.. Ordered Destruction Hitler orders thedestruction ofeverything that theAllies could possibly use Hitler still visualized amiraculous turnabout inthe war 31. Hitlers End Marriage Hitler marries his long time mistress Eva Braun Last Political Testament Expelled everyone from the Nazi Party who had surrendered 32. Hitlers End. Suicide Hitler and Eva retire to their private quarters Hitler tests his poison on his German Sheppard (Blondie) Eva poisons herself Hitler poisons himself and then shoots himself in the mouth with his pistol Aides burn their bodies Huge Conspiracy! 33. Japan Becomes Desperate Kamikaze Assault Japanese suicide bomber begin to attack the American Fleet Shows that Japan would rather die than surrender Sunk 34 American ships and damaged over 350 34. Atomic Bomb Manhattan Project Codename for theAmerican push to buildan atomic bomb $2 Billion Project One of 37 plants helpingto build the bomblocated in OakRidge, Tennessee EnricoFermi, responsible fordeveloping the bomb 35. Atomic Bomb. Two Bombs Little Boy and Fat Man Potsdam Declaration America calls on Japan to surrender or face complete and utter destruction 36. Atomic Bomb.. Japan refuses to surrender US now has to choosewhich two cities to usethe bombs on After much debateAmerica chooses twomajor cities1. Hiroshima2. Kokura (Switched to Nagasaki) 37. Atomic Bomb Hiroshima Enola Gay takes off fromTinian Is carrying a 9,000 lbs.nuclear bomb Little Boy 60% of Hiroshimainstantly destroyed 100,000 people dieinstantly US asks for Japanssurrender again 38. Before After 39. Atomic Bomb. Japanese refuse to surrender Nagasaki Bockscar leaves with Fat Man Switches from Kokura to Nagasaki because of weather Center of city flattened 35,000 die instantly Forced Japan to surrender WWII is over 40. BeforeAfter