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WORLD WAR II I. AGGRESSION, APPEASEMENT, WAR Rise of dictators Who were the three dictators who rose to power 1. in Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union? 2...

WORLD WAR II I. AGGRESSION, APPEASEMENT, WAR Rise of dictators Who were the three dictators who rose to power 1. in Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union? 2 3 1. Invasions a. What area did Japan invade in 1931? b. What country did Italy invade in 1935? c. What was the peace agreement between Germany and USSR? - When did Hitler invade Poland? (considered the beginning of WW2) Page 1 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK FOR PRINTING PURPOSES Page 2 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  WORLD WAR II I. AGGRESSION, APPEASEMENT, WAR CONTINUED 2. Appeasement a. Appeasement - What is appeasement? Why appeasement? 1. France to weak to fight without Great Britain 2. Hitler was seen as the lesser of two evils. Who was the other evil? 3. Pacifism - What is pacifism? 3. German aggression a. March 1938 what country did Germany invade? b. 1939 German annexes the Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia c. Munich Conference - What did France, Britain and Germany negotiate? d. With what who did Hitler sign an non-aggression pact with? September 1, 1939 e. What country did Hitler invade September 9, 1939? (officially starting WW2) F. Britain and Germany declare war on Germany France 4. Battle of Britain a. 1940 Hitler wanted to take Great Britain 1. First Germany bombed military targets in Britain 2. Germany changed plans: What did Germany change? 3. London Bombing - throughout, Britain never surrendered 4. How did Hitler react? 5. Operation Barbarossa a. What was Operation Barbarossa? - Hitler wanted the entire country - operation failed before taking Leningrad and Moscow - thousands of Germans died Page 3 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  I. AGGRESSION, APPEASEMENT, WAR CONTINUED 6. the U.S. Remains Neutral a.. Lend Lease Act (1941) - What What did the Lend Lease Act do? - aid sent to Great Britain and then on the the Soviet Union 7. U.S. Declares War a. to stop Japanese aggression, the U.S. ended trade with Japan b. What happened December 7, 1941? c.. December. 8, Congress Declared war on Japan d. What happened three days after the U.S. declared war on Japan? JAPAN Page 4 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  WORLD WAR II II. OCCUPIED LANDS 1. Europe a. Hitler set up puppet governments in “Aryan” countries b. Lebensraum - What is lebensraum? - Eastern Europeans considered an inferior race - thus could be pushed aside c. conquered land was looted and plundered d. Final Solution - What was the final solution? What begins as a result of the Final Solution? 2. Asia a. Japan claimed to help the people of Asia escape imperial rule - What was the real goal of Japan? b. How did Japan treat the people they conquered? - killing, raping, torture, and slave labor JAPAN Page 5 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK FOR PRINTING PURPOSES Page 6 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  THE HOLOCAUST Terms Anti-semitism - What is anti-semitism? Ayran Race Name Hitler believed was the perfect race. These were people with full German blood, blonde hair and blue eyes Nuremberg Laws What were the Nuremberg Laws? - 1941 - had to wear yellow badge Kristallnacht (November 9, 1938) - Means “Night of broken glass” - What was Kristallnacht? Ghetto - segregated Jewish areas and neighborhoods, sealed with barbed wire and stone walls - Many Jews starved to death or died from disease Final Solution What was the Final Solution? Genocide What is genocide? Page 7 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  THE HOLOCAUST CONTINUED The Holocaust When was the Holocaust? What was the Holocaust? Page 8 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  III. RETAKING EUROPE CONTINUED 1. Yalta conference Feb. 1945 1. Germany split in four zones. What four countries controlled them? 1. 2. 3. 2. Berlin was split the same way 4. 3. What did Stalin pledge with regards to Eastern Europe? 4. What did Stalin pledge to do with regards to Japan within three months of Germany surrendering? 2. Americans Join the War a. The Atlantic What three tools did the Americans use against German U-boats b. North Africa - British allied troops squeeze Italian and German troops north out of Africa - Who led U.S. troops in Europe? C. The U.S. under General Patton took Italy 3. War in the U.S.S.R a. What country invaded the Soviet Union in June of 1941? b. Five month Battle of Stalingrad ended with Soviet victory - How many troops did Germany lose in the battle? 4. Operation overlord - When was D-Day? - What was D-Day? - When was France liberated from Germany? Page 9 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  III. RETAKING EUROPE CONTINUED 5. battle of the bulge - largest battle in Western Europe - What was the battle of the last German offensive? - Nazi’s realize the end is near 6. European War Ends a. The Allies carpet bomb cities and war targets - U.S. troops from the West race to take what city? Soviet troops from the East race to take what city? - What was the name of the battle that led to the Soviets taking Berlin? - When did Germany surrender? Page 10 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.  IV. WAR IN THE PACIFIC 1. Philippines fall The U.S. under General Douglas MacArthur is forced to withdraw from the Philippines (vows, “I shall return”) - U.S. and the Filipinos retake the Philippines 2. IslanD Hopping General What is the strategy of slowly taking strategic islands in Douglas MacArthur the Pacific, leading to heavy casualties called? 3. Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa Japan - 75,000 American casualties Iwo Jima - Japanese fought to the death Okinawa Philippines 4. the bomb A. What was the top secret program to build the Atomic Bomb? - Who was the operation headed by? B. Who ordered the bombing of Japan? - Where did the aircraft, the Elola Gay drop the first atomic bomb in Japan? - when? - Where was the second bomb dropped? - When? C. The Decision to Drop (four reasons) - Force Jap. gov. to surrender - shorten war & save U.S. lives - prove to Japan of the weapon - end the war soon w/o Soviet help D. What is the day that Japan surrendered called? Page 11 of 12 @BurtBlock  INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK FOR PRINTING PURPOSES Page 12 of 12 © 2023 All Rights Reserved.