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3 reasons why Manchuria helped lead to WWII (1931)

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  1. China protested with the LON
  2. LON sided with China
  3. Result- Japan withdrew from LON
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3 reasons why Japan helped lead to WWII

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  1. wanted raw materials and markets
  2. Needed more living space for growing population
  3. Wanted less dependence on foreign goods/ materials
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2 reasons why China helped lead to WWII (1937)

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  1. Eastern and Southern Chinese Cities (Nanking)

2. Began 8 year fight for control of China

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Italian Aggression

Ethiopia (year)

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1934

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Why did Italy want war?

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power and prestige

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What year was Ethiopia annexed?

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1936

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Italian Aggression

Albania (year)

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1939

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Spanish Civil War

Who were in the war?

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Spanish Republicans (democratic liberals) vs. Spanish Fascists (conservatives) led by Francisco Franco

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Spanish Civil War

Who were on the same sides?

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Germany & Italy vs. USSR

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Spanish Civil War

What opportunity does this war give Germany?

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Gave an opportunity to test new weapons technologies (fast moving tanks, bomber planes, etc.)

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What was the difference from the Spanish Civil War and WWII?

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Fascist (Francisco Franco with help of Germany & Italy) win in Spanish Civil War/ Fascist (Germany/ Italy) lose in WWII

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German Aggression

What are the 6 steps to war?

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R Rearmament
R Rhineland
A A Rhineland
S Sudetenland (1936)
C Czechoslovakia 
P Poland
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Causes of WWII AGGRESSION

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A. Appeasement
G. German and Italian fascism 
G. Great Depression
R. Reaction to the invasion of Poland 
E. Expansionism
S. Stupid Treaty of Versailles
S. Strong Japanese Militarism
I. Isolationism
O. Only one master race
N. No reaction from the LON
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WWII teams

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Axis powers (JIG): Japan, Italy, Germany
Allied Powers (RUB): Russia (USSR), USA, Britain
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What are some similarities between the axis powers?

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  • Militaristic
  • Nationalistic
  • Expansionist policies- agreed not to interfere with each other’s plans
  • Angry about TOV
  • Ignore LON- withdraw in 1930’s
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What were the locations of WWII?

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  1. Europe (western, eastern, southern fronts)
  2. North Africa
  3. Pacific (China, Southeast Asia, pacific, Japan)
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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of Poland

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Spark that started WWII, Hitler uses blitzkrieg (lightning war) to defeat the Poles

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Blitzkrieg (lightning war)

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Surprise attacks using fast moving tanks, airplanes and infantry

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Important Battles in WWI

Battle if Dunkirk (France)

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  • Germany invades France going through Belgium and squeezes around the Maginot line
  • British and French troops trapped at Dunkirk
  • Maginot line- series of fortifications built by France along the French/ German border
  • Miracle of Dunkirk
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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of France

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-France defeated
3 Results
1. North- German occupation by Nazi military
2. South- Vinchy France. French military commander, Henri Petain established a puppet government controlled by the Nazi’s. Vinchy France collaborates with Nazi’s to fight Allies in N. Africa and deport Jews to concentration camps
3. Free French government- general Charles De Gaulle flees France and establishes the French the French resistance and assists the Allies in defeating Germany

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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of Britain Teams

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-Britain Royal Air Force (RAF) vs. Germany Luftwaffe

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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of Britain Secret Weapon

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British Secret Weapons- Radar (detects incoming plans), Enigma (German code breaking machine allows British to decipher German secret codes), blackout

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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of Britain

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Blitz- German Luftwaffe bombs civilians in London and other major cities during the summer of 1940

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Important Battles in WWI

Operation Barbarossa

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Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union

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Important Battles in WWI

Operation Barbarossa events

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  • Hilter breaks Nazi- Soviet Non-Aggression Pact attacks using Blitzkrieg
  • Scorched Earth Policy- Stalin’s order to burn everything useful to the German army as Russians retreat toward Moscow
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Important Battles in WWI

Operation Barbarossa- Hitler’s 3 pronged approach

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Kiev, Moscow, Leningrad

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Important Battles in WWI

Operation Barbarossa- Hitler’s Mistakes

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  • Splits his army when 20 miles outside of Moscow. Sends part of army to Leningrad and Part to Stalingrad
  • Plans to defeat Russians in 6 weeks- not prepared to fight in the winter
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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of Stalingrad (USSR)

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Turing point in WWII

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Important Battles in WWI
Battle of Stalingrad (USSR)
What is did

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  • broke Germany army (defeated)- lost 20 Generals, 100,000 men, large portions of supplies and equipment. Army never recovers from the loss
  • first major loss of German Army on the Eastern Front
  • Germany never on the offensive on the Eastern front again
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Important Battles in WWI

Pearl Harbor

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Japanese surprise attack on the Hawaiian Islands

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Important Battles in WWI

Pearl Harbor 4 Reasons Japanese Attack

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  • Angry at U.S. For stopping shipments of oil and metal- saw this actin as a threat to their national security
  • believe U.S. Will interfere with their plan to expand in the pacific
  • want to destroy the u.s fleet in the pacific
  • us enters WWII
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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of El Alamein

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Montgomery (British) defeat’s Rommel (German) in Egypt

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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of El Alamein- Sandwich of North Africa

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U.S. (Eisenhower) invades Morocco from west, British (Montgomery) from west

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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of El Alamein: Sandwich of North America Importance

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Pushes German’s out of North Africa. Gives Allies control of the Mediterranean Sea and gives Allies a place to launch an attack on the European continent (Italy)

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Important Battles in WWI

D Day

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Operation overlord= Invasion of France by Allies to push German’s out of Framce

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Important Battles in WWI

D Day Importance

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Opens the Western Front, Hitler has to split his armies and fight allies from 3 directions

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Important Battles in WWII

D Day teams

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Eisenhower, Montgomery, De Gaulle vs. Rommel

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Important Battles in WWI

D Day adj

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  • Largest amphibious invasion in history
  • Allies invade 5 beaches in Normandy France- Omaha (US), Utah (US), Sword, Juno and Gold (Canadian, British, French) *most casualties
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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of the Bulge

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-Last German offensive of the war, German defeated

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Important Battles in WWI

V-E Day

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(Victory Europe)- May 8, 1945 German’s surrender

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Important Battles in WWI

Battle of Midway

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U.S. Ambush Japanese at Midway Island

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Important Battles in WWII

Battle of Midway importance

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Ends Japanese control of the pacific. u.s now on the offensive

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Important Battles in WWII

Battle of Midway Island Hopping

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Mac Arthur’s strategy to only attack strategic islands, cutting off less important islands from Japanese supply lines.

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Important Battles in WWII

Battle of Midway: Island Hopping objective

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Get close enough to launch an invasion of Japan

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Important Battles in WWII

Battle of Okinawa

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Bloodiest battle in the Pacific. Japanese looses 110,000. US 330 miles from Japan - close enough to invade

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Important Battles in WWII

Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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U.S drops the first atomic bombs in Japan to end the war in the Pacific

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V-J Day (Victory Japan)

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August 15, 1945 ends war in Pacific

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Yalta Conference

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Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet in Feb 1945 to discuss the Post War world

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Yalta Conference -United Nations

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Plan go form world organization to maintain peace

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Important Battles in WWII-

Decision of Germany and Berlin

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4 zones occupied by France, great b., us, & USSR

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Yalta- Promise to defeat the Japanese

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Stalin agrees to declare war on Japan in exchange for islands off the coast Siberia

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Yalta Conference- Free elections

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Stalin agrees to hold in Soviet Union occupied Eastern Europe in exchange for the eastern part of Poland

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Potsdam Conference

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Churchill, Truman, Stalin meet in August 1945 to discuss the Post War World

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Potsdam Conference

What it did

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  • Finalized plans for occupation of Europe
  • Ultimatum to Japan- demanding unconditional surrender
  • Tensions between Stalin and Truman begin over the future of Europe
  • Stalin has not begun free elections as promised
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Battle if Iwo Jima

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using the island hopping strategy U.S defeat Japanese and are within 660 miles from Japan

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Battle of Iwo Jima- demonstrates

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Japanese unwillingness to surrender 23000 Japanese fight only 1000 survive

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