Key Terms

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Key Terms World War II The Western Front

• Pearl Harbor
• Battles of El Alamein
• Battle of Stalingrad
• D-Day
• Battle of the Bulge
• V-E Day

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Japanese Aggression

• Japan's conquest of Nanking in 1937 and its
  brutal treatment of the people there caught the
  attention of the Allied Nations.
• Japan sought to take over Indochina and the Dutch
  East Indies as the Nazis were taking the
  Netherlands.
• F.D.R. Would respond by blocking the export of
  important goods to Japan (petroleum, scrap
  metal).
• Japan tried to have the U.S. lift its ban on
  exports but failed leading them to rely on
  military action

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Pearl Harbor A Day That Will Live in Infamy

• On December 7, 1941, Japanese zero planes arrived
  at Pearl Harbor and began a massive assault on
  the U.S. naval fleet stationed there.
• The Japanese believed that by crippling the U.S.
  Pacific Fleet, they would be able to keep the
  United States away from Asia.
• F.D.R. Would declare war the very next day on
  Japan. The Axis Powers would declare war on the
  United States in response.

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Anti-Japanese War Propoganda
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Anti-Japanese War Propoganda
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Background

• The United States and 23 other nations would sign
  the Declaration of the United Nations and form
  the Allied Powers.
• The Allied Powers would concentrate on winning
  the war in Europe and then would focus on dealing
  with Japan and Asia.

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The Battles of El Alamein

• Italy, with the help of Germany in 1941,
  attempted to take the Suez Canal and establish
  control of North Africa.
• The British would engage in two battles in 1942,
  known as the Battles of El Alamein and in the
  second battle, drive out the Axis from Egypt and
  prevent their access to Persian oil fields.
• This battle raised the morale of the Allies since
  it was their first true victory since the start
  of the war.

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The Axis Removal from North Africa

• With the arrival of the rest of the Allied forces
  in 1943, the Desert Fox (Rommel) and his tank
  division were defeated and the Axis were chased
  out of North Africa.
• The first leg of the Allied strategy was now
  complete as they now had access to Sicily through
  North Africa allowing for a direct invasion of
  Italy.

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The Battle of Stalingrad

• Hitler, bent on getting the Soviet Union out of
  the war before U.S. involvement, sent a large
  chunk of his infantry and tank division into
  Stalingrad to take the city.
• Though the city had already been demolished, the
  Red Army held the Volga River and managed to
  slowly use building to building combat to weaken
  the German flanks and encircle the Nazis.
• Roughly 4 million troops fought on both sides
  combined and ultimately, the Soviet winter slowly
  wittled the Nazi forces down and gave the Soviet
  Union the hard fought victory.

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Results of Stalingrad

• The battle would last 5 months (August to
  February) and would lead to more than 2 million
  killed.
• Hitler's decision to cut off the Soviet oil
  supplies and win over the Soviet Union before the
  arrival of American troops would ultimately cost
  him the war.
• The loss of infantry would completely inhibit any
  future Nazi advances and now the Soviet Union
  could march its way through the Eastern European
  countries and invade Berlin from the East.

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Invasion of Sicily

• The Allies would invade Sicily in 1943 and
  Mussolini would be arrested after being removed
  by the King of Italy.
• He would be rescued by German special forces only
  to be captured by anti-Fascists in Northern Italy
  and executed.
• Italy would sign an armistice in September 1943.

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D-Day (Operation Neptune)

• The Allies prepared for an amphibious invasion of
  Normandy on June 6, 1944 (D-Day) at 630 AM
  (H-Hour).
• The American troops were to land on five separate
  beaches while being supported by the Royal Air
  Force while being aided by the Free French who
  were to disrupt communication.
• The Allied invasion of Normandy was brutal but
  led to the liberation of France and Belgium which
  allowed advance into Germany later.

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Results of D-Day

• D-Day proved to be a major success for Allied
  forces, although there was a great amount of
  casualties sustained as a result.
• With the capture of Normandy, the Allied forces
  were able to enter France and push the Germans
  back into Germany while at the same time, the
  Soviet Union was making its advance towards
  Berlin from the east.
• This incursion would lead to last major push by
  the Nazis known as the Battle of the Bulge.

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Battle of the Bulge

• The Battle of the Bulge was considered to be the
  last major offensive led by the Germans against
  the Allied Forces.
• Hitler believed that he could catch the Allied
  forces off-guard and gain a major victory which
  would allow him to focus on the Eastern front.
• The Allies were able to overcome great difficulty
  and with the help of air raids, force the German
  defeat.

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Results of The Battle of the Bulge

• The Allied counter-offensive with their aircraft
  allowed the Allies to destroy many of the German
  supply lines and forced Hitler to use the
  remainder of his Luftwaffe.
• With the Allied victory, Hitler had used up his
  reserves, his remaining Luftwaffe and much of his
  ground forces.
• Hitler was now effectively pushed back into
  Germany where the Allies could now push toward
  with the Soviet Union already closing in.

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V-E Day

• The Allied Forces would now push into Berlin and
  the Soviets would take the lead.
• The Soviet encirclement and massive ordinance
  decimated Berlin into submission by May 2, 1945.
• Hitler would commit suicide along with many of
  his officers who refused to quit.
• May 8, 1945 is now known as V-E Day, Victory in
  Europe Day

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Hitler's Bunker Today