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Bellringer

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1. Germany invades Poland, Sep 1939, WWII starts,
blitzkrieg (lighting war)
Germans troops at border crossing
German dive bomber
German bomber over city
Hitler reviews troops entering Poland
German tanks
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2. German invasion of France, May-June 40 Bypass
Maginot Line, Ardennes, Dunkirk evacuation,
Vichy France, Free French
German Panzer (tank) Division
DeGaulle in London
German troops crossing Meuse
France after the fall
Dunkirk Evacuation
Vichy France
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3. Battle of Britain, Aug-Sep 40 Brits win air
battle, no German cross-channel invasion, Blitz (
bombing of London)
British Spitfire chases bomber over London
Fires in London during the Blitz.
Subway shelters
Incoming German bombers met by British
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4. Germany invades USSR, June 41 Operation
BARBAROSSA
Hitler plans Barbarossa
Soviet civilian watches village burn
German infantry, armor, airforces
Surrendering Soviet soldiers
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WAR IN THE PACIFIC
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1. Japan attacks US at Pearl Harbor, 7 Dec 41
US declares war on Japan, Germany declares war on
US Battleships destroyed, but not aircraft
carriers.
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Assignment

• Complete the maps using your notes from the
  lecture. Label each event with the proper number
  from the notesheet.

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WAR IN EUROPE
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El Alamein, Oct 42 Brits defeat Rommel, go on
the offensive, Montgomery Monty in charge
German tank surrenders
Rommel
Montgomery
Allied tanks counterattack
Brits beat back German tanks
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Operation Torch, Nov 42 US enters Africa, Vichy
France falls
US occupies Casablanca
Royal Navy convoys US forces
US troops land in Algiers
US troops move inland
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Stalingrad, Aug-Dec 42, Huge German defeat,
Soviets on the attack.
German troops in Stalingrad
German POWs
Ruins of Stalingrad
German commander (Von Paulus) surrenders
Soviet troops counterattack
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Battle of the Atlantic, June 43 German U-boats
fail to stop Allied convoys
Sunk Allied ship
Allied convoy under air escort
German U-boat
Allied destroyer hunting U-boat
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Allies invade Sicily, July 43 Italy withdraws
from the war
Allies loading up in Tunisia
Allied rivals Patton(US) Montgomery(UK)
Allies landing in Sicily
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Allies invade Italy, Sep 43 Second front in
Europe to help Soviets
US troops liberate Rome
Bombed Monte Cassino Abbey
US troops move inland
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Allies invade Normandy, June 44 Operation
Overlord, Omaha Beach most difficult landing
Eisenhower talks with paratroops
Pinned down on Omaha Beach
Allies pour men material into the beachheads
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Allied breakout July 44 Pattons race for
Berlin, Operation Market Garden and Battle of the
Bulge slow Allies, Soviets take Eastern Europe
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Soviets advance take Berlin, Jan 43 - Apr 45
VE Day May 8
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WAR IN THE PACIFIC
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Japan invades US Philippines, Dec 41-Jan 42
Bataan Death March, Corregidor
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Battle of Coral Sea, May 42 Tactical draw
strategically, US stops Japanese plan to invade
Australia.
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Battle of Midway, June 42 Carrier battle First
major Japanese defeat US on the attack from then
on.
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Island Hopping, Aug 42-Apr 45 US Navy retakes
island chains, Gilberts, Tarawa, Iwo Jima,
Okinawa, Kamikazes
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Leapfrogging, Apr-42-Oct 44 MacArthur leads US
Army advance to retake Philippines
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US drops atomic bombs on Japan, 6 Aug 45 on
Hiroshima, 9 Aug 45 on Nagasaki Japan surrenders
2 Sep 45 (VJ Day).
Little Boy
Enola Gay
Japanese surrender onboard USS Missouri
Hiroshima
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Assignment

• Label the maps with the battles add the numbers
  to your chart!