PPT-Sec. 1: Axis Aggression Ch. 14: World War II, 1930-1945

Timeline of Events Leading to WWII 1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany 193339 begins rearmament amp military buildup in Germany 1936 Reoccupies the Rhineland Spring1938 Annexes Austria . The End of the War. Retaking of the Philippines. October 1944—MacArthur persuades Roosevelt that an invasion of the Philippines is necessary. Largest campaign. of the Pacific War. US wins significant naval victories. World Issues. Aggression in Europe to 1939. 1. Early Axis Gains. By 1941, the Axis powers or their allies controlled most of Western Europe. .. 2. Germany and Russia conquered and divided Poland.. Stalin’s armies pushed into Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.. Andre Cameron. What . The war in Europe was caused by the German invasion of Poland and the war in Asia was triggered by the Japanese invasion of China. Searching for more fundamental causes is more complicated and becomes intertwined with answers to "What could have prevented World War 2?" and "What chains of events led to WW2?" . by John Hersey. What do you know?. Take a few minutes now to make a list of things you know about World War II or Hiroshima. Share with classmates. Historical . Context. Nonfiction. World War II:1939-1945. APUSH, Unit . 12. Post WW1 Foreign Policy. Unilateral … acting independently. Didn’t join League of Nations. Promote a vision of international order. Maintain US Isolationism. “Select” Military Intervention. Lesson 4 . A War on Two Fronts. Learning Objectives. Analyze the reasons for and impact of the Allies’ “Europe First” strategy.. Explain why the battles of Stalingrad and Midway were major turning points in the war.. Brandon Brooks. What . The war in Europe was caused by the German invasion of Poland and the war in Asia was triggered by the Japanese invasion of China. Searching for more fundamental causes is more complicated and becomes intertwined with answers to "What could have prevented World War 2?" and "What chains of events led to WW2?" . World War II (1939–1945). Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) . versus . Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia).. From 1942 on, Germany could only hang on and try to exhaust its enemies, but their superior resources and increasingly skilled armies made the outcome first predictable and then inevitable. . This was a situation that Hitler created. Where the Allies had a clear strategic concept, he had none. . What’s Essential?. Causes of the War (underlying and direct). Reasons for American Neutrality (various acts/events). Reason for American entrance: Pearl Harbor. Wartime goals of the Allies. Major battles: D-Day, Iwo Jima, Okinawa. World War II (1939–1945). Axis powers (Germany, Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria) . versus . Allies (U.S., Britain, France, USSR, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Greece, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Yugoslavia).. II. 17-3. Terms and People. D-Day. − . June 6, 1944, the day Allied forces invaded France. Battle of the Bulge . −. German counterattack that failed, resulting in an Allied victory. Harry S. Truman . World War II. . knowyourmeme.com. Navajo Code Talkers . by Nathan . Aaseng. Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language . Elsewhere in the world the United States had become a global political and economic power. While Congress and public opinion had voted for ‘isolationism’ after the war in practice the US had continued to use the twin policies of ‘gunboat...