PPT-World War II 1945

January Jan 117 The German soldiers pull out of the Ardennes Jan 17 The Soviet A rmy captures Warsaw Poland Jan 26 The Soviet Army liberates the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz Ardennes Offensive. Week 2: France emerges from WWII. Introduction:. France and her Empire post-WWII. The physical & economic ravages of war. De Gaulle’s view of the world. Domestic politics. Colonial relations. Sétif. World War II. Objectives. Today we will be able to identify critical . moments of . World War II, and identify . characteristics “Operation Overlord” . and . the “Battle . of . the Bulge”.. 1939- 40. 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?" . Background…. During the final stages of World War II in 1945, the United States conducted two atomic bombings against the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, the first on August 6, 1945 and the second on August 9, 1945. These two events are the only use of nuclear weapons in war to date. . 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. During. . the war, the Allied leaders met often to discuss war strategy; they would also discuss what would happen once victory was achieved. Of the seven conferences that occurred, there were three that were regarded as being the most important:. 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?" . 1942-1945. Germany used blitzkrieg tactics to dominate Eastern & Western Europe. England was wounded from German attacks in the Battle of Britain . Hitler broke the . Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact & marched into Russia . By DYLAN CRANLEY. Countries. Axis Powers (signers of the Tripartite . Treaty) . Germany, Italy. . and Japan. . Co-signers . of the Tripartite . Treaty . Bulgaria, . (March 1st, . 1941) Hungary, . (November 20th, . First . World War 1914–18. Australian troops in the Turkish Lone Pine . trenches.. Australia's . early involvement in the Great War included the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landing at . 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. Teaching “The Good War”?. Michael S. Neiberg. neiberg102@gmail.com. “The Good War”. The Good War. New Themes in . Teaching World War II. Theme One: . The US Role in the World. Europe in Ruins. a. Describe Germany’s aggression in Europe and Japan’s aggression in Asia. . b. Describe major events in the war in both Europe and the Pacific; include Pearl Harbor, Iwo Jima, D-Day, VE and VJ Days, and the Holocaust. .