DO NOW Who was Erwin Rommel What was the purpose of the Atlantic Charter SECTION 161 WORLD WAR TWO Africa Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union Germany USSR United Kingdom Italy Germany invades Poland ID: 770958
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DO NOW Who was Erwin Rommel? What was the purpose of the Atlantic Charter?
SECTION 16.1 : WORLD WAR TWO: Africa, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
Germany USSR United Kingdom Italy Germany invades Poland USSR invades Poland USSR invades Baltics USSR invades Finland Germany invades Denmark and Norway Germany invades Benelux nations Germany invades France Battle of Britain and the Blitz
Germany USSR United Kingdom Italy Italy invades Egypt British forces kick the Italians’ fascist backsides
The British couldn’t lose the canal, or access to the oil fields in the Middle East (most of which they controlled). Of course, Hitler wanted it too. Hitler sent Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox , to take on the British in North Africa.
The Germans, of course, found the Lost Ark of the Covenant and if it weren’t for Indiana Jones, all would be lost…. … no, not really.
Germany USSR United Kingdom Italy Rommel chases the British out of Egypt They would go back and forth for some time Eventually, the Americans under General Patton show up and get rid of the Germans for all
Of course, Hitler didn’t care that much about Africa – he told the whole world in Mein Kampf that his goal was to invade the Soviet Union. He wanted lebensraum. But first he had to build some bases to supply the massive armies he would need.
Germany USSR United Kingdom Italy Germany “persuades” Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania to join his cause. They didn’t like the Soviets much either. Germany and Italy invade Yugoslavia, Albania and Greece – countries that weren’t willing to go along with Hitler’s plan.
On June 22, 1941 Operation Barbarossa was launched. Stalin’s top advisers had warned him of an attack.The Red Army was unprepared, poorly equipped, poorly trained, and poorly led. It was a complete disaster for the USSR. Uncle Joe was TIME’s Man of the Year in 1940
Most of the Soviet Air Force was destroyed on the first day while still on the ground. Army Group North surrounded Leningrad for nearly 700 days. Hitler tried to starve the city to death, but they hung on. Army Group Center tried to reach Moscow and force Stalin to surrender. Prisoners and troops from Siberia were shipped in to stop the Nazis some 20 miles from Moscow, saving the city. Army Group South tried to push into the Caucasus region – rich with oil. Hitler decided he needed to take the city of Stalingrad on the way.
Stalingrad didn’t work out so well for the Germans… (more on that later)
So… what’s going with the USA anyway?? isolationism Neutrality Acts (1935-7) Lend-Lease Act (March, 1941) Atlantic Charter Undeclared naval war with Germany