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Paris Occupied

Paris Occupied. Hitler “dances with glee” Occupied in the North by GR Third Republic in the South – headed by Petain – authoritarian regime Collaborated with the Nazis Sent thousands of French workers and slave laborers Identified Fr Jews and sent them as well. Italians.

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Paris Occupied

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  1. Paris Occupied • Hitler “dances with glee” • Occupied in the North by GR • Third Republic in the South – headed by Petain – authoritarian regime • Collaborated with the Nazis • Sent thousands of French workers and slave laborers • Identified Fr Jews and sent them as well

  2. Italians • Attacked Fr when they knew they were on the winning side • Invaded Greece • Invaded British strongholds in Africa • Hitler creates the Fortress of Europe

  3. Blood, toil, tears and sweat • Battle of Britain, Winston Churchill • American govt neutral still • We started giving them arms and destroyers • Lend Lease – arms, raw materials and food • Conscription, army built up

  4. British Royal Air Force • Fought off the Luftwaffe using radar • Broke the code of Gr military - Enigma • Hitler decides to go for the Soviets instead

  5. USSR and GR • Soviets making way into Eastern Europe • Gr’s want this area • Hitler coerced Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary into Axis • Subjugated Greece and Yugoslavia as well

  6. Soviets under attack • 2000 mile Front • Sent 3 million men (largest invasion force in history) • Fall 1941 – Byelorussia and Ukraine • Leningrad under siege in North • Crimean peninsula in the South

  7. Counteroffensive and cold weather save Moscow • Hitler shifted his main attack to the South • Summer 1942- attacked oil fields of Caucausus, began the siege of Stalingrad • Hitler’s short invasion plans for USSR are changed

  8. North Africa • Sept 1940 – Italian offensive from eastward from Libya – Egypt • British recover – push Mussolini back into Ethiopia • Afrika Korps – general Rommel – Spring 1941 – attacked Libya and drove the Brit back to Egyptian frontier

  9. North Africa • Rommel penetrates Egypt • British win huge tide turning battle at El Alamein • Hitler’s reach seems to be spreading towards their ally in Asia - Japan

  10. Japanese by 1941 • Made alliances with Germany and Italy • Neutrality treaty with the Soviets • Obtained bases from Vichy France in Indochina • US placed an embargo on the export of metal and oil to Japan

  11. Japan and the US • Hideki Tojo – proclaimed that he wanted British and American influence out of Asia • Agreed to send reps to Washington for negotiations • At the same time of the negotiations – bombing of Pearl Harbor

  12. Japanese victories • Began to invade the Philippines, launched attacks on Guam, Midway, Hong Kong and Malaya • War declared by all • Japanese conquer Singapore (Br naval base) • Then conquered Philippines, Malaya and Netherland Indies

  13. Allied losses • Invaded New Guinea and threatened Australia • Moved into the Aleutians, occupied Burma and were ready to invade India • Allies were not doing very well against their enemies

  14. Spring 1942 • Battle of the Coral Sea stops Japanese expansion into Australia • Japanese are halted again at the Battle of Midway • Strategy of island hopping put into effect in order to defeat Japanese

  15. Soviet frustration • Soviets call for a second front for relief • This front never established and will cause resentment against the US later on

  16. North Africa • Eisenhower – American and British forces invade Algeria and Morocco • De Gaulle proves to be a key leader in France – whose support is needed in this area of N. Africa • Africa was eventually secured by Montgomery and Eisenhower

  17. Stalingrad – all out invasion • Hold at all costs • Soviet counteroffensive defeats the Gr’s – with a drive westward against the remainder of the Gr army • Between 20 and 25 million Russians perish • 2/3 of these casualties were civilians

  18. Italy • Soviets lost more men in the Battle of Stalingrad than the Americans did in the entire war • August 1943 successful campaigns bring down Mussolini • New Italian govt set up by Marshal Badoglio – declared war on Gr

  19. Europe and the Pacific 1944-45 • Invasion of Europe from the Normandy coast • British, Canadian, American land, sea and air assult • In another amphibious invasion through the French mediterranean • Allied invasion forces meet up and fight

  20. Ardennes - Belgium • Great Battle of the Bulge • Gr’s also drop missiles – jet propelled fire bombs on Britain • Counteroffensive is not effective • Americans and Brits fire bomb Gr cities like Dresden – killing over 50,000 civilians

  21. Unconditional surrender • On the eastern front – the Soviets push towards GR as well • Soviets take Berlin – and ravage the city and civilians there • American forces let the Soviets have Berlin • Opening up of the holocaust death camps

  22. Japan and the Pacific theater • Battle of Leyte Gulf • Iwo Jima • Okinawa • From these islands – launched an air offensive against Japan itself • Dropped the A bomb

  23. Peace terms • Atlantic charter – august 1941 – Churchill and Roosevelt – pledged that sovereign states and self govt would be restored • 1943 – Casablanca,Cairo, Teheran – coordinate their military plans – accept nothing but unconditional surrender

  24. Peace terms • Teheran – met with Stalin – discussed postwar occupation and demilitarization of GR • Laid plans for a post war league of nations • Strategy decided here seemed to give Soviet union vast control of the east

  25. Yalta • Reached agreements on Poland, eastern Europe, the future of GR, Asia, and the United Nations • At this point, Stalin’s armies were in control of Poland and eastern Europe • Stalin wanted to establish a Soviet friendly govt in Poland

  26. Yalta and Stalin • Not so happy about spreading communism to eastern europe • Made Stalin promise to hold free and democratic elections in these areas as soon as possible • What a lie

  27. Post war world • Germany was to be divided into four occupation zones • United Nations – they would be permanent mbrs of the Security Council and would have a veto on all important decisions • Soviets wanted sixteen votes in the General Assembly for all of their “republics” – they were granted three

  28. Soviets and Japanese Front • Stalin agrees to help in war against Japan if they get back areas lost by the tsar in the Russo Japanese war • Roosevelt makes concessions to Stalin because he believes that this cooperation will lead to more in the future

  29. Potsdam • Harry Truman is the new American president • Clement Atlee replaced Churchill • Stalin still Soviet leader • Agreements were made about GR treatment • Occupation zones

  30. Powar world • Polish boundaries extended further westward as compensation for Russian westward expansion at Polish expense • German east Prussia divided between SU in the North and Poland in the South

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