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Title: Germany Sparks the New War


1
Neutrality Act
Land-Lease Act
Atlantic Charter
2
The AXIS Strategy War Around the Globe
  • Italy, Germany, and Japan define their targets

3
German Aggression
  • Sept. 1, 1939 attack Poland
  • June 1940 France falls
  • Battle of Britain (Ends May 1941)
  • Germany turns towards Soviet Union (June 1941)

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Operation Barbarossa
  • June 1941 Invades Soviet Union
  • Targets Leningrad and Moscow
  • By September Germans surrounded Leningrad.
    More than 1 million die that winter
  • By December outside of Moscow. Winter proved
    fatal for Germany as it did for Napoleon

6
Russia had 5 million soldiersbut were poorly
trained!
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Japan
  • Overcrowded and needed raw materials
  • Japan wanted a Pacific Empire
  • 1931 Invaded Manchuria
  • 1937 Invaded China
  • Began expansion in Southeast Asia

9
Manchuria
China
Southeast
Asia
10
Italy Pursues North Africa
  • Mussolini goal is to seize British controlled
    Egypt
  • Suez Canal key to reaching Oil Fields
  • Begins in Libya and moves into Egypt.

11
Suez Canal Access to Oil
Libya
Egypt
12
World War II around the Globe
Libya
Philippines
Southeast Asia
13
3 Theatres of War
European
Northern Africa
Pacific
14
Grid Handout
  • What countries or areas of the world were Japan,
    Germany, and Italy each pursuing?
  • What were the goals of each country in pursuing
    these targets?
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