The Axis Advances Chapter 14.2

The Axis Attacks • • • • • Blitzkrieg-lightning war Fast moving tanks and airpower Luftwaffe-German Air Force Bombed- airfield,factories, towns and cities Tanks and troops advance rapidly

• Soviets move west capturing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania • Western Powers -helpless

The Miracle at Dunkirk • • April 1940 Hitler takes Norway and Denmark pursuing Belgium and the Netherlands • British are trapped on the beach Every British boat , ship , canoe, and kayak comes to save the 300,000 troops

France falls • • • • • French surrender June 22, 1940 Germans set up Vichy Government Collaborator gov’t Free French escape to Britain DeGualle-Free French leaders

Operation Sea Lion • • • • • German invasion of Britain Bombing of Britian for 57 days Destroying nonmilitary targets British stand fast Battle of Britain RAF

Africa and the Balkans • • • • Axis control North Africa Rommel –Desert Fox Eastern Europe- Italy attacks Greece and Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Hungary join Axis

Germany Invades the Soviet Union • • • • Nonaggression pact broken Soviets lose 2.5 million troops Soviets retreat burning everything for Germans to take Soviet winter destroys German troops

Siege on Stalingard • • • 1 million civilians die Stalingrad did not fall British and Soviets unite against Germans

Life Under Nazi and Japanese Occupation • • • • Hitler’s “New Order” Master Race Theft of art, factories, property, and resources Jews-sent to Concentration Camps

• • • • • • The Nazis commit genocide against Jews Enemies of the state Homosexuals Gypsies Disabled

Final Solution • • • Kill all Jews Holocaust -6 million dead Concentration camps –Treblinka

Japans Brutal Conquest • • • Escape European colonial rule Invade and conquer China, Philippines, Malaysia, Indochina Take, kill, and rape

Japan Attack the US • • • • US neutral on war FDR wants to help allies Lend Lease Act- loan of military equipment to Allies US bans oil, steel, and raw materials to Japan

Attack on Pearl Harbor • • • Dec 7, 1941 Japan attacks at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii • FDR-”A day that will live in infamy” US declares war on Japan WWII begins