I.     Rise of Dictators

A. Mussolini

B. Hitler

C. Japan

II.  March to War in Europe

A. Ethiopia (1935)

B. Saar (1935)

C. German Rearmament (1935)

D. Rhineland (1936)

E.  Spanish Civil War (1936-39)

F.  Mood in America

G. Anschluss with Austria (1938)

H. Sudentenland and Meeting in Munich with Neville Chamberlain (1938)

I.     Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia (1939)

J.   Italy takes Albania (1939)

K. France and Britain sign alliance with Poland (1939)

L.  Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (1939)

M.          Invasion of Poland (September 1, 1939)

III.           The Beginning Years of the War (1939 – 1940)

A. Axis v. Allies

1.             Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, Japan and 6 other nations)

2.             Allied Powers (Britain, France, later Soviet Union and US, China and 45 other countries)

B. The “Phony War” and Blitzkrieg

C. Nazis Overrun Europe

1.             Denmark and Norway (April, 1940)

2.             Holland, Belgium and France (May – France, 1940)

3.             Churchill replaces Chamberlain

4.             Escape from Dunkirk  (May 27 – 31, 1940)

5.             Vichy Government

D. Battle of Britain

1.             Britain stands alone

2.             The Luftwaffe v. RAF

3.             German Mistakes

4.             Stages of the Battle of Britain

IV.         America

A. Neutrality

1.             “Cash and Carry Plan”

2.             1940 Election

B. “Arsenal of Democracy” and the Lend Lease Act (March, 1941)

C. The War Goes On

1.             Invasion of Soviet Union (June, 1941)

2.             Atlantic Charter

V.  Japan

A. Problems with Japan

1.             Manchuria

2.             Nanking

3.             US reaction

B. Reasons why Japan wanted war

C. Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941)

VI.         The Homefront

A. Troops

B. Organizing the Economy

C. Women and Blacks

D. Treatment of Japanese-Americans

1.             Wartime Relocation Agency Camps

2.             Korematsu v. US

VII.      Turning the Tide (1942-43)

A. A Dire Situation

B. Use of Code Breakers

C. The Tide Turns in the Pacific (1942)

1.             Surrender in the Philippines and the Bataan Death March

2.             Bombing of Tokyo

3.             Battle of Coral Sea (May, 1942)

4.             Midway (June, 1942)

5.             Guadalcanal  (August, 1942 – Feb., 1943)

D. Battle of the Atlantic (1940 –1943)

E.  The Desert War

1.             Erwin Rommel

2.             El Alamein (Oct., 1942)

3.             Operation Torch (Nov., 1942 – 1943)

F.  War in the Soviet Union

1.             Siege of Leningrad (1941-43)

2.             Moscow (1941)

3.             Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)

G. Attack on Italy (Sept., 1943)

VIII.    Winning the War in Europe (1944 –45)

A. The Second Front

B. Meeting in Teheran (Nov., 1943)

C. Operation Overlord

D. Operation Fortitude

E.  Normandy Landing (June 6, 1944)

F.  Allies free Paris (August 15, 1944)

G. Battle of the Bulge (Dec., 1944)

H. Yalta (Feb., 1945)

I.     Death of FDR

J.   Germany Surrenders (May 8, 1945)

IX.         War in the Pacific (1942-45)

A. Island Hopping

B. Return to Philippines (Oct., 1944 – Feb., 1945)

C. Kamikaze Attacks

D. Iwo Jima (Feb., - Mar., 1945)

E.  Okinawa (Apr., - June, 1945)

F.  The Atom Bomb

G. Potsdam (July, 1945)

H. Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 8, 1945)

I.     Japan Surrenders (August 14, 1945)

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