World War II

World War II

1. Hitler and the Nazis

   • Germany became a republic in 1932
     • Hitler became German Chancellor the next year
       • He forced jews, gypsies, communists and disabled people to live in ghettos
       • He called himself the Futher
         • means leader
       • He had secret police called the Gestapo
         • And a terror order called the SS
   • Swastika
     • Meant good look
     • became sign of the Nazis

2. Poland

   • Poland was invaded by the Nazis on 1 September 1939
     • Invaded using Blitzkreig or Lightning War
       • The Panzers went in first to crush the defences then the luftwaffe supported them and the infantry invaded after

3. Battle of Britian

   • Britian and France Declared war on Germany on 3 September 1939
   • In August 1940 the Germans began Operation Sealion, the invasion of Britian
     • They tried to destroy the air force
       • The also bombed the british cities

4. The Invasion of Russia

   • Hitler invaded Russia On 22 June 1941
     • Loads of Russians were killed but then Winter began
       • Oil began to freeze
       • Soldiers froze to death
       • The Russians launched a counter attack and pushed Germans back to the border

5. USA joins Britain

   • 7th December 1941
     • Pearl Harbour
   • Japan
     • Nuclear Bombs Aug 1945
       • Hiroshima
       • Nagisaki
       • surrender 14 Aug 1945

6. Big Three

   • Josef Stalin : Russia
   • Roosevelt : USA
   • Churchill : Britain

7. D-Day

   • 6 June 1944
   • Normandy
   • War in europe ended 7th May 1945