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Hitler was impressed by Japan’s strike on PH & promptly declared war on the U.S. Germans seemed unstoppable & Japan had a HUGE population/ army defending it German subs were sinking ships faster than Allies could replace them Axis powers owned most of Europe. Soviets Under Siege. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Hitler was impressed by Japan’s strike on PH & promptly declared war on the U.S.
Germans seemed unstoppable & Japan
had a HUGE population/ army
defending it
German subs were sinking ships faster
than Allies could replace them
Axis powers owned most of Europe
Soviets Under SiegeGerman armies were closing in on Moscow, Leningrad & Stalingrad
Soviets responded as best as they couldThey burned crops & destroyed farm equipment – a tactic known as scorched earth
1,000,000 Russian men, women & children died
MOSCOW
STALINGRAD
LENINGRAD
Japanese Advances
Japanese took Guam, Wake
Island, Hong Kong & Singapore
General Douglas McArthur commanded U.S. forces in the Pacific
– Remember him?...He was in charge of shutting down the Bonus Army Camp
– Few troops to defend a large area
– In the end, McArthur was severely outnumbered but vowed to return
– Japan continued to expand
I’ll be back!!!!