The Great Patriotic War
WWII - "Moscow Strikes Back" (1942) [Full Documentary] *Edward G Robinson narrates…
THE GERMAN INVASION OF RUSSIA: WORLD WAR II - Military/War/History (documentary)
Lead up to WWII: c. 1939-1945
1880s 1900s 1914-1918 1920s 1930s1919
WWI & Treaty of Versailles
*1917: Russian Rev (x2)
Industrialization & Ne-Colonialism
M: militarismA: alliances
N: nationalismI: imperialism & IR
A: Assassination
Roaring 20s in USA
Rebuilding in EuropeColonial Oppression in: Asia, Latin America & Africa
Depression in Germany
Civil War in USSR
Great Depression
& Rise of
Dictators
WWII: c. 1939-1945
Key Developments:• Rise of Dictators:
– Hitler– Mussolini– Franco– Stalin
• Violations of Versailles:– Mussolini: Abyssinia– Hitler: Austria & Sudetenland
(Czech.)– Japan: Manchuria & Greater East
Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere
• Appeasement (Chamberlain)
Turning Points:• Nazi-Soviet Pact
– Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact– Aug. 1939
• Nazi Invasion of Poland– Sept. 1939
• Operation Barbarossa – Nazi invasion of USSR– June 1941
• Pearl Harbor– Decd. 7, 1941
• Stalingrad & Leningrad– 1942-1943 / 1941-1944
• D-Day– June 6, 1944
• A-bomb– Aug. 1945
Problem: Grocery
Store Tantrum
Appeasement
Temporarily solves
problem
New (worse?) problem
Sugar hyper kid
Wonder how long the honeymoon will last?
Total War
On each and every attack our valorous Red Army will answer with three times more powerful blows!
Cut the enemy! (1939) I swear to defeat the enemy.
Let's crush the enemy under avalanche of steel Glory to the heroes of the Patriotic War!
Glory to the Stalin's falcons!
Death to the Fascism Soldiers of all nationalities, fight for
Motherland and victory!
Fight German animals! We can and must destroy Hitler's army. The face of Hitlerism
Red Army's broom will sweep the enemy out! http://www.allworldwars.com/Russian%20WWII%20Propaganda%20Posters.html
North African Campaign: June 1940 to May 1943
April 1945…USSR & US troops In Berlin…
April 30th Suicide
May 8th 1945…VE DAY
Reichstag After Fall of Berlin
Pacific Theater
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
• Contrast to European Totalitarianism
• Japan’s “New Order”– Announced in 1940
• Late 19th century idea– Ultranationalist leanings
• Occupied Countries = – Puppet regimes– Subject to “Japanization”– Suffering & Death
http://wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu/papers/coprospr.htm
The Atomic Bomb
• August 6, 1945• Hiroshima
• August 9, 1945• Nagasaki
• August 15, 1945• Unconditional
Surrender
62,000 buildingsdestroyed
70,000 peoplekilled instantly
140,000 by end of year
Ground temps of 7000 F
Winds of 980 mph
Was it necessary?
Killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki
15-20% died from radiation poisoningStill others died from cancer
VJ Day
WWII Conferences• Atlantic Conference (1941)
– FDR & Churchill off coast of Newfoundland– Atlantic Charter = foundations for UN
• Washington DC (1941-42)– FDR & Churchill– Aid to Europe
• Moscow (1942)– Churchill & Stalin– Potential of 2nd European front
• Casablanca Conference (1943) – FDR & Churchill in Morocco– Axis have to unconditionally surrender
• Washington DC (1943)– FDR & Churchill– Europe vs. Italy
• Quebec (1943)– FDR & Churchill– Global strategy & D-Day plans
• Cairo Conference (1943) – FDR, Churchill & Chiang Kai-shek in Egypt– Fate of Korea & Taiwan
• Teheran Conference (1943) – Big Three: FDR, Churchill & Stalin in Iran– 2nd front in Europe– USSR vs. Japan (after German defeat)
• Quebec (1944)– FDR & Churchill– Lend-Lease– German occupation
• Moscow (1944)– Churchill & Stalin– USSR in Pacific– Poland?
• Malta (1945)– FDR & Churchill– Strategy in Europe & Far East
• Yalta Conference (1945) – Big Three in the Crimea– War against Japan– Post-war Germany decisions (including war crimes trials)– UN decisions– Poland?
• Potsdam (1945) – Truman, Attlee & Stalin in Germany– Administration of Japan– Redraw the lines of Europe
The Cold War
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