WORLD WAR II TOPICS:
War begins in Europe: Sept. 1, 1939 to May 1940
- invasion of Poland and new blitzkrieg
- winter war, and phony war, fall of Norway
- fall of the low countries, fall of France, Dunkirk, Vichy France , El Kebir tactics
Battle of Britain
- Operation Sea Lion: why? What was necessary for German success? British
advantages vs German advantages win
- US lend-lease & role of US prior to Dec. 1941
- British home front preparations
- Blitz; importance of British win
more: images, propaganda video, radio clips, audio interviews
War in the Balkans/Battle of North Africa
- events in the Balkans and Italy & Germany vs Britain; why? What happened?
- North Africa background and Italy vs Britain; goals of both countries
- Germany gets involved, Battle of El Alamein; Casablanca Conference
- US gets involved, Operation Torch; importance of allied win and what happened next?
more: video, images, simulation strategy exercise
Eastern Front
- Operation Barbarossa background: Nazi-Soviet Pact, why did Germany attack; overall plan
- problems for the Germans; tactics of the Russians, atrocities (Einsatzgruppen)
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Battle of Kursk, Siege of Leningrad; Russian advances through 1945
Battle of the Atlantic
- goals of both countries & importance; use of submarines and convoy system; German
- sinking of Graf Spee, Hood, Bismarck
- why did the allies win; new technology; importance of win & allied strategy
more: intelligence , u-boat
Battle of the Pacific (Part I)
- goals of Japan including. expansion through the 1930's (Manchuria, Failure of the League of Nations, Lytton Commission)
- atrocities including Rape of Nanking
- Pearl Harbour
- Battle of Coral Sea & Midway
more: American propaganda , slide show
Germany in retreat
- background to D-day; why was it done? Why then? Teheran Conference; German defenses, allied preparation; means of deception
- D-day invasion (more)
- Battle of the Bulge, bombing of Dresden; V1 and V2 attacks (more); German surrender; Potsdam Conference
Battle of the Pacific (Part 2)
- allied tactic of island hopping; overall allied strategy
- Battle of Leyte Gulf & fire bombing of Tokyo
- atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; was it necessary? Why was it done?
role of the Soviet Union; Japanese surrender
more: primary source, Socialist bias, timeline
Discrimination against the Jews
- background discrimination through the 1930's; establishment of labour camps
- Wansee Conference and Final Solution; establishment of execution camps
- Outcomes, Nuremburg Trial
more: 1930's Canada, video,
photo: pumpkin@morguefile
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