WW II

WORLD WAR TWO

I. Hitler as Chancellor

Nazi Goals
1. Economic Recovery
2. Rearmament
3. Lebensraum

II. Hitler’s Foreign Policy

A.   Anschluss

B.    Czechoslovakia/Appeasement

C.    Poland

III. War

A.   Fall of France

B.    Battle of Britain

C.    Invasion of Soviet Union

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad

D.   U.S. Enters War--D-Day

June 6, 1944 (to June 11, 1944)

--4,100 landing craft

--12,000 landing support aircraft

-- 1,000 air transports (paratroopers)

--10,000 tons of bombs dropped

--14,000 attack sorties flown.

--in all, 47 divisions (140,000 troops)

THIS IS WORLD WAR TWO…BUT WAS IT, LIKE THE GREAT WAR, REALLY A GLOBAL AFFAIR?