Monday-
Continuing Holocaust-
Link to last weeks weekly blog
1941-
- Jews throughout Eastern Europe are forced into ghettos
- In 2 days, German units shoot 33,771 Ukranian Jews at BabiYar- the largest single massacre
1942-
- Nazi officials announce "Final solution"- their plan to kill all European Jews
- Five death camps begin operation in Poland
- Ghettos of Eastern Europe are being emptied as thousands of Jews are shipped to death camps
- US, Great Britain, and Soviet Union acknowledged that Germans are exterminating the Jews of Europe
1943-
- Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto resists as the Nazis begin new rounds of deportations. These Jews hold out for nearly a month before the Nazis put down the uprising
1944-
- Hitler takes over Hungary
1945-
- Hitler is defeated and WWII ends in Europe
- Holocaust is over and death camps are found emptied
- Many survivors are placed in displaced camps until they find a country willing to accept them.
1947-
- Jewish homeland in British controlled Palestine, which becomes the State of Israel in 1948
Discuss the role of Italy in WWII-
- Axis powers
- Italy defeated in North Africa
- Switched sides and started fighting with the US
Tuesday- Watched video
Wednesday-
Germany's Role in WWII-
- Treaty of Versailles (Impact)
- Hitler's rise to power, time in prison, Mein Kamp
- Hitler's actions- rearming, moving military into Rhineland, Taking Austria, Sudentland, Munich conference, Czechslovakia
- Invasion of Poland
- Invasion of Soviet Union
- Blitzkrieg- Poland, France,
- Non aggression pact- USSR
- Invasion of USSR
- Declaration of war on US
- Why they lost, Russia winter sets in
- Surrender leading to VE day, May 8, 1945
Italy's Impact-
- Mussolini's rise
- Ethiopia invasion
- Allied with Hitler
- Invades Albania
- Wants to take over Mediterranean
- Once Italy was invaded by US, they switched sides are started fighting with US
- Mussolini was captured and killed
Japan-
- Allied of US
- Power pacts
- League of Nations
- Great Depression- trouble because of imports
- Invade China
- China is the solution to their problem
- Goal was to dominate southeastern Asia continent
- Pearl Harbor- December 7, 1941
- Attacked the US to kick us out of the war early
- Battle of Midway- We got Japanese code and demolished them
- US island hopped our way to Japan
- Japan started to turning to kamikazes
- Fought to their death
- Hit hard by atomic bombs
- Japan surrendered and VJ day
- Potsdam Conference- Accept the fact that we took over their country
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