Monday-Tuesday
Watched a video (The World Wars)
Wednesday- Soviet Russia Presentation
Major events that impacted their country between WWI and WWII.
- War with poland
- Peace treaty signed
- Stalin takes over
- Join League of Nations
- Sign non-aggression pact with Germany
- Stalingrad-Germany flooded russia
- Sign non aggression pact with Japan
- Germans fail to take Stalingrad
Discuss basic facts: alliance, total casualties, total cost, war goals, etc
- More deaths than any other country
Tell us about their leader(s) during WWII
Joseph Stalin
- Poor growing up
- Karl Marx "Communist Manifesto"
- Involved in crimes to fund Bolshevik Revolution
- Stalin kept moving up in the ranks of the Communist Party
- Lenin died in 1924
- Stalin became leader in 20s
- Wanted to be an industrial superpower
- Signed non aggression pact with Hitler
- Germany broke non aggression pact
- Soviet Union became part of the Allies
- Died from stroke in 1953
- De Stalinization happened after his death
- Responsible for 20 million deaths
Discuss the impact of their Homefront and propaganda and what it was like in their country during the war
- Poor
- Harsh discipline
- People went hungry
- Depended on farmers
- Needed a lot more then they had
Discuss major battle strategies
- Power in numbers
- Climate
- Burn the fighting ground
- Stalin's draconian order No. 227
- Women on the front lines
Discuss major battles that the country was involved in
- Invasion of Poland
- September 17,1939
- Germany invaded poland
- 84,000 killed
- Invasion of Soviet Union
- June 22,1941
- Operation Barbarossa
- Invaded by Germany
- Fail for the Axis powers
- Siege of Leningrad
- September 8, 1941
- Over 1,000,000 civilians died
- Lasted 872 days
- Total casualties were over 4 million
- Battle of Stalingrad
- August 23, 1942
- Bloodiest battle
- Turning point for the Soviets
- Over 2 million dead
- Battle of Berlin
- April 14, 1945
- Red army breached
- End in Europe
- May 2, 1945
- 173,000 killed
Discuss other people/generals from their country in WWII that had a major impact on the war
- Georgy Zhukov
- Lead the Red Army in conquering Berlin
- Demoted by Stalin for being to popular
- Boris Shaposhnikov
- Chief of the general staff
- Organized pre-war buildup of Red Army
Discuss why they won or lost the war
- Winter
- Help from the Allies
- Soviets mainly fought the Nazis
Discuss the impact WWII had on the country
- Enormous loss of 40 million
- Mass shooting of civilians
- De Stalinization
Great Britain-
Major events that impacted their country between WWI and WWII.
- Made allies with Poland
- Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939
- GB and France declare war on Germany
Discuss basic facts: alliance, total casualties, total cost, war goals, etc
Tell us about their leader(s) during WWII
- Winston Churchill
- Born into a wealthy family
- Grew up in Dublin, Ireland
- Performed poorly at first schools
- Enrolled in Harrow Boarding School in April, 1888
- Joined Harrow Rifle Corps
- Served until 1899
- Wrote military reports
- Worked as a war correspondent
- Elected president of Board of Trade in 1908
- Served in WW1 after Gallipoli failure
- Involved in politics until ww2
- Appointed Prime Minister
- Worked on post-war tactics
- Lost general election in July, 1945
- Continued to have impact on world affairs
background
how they came to power
how they lost power
Discuss the impact of their Homefront and propaganda and what it was like in their country during the war
Discuss major battle strategies
Discuss major battles that the country was involved in
Discuss other people/generals from their country in WWII that had a major impact on the war
Discuss why they won or lost the war
Discuss the impact WWII had on the country
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