Monday- Group presented over Soviet Union.
Tuesday- Talked about France and then finished Soviet Union.
Wednesday- Started movie.
Thursday- Finished movie.
Friday- No school. End of quarter 3.
Soviet Union
-Major events that impacted their country between WWI and WWII.
- Prior to WWII
- Russia dropped out of WWI to fight Bolshevik Revolution
- Russia became communist and changed name to USSR
- Purges and deportations to slave labor camps in Siberia
- Strengthened the intelligence and secret service
- Created a "Cult of Personality"
- Nationalization and Collectivization of the Soviet economy
- Industrialization of the Soviet economy
- Five Year Plans
- Policies led to famine in Ukraine
- Banned religion
- USSR in WWII
- Signed German-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
- Invaded Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Finland
- Signed Neutrality Pact
- Invaded by Germany in June
- Stalin instituted his retreat and "scorched earth" policies
- The Russian winter changed the tide of the war
-Discuss basic facts: alliance, total casualties, total cost, war goals, etc
- War goals
- To destroy their most dangerous rival: Nazi Germany
- To expand their Soviet Communist system to control as many
- The Grand Alliance
- Soviet Union, US, and Great Britain
- Cost
- $192 Billion
- Casualties
- Soviet Union
- 8668,000 10 10,922,000 - war deaths
- 27,000,000- casualties
- Soviet Union
-Tell us about their leader(s) during WWII
- Joseph Stalin
- 1929-1953 - Soviet Union Dictator
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
-Discuss the impact of their Homefront and propaganda and what it was like in their country during the war
- Propaganda was used through
- Posters
- Radios
- Newspapers
- Homefront
- People packed up and moved East to get away from the German Invasion
- Many children still attend school even though there was lack of supplies
- War production increased
- Many women participated in the war
- Peasants were forced to work on collective farms
- Farms were taken away from farmers due to lack of food in the country
-Discuss major battle strategies
- Trench warfare
- Roadblocks
- Tank raids
- Artillery
-Discuss major battles that the country was involved in
- Operation Barbarossa
- Germany invaded Soviet Union
- Stalingrad, Moscow, Leningrad
- Battle of Stalingrad
- Soviet Union - 1,000,000 casualties
- Germany 920,000 casualties
- Worst battle in history as far as casualties and etc.
- Named after Stalin
- Battle of Moscow
- Good defense
- Winter's help
- Casualties - 1,000,000
- Russians were more prepared for winter - more than Germany
- Battle of Leningrad
- Germany surrounded the city (bombs, artillery fire)
- Sieged the city for 900 days
- People starved to death
- Battle of Berlin
- Red Army Smarts
- Slaughter of Wessies
- Soviets attack Berlin with full force
- Soviets ended on a "slaughter" of Germans
-Discuss other people/generals from their country in WWII that had a major impact on the war
- Georgy Zhukov
- Most successful general in WWII
- "The man who never lost a battle"
- He was powerful - denoted by Stalin
- Vyacheslav Molotov
- Foreign Minister
- Helped a lot with the pact between Germany and Russia
- dividing the baltic states up
- Incharge of collective farms
- "The enemy will be defeated. The victory will be ours."
-Discuss why they won or lost the war
-Discuss the impact WWII had on the country
- Destroyed many big cities
- Sets up communist governments
- Became a leading world power
France
- Invaded in May of 1940 by Germany
- Within a month, France was taken over
- Signed Kellogg-Briand Pact
- Joined League of Nation
- Signed 4, 5, and 9 power pact
- Built a concrete fortification along the border of Great Britain and Germany
- Germany bypassed the wall by going through Belgium - invaded France
- Free French Undergroud
- Based in London
- Lead by Charles De Gaulle
- Allies of U.S.
- Vichy Government
- Lead by Marshall Petain
- Helped Germany fight
- Helped round up French Jews to be sent to Concentration Camps
- D-Day
- France was invaded
- Goal was to get France back from Germany
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