Nazi Germany Brenda Thomas LaShuntae Jackson The Rise of Nazi Germany Hitler’s Expanding Axis The United States’ Intervention The Collapse of Nazi Germany Key Points The Rise of Nazi Germany Hitler (Chancellor) January 30, 1933 Created A Secret Police Force No Election No Labor Unions No Strikes Cont. Hitler’ Expanding Axis 1. The Battle of Great Britain German bombers attack Great Britain: The Blitz b.In July and August 1940, the German Air Force launched day and night bombing raids against military targets across Southeast England. The air raids killed some 43,000 civilians, wounded thousands more, and left 2 million homeless. Hitler’s Expanding Axis Cont. Hitler’s Expanding Axis 2. Invades The Soviet Union a. In April 1941 invading Nazi armies overwhelmed Yugoslavia and Greece. With Hungary Romania and Bulgaria under Nazi control, Hitler ruled nearly all of Europe. b. On July 22, 1941 without warning massive German armies invaded their supposed alley, the Soviet Union, in “Operation Barbarossa.” Hitler's decision to attack the Soviet Union was the defining moment of the European war, for the German eventually would be worn down and thrown back by the Soviets. Cont. Hitler’ Expanding Axis 3. The Attack on Pearl Harbor American battleships were sunk disabled along with eleven other ships, japanese bombers also destroyed 180 American warplanes. The raid which lasted less than two hours, killed more than 2,400 American servicemen and civilians and wounded nearly 1,200 more.The surprise Japanese attack on the U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 which prompted the immediate American entry into the war. The United States’ Intervention 1. The Manhattan Project Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer led the team of almost 200,000 people which consisted of distinguished scientists scattered among several secret facilities across the country to develop an atomic bomb before the German did. This was a top secret effort set up by the President June 1940 called the National Defense Research Committee to coordinate military research. Cont. The United States’ Intervention 2. The Lend Lease Bill Introduced in Congress on January 10,1941. Allowed the President to lend or lease military equipment to any country whose defense of the United States. Cont. The United States’ Intervention 3. The Tripartite Pact September 27, 1940 the Tokyo government signed a pact with Germany and Italy. Each pledged to declare war on any nation that attacked any of them. Cont. The United States’ Intervention 4. The Atlantic Charter 1941 Joint statement crafted by Franklin D. Roosevelt and British prime minister Winston Churchill listed the war goals of the allied powers. The Collapse of Nazi Germany Soviet troops enter Berlin. Germany surrenders. Hitler married his mistress, she poisoned herself, and he killed himself two days later. May 2, Berlin fell. Five days later, on May 7 the ch.