Transcript USH2 Unit 5: America and the World

USH2 Unit 5: America and the
World
Lesson 5.3 part 2
Focus
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What do you already
know about how Adolf
Hitler was able to rise to
power?
Frayer Model: Appeasement
WORLD WAR II BEGINS ( map on page 689)
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THE SHADOW OF
WORLD WAR I LOOMED
LARGE IN THE MINDS OF
EUROPEAN LEADERS IN
THE LATE 1930’S.
ALTHOUGH NAZI
GERMANY APPEARED
INCREASINGLY
AGGRESSIVE, BRITAIN
AND FRANCE WANTED
TO AVOID ANOTHER
BLOODY CONFLICT.
EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE
PEACEFUL AGREEMENTS
WITH NAZI GERMANY
ULTIMATELY FAILED.
PATH TO WAR
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GERMANY FIRST DEFIES TREATY
OF VERSAILLES BY REARMING……
GERMANY TAKES THE
RHINELAND IN 1936
IN 1938, HITLER SENT TROOPS
INTO AUSTRIA AND
ANNOUNCED THE
UNIFICATION OF AUSTRIA AND
GEMANY
EUROPEAN LEADERS DIDN’T
STOP HIM: MEMORIES OF WW1,
GREAT DEPRESSION, AT LEAST
HE ISNT COMMUNIST!!
THEN HITLER CLAIMED THE
SUDETENLAND, A GERMAN
SPEAKING AREA OF
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
THE MUNICH CRISIS
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA OPPOSED
HITLERS CLAIM TO THE
SUDETENLAND
IN THE END, BRITIAN AND
FRANCE AGREED TO HITLERS
DEMANDS AT THE MUNICH
CONFERENCE
THE RESULTING POLICY
BECAME KNOWN AS
APPEASEMENT
6 MONTHS LATER GERMANY
TAKES ALL OF
CZECHOSLAVAKIA
Munich Crisis
HITLER DEMANDS DANZIG
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HITLER NEXT DEMANDED
GERMAN CONTROL OF THE
POLISH CITY OF DANZIG
DUE TO THEIR AGREEMENT AT
MUNICH, THIS CONVINCED
BRITIAN AND FRANCE TO
PREPARE FOR WAR
THEY ANNOUNCED THEY
WOULD AID POLAND IF
INVADED
IN MAY OF 1939, HITLER,
TRYING TO AVOID A 2 FRONT
WAR, ANOUNCED THE NONAGGRESSION PACT WITH THE
USSR
THE WAR BEGINS
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HITLER INVADED POLAND ON
SEPT. 1, 1939
TWO DAYS LATER BRITAIN
AND FRANCE DECLARE WAR
ON GERMANY = WW II BEGINS
POLAND BRAVELY BRAVLY
RESISTED, BUT WAS NO MATCH
FOR THE GERMAN BLITZKRIEG,
OR LIGHTNING WAR
BY OCT. 5, GERMANY HAD
DEFEATED POLAND, AND
BEGAN PREPARATIONS TO
INVADE FRANCE
THE FALL OF FRANCE
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THE BRITISH SENT TROOPS TO
FRANCE
INSTEAD OF ATTACKING
GERMANY, FRENCH FORCES
WAITED BEHIND THE
MAGINOT LINE
HITLER AVOIDED THE
MAGINOT LINE BY INVADING
FRANCE THROUGH BELGIUM
BRITISH AND FRENCH FORCES
RUSHED TO BELGIUM IN
RESPONSE, BUT WERE
CRUSHED
THE MIRACLE AT DUNKIRK
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BRITAIN WAS ABLE TO SAVE
MORE THAN 300,000 ALLIED
SOLDIERS AT THE PORT OF
DUNKIRK
THESE TROOPS WOULD LIVE
TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY
HOWEVER, FRANCE
SURRENDERED TO GERMANY
IN JUNE OF 1940.
AFTER INSTALLING A PUPPET
GOVERNMENT, HITLER THEN
SET HIS SIGHTS ON BRITIAN
AP Steps leading to WW2 in Europe
BRITIAN REMAINS DEFIANT
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HITLER EXPECTED BRITIAN TO
NEGOTIATE A PEACE AFTER
THE FALL OF FRANCE
FOR BRITISH PRIME MINISTER
WINSTON CHURCHILL, THE
WAR WAS NOW A FIGHT TO
DEFEND CIVILIZATION!
IN ORDER FOR HITLER TO
INVADE, HE WOULD FIRST
HAVE TO DEFEAT THE BRITISH
ROYAL AIRFORCE
THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN
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ON AUGUST 23, GERMAN
BOMBERS BOMBED LONDON
HITLERS GOAL WAS TO
TERRORIZE THE BRITISH
PEOPLE INTO SURRENDERING
LONDONERS TOOK REFUGE
IN SUBWAYS TUNNELS AND
WERE DETERMINED TO
DEFEAT GERMANY
THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN - CONTINUED
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GERMAN LUFTWAFFE HAD
THOUSANDS OF FIGHTER
PLANES
BRITAIN HAD A FEW HUNDRED,
BUT ALSO HAD RADAR AND THE
ENIGMA
THE GERMAN AIR FORCE
SUFFERED GREATLY AS A RESULT
ON OCT. 12, 1940, HITLER
CANCELLED THE INVASION OF
GREAT BRITAIN (CHURCHILLS
QUOTE)
CONSEQUENCES =
PROVES HITLER CAN BE
STOPPED
HITLER TURNS EAST TO INVADE
THE USSR (BIG MISTAKE)
AP: Battle of Britain
Activity
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To Enter or Not to Enter
WW2
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Or Guided Reading
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Learning Log
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WHAT STEPS DID HITLER TAKE TO DEFY THE
TREATY OF VERSAILLES IN 1935 AND 1936?
WHY DID EUROPEAN LEADERS CHOOSE TO
NEGOTIATE WITH HITLER IN REGARD TO
HIS DIRECT VIOLATIONS?
HOW WAS THE MUNICH CONFERENCE AN
EXAMPLE OF APPEASEMENT?
WHY DID HITLER SIGN A NONAGGRESSION PACT WITH THE USSR?
WHAT IS THE BEST DEFINITION OF
BLITZKRIEG?
HOW WERE THE GERMANS ABLE TO
CONQUER FRANCE IN 10 DAYS?
WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF DUNKIRK?
WHAT KIND OF FIGHTING TOOK PLACE
DURING THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN?
WHY WAS THE OUTCOME OF THE BATTLE
OF BRITIAN SO SIGNIFICANT?
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