Transcript Ch. 16, Sec 1 Hitlers Lighting War

Ch. 16, Sec 1
Hitlers Lighting War
Group Members
Robert Sellers
Tara Conaway
Amanda White
Mark Lyman
Haley Seaman
Terms & Names
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Non-aggression pact
Blitzkrieg
Charles De Gaulle
Winston Churchill
Battle of Britain
Erwin Rommel
Atlantic Charter
Non-aggression Pact
• An agreement in which nations promise not
to attack one another.Joseph Stalin signed a
ten year agreement with Hitler.
Blitzkrieg
• Also known as
“Lightning War.”A
form of warfare in
which surprise attacks
with fast moving
airplanes are followed
by massive attacks
with infantry forces.
Charles De Gaulle
• After France fell this
French general set up
exile of the
government in
London.
Winston Churchill
• The new British Prime
minister had declared that his
nation would never give in.In
a rousing speech he declared:
– “We shall fight on the
beaches, We shall fight on
the landing grounds, We
shall fight in the fields and
the streets…we shall
NEVER give in.”
Battle of Britain
• A series of battles
between British and
German airforces
fought over Britain
in 1940-1941.
Erwin Rommel
• The man under
command of general
during the Africa
Korps, and also was
part of a crack German
tank force. This attack
was in late March of
1941.
Atlantic Charter
• A declaration of
principles issued in
August 1941 by
British Prime minister
Winston Churchill and
US president Franklin
D. Roosevelt, on
which the allied peace
plan at the end of
WWII was based.
Germany Sparks A War In
Europe
• Conference J. Stalin
was not eager to join
with the West and
Hitler had promised
him territory.
• Secret part of the
pact, Germany and
the Soviet Union
agreed to divide
Poland between
them.
Germany Sparks…Cont…
• Hitlers surprise attack to conquer Poland took
place on September 1, 1939.
• France & Great Britain declared war on Germany
on September 3.
• Hitler annexed the Western half of Poland this
region had a large population of Germans.
• September 17 J. Stalin sent nearly one million
Soviet Troops to Finland to fight but were not
prepared for Winter fighting.
• Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark &
Norway.
The Fall Of France
• May 1940, Hitler began a
dramatic sweep through
the Netherlands, Belgium,
and Luxemburg. This was
part of a strategy to strike
France.
• After reaching the French
coast the German forces
swung North again and
joined with German troops
in Belgium.
Fall Of France cont…
• Soon the French forces was over run by the
Germans and were forced to retreat to the beaches
of Dunkirk. There, GB sent a fleet of about 850
chips across the English Channel to Dunkirk.
• Along with Royal Navy Ships, Civilian crafts
such as Yachts, Lifeboats, Motorboats, and fishing
boats joined the effort.
• May 26th to June 4th , the armada under heavy fire
from German bombers sailed back and forth from
Britain to Dunkirk.
The Battle Of Britain
• Great Britain stood alone after the fall of France.
Winston Churchill said in a speech that he would
not surrender.
• Germany began bombing Great Britain in the
summer of 1940. They bombed airfields and
aircraft factories. In September of 1940, they
began to bomb cities, their main target however
was London.
• With odds against them the Royal Air Force(RAF)
fought back using radar, which was developed in
the 1930’s with a German Code making machine
named Enigma.
Battle Of Britain Cont…
• This enabled Great Britain to decode and
read secret German messages. In October
1940 Germany began attacking at night.
Londoners flocked to subways and air raid
shelters. These attacks continued until May
1941.
The Mediterranean and The
Eastern Front
• The stubborn resistance of the British in the Battle
of Britain caused a shift in Hitler’s strategy. Hitler
decided to deal with Great Britain later.
• Hitler then turned his attention East to the
Mediterranean and the Balkans---and the ultimate
prize, the Soviet Union.
• Axis Forces Attack North America: Germany’s 1st
objective in the med. Was north africa mainly
because of Hitler’s partner Mussolini. After
declaring war with France & G.B. mussolini
moved into France.
The Med. & The Eastern Front
Cont…
• Britain Strikes Back:
In December Britain
finally struck back,
and the result was
disasterous for the
Italians.
The U.S. Aids Its Allies
• Most Americans felt that the US should not get
involved in the war. Between 1935 and 1937,
congress had passed a series of Neutrality Acts.
• The laws made it legal to sell arms or lend money
to nations at war. But president Roosevelt new that
if the allies fell the US would be drawn into the
war. In Sept. of 1939 he asked congress to allow
the allies to buy american arms.
• By the summer of 1941, the US navy was
escorting british ships carrying US arms.
The US aids…cont..
• On Sept. 4th a German U-boat fired on a US
destroyer in the Atlantic.
• The US was now involved in an undeclared
naval war with Hitler.
• To almost everyone’s surprise however the
attack that actually drew the US into the
war did not come from Germany. It came
from Japan.
Hitler’s Lightning War Cross-Word
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