Transcript L11a-GlobalWar

Lesson 13
WW II -- Global War, Global Strategy
Lesson Objectives
• Be able to recount the chains of events that led to the
opening of hostilities in Europe and Asia in the 1930's.
• Understand the genesis and significant features of the
strategies of each major combatant:
• Germany and Japan
• Britain, France, Soviet Union, U.S.
• Be able to recount and discuss the major events in
World War II through the end of 1941.
• Understand the role of the advances in military
technology since the end of The Great War on the events
of the first two years of World War II.
Events
September 8, 1926
Germany joins League of Nations
August 27, 1928
Germany signs Kellogg-Briand Pact
January 30, 1933
Hitler becomes chancellor
October 19, 1933
Germany withdraws from League
January 26, 1934
Germany signs 10 yr non-aggression
pact with Poland
August 2, 1934
President Hindenburg dies; Hitler
declares himself Führer
December 1934
Japan withdraws from Washington
Naval Treaty
Germany Rearms
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Events
September 8, 1926
Germany joins League of Nations
August 27, 1928
Germany signs Kellogg-Briand Pact
January 30, 1933
Hitler becomes chancellor
October 19, 1933
Germany withdraws from League
January 26, 1934
Germany signs 10 yr non-aggression
pact with Poland
August 2, 1934
President Hindenburg dies; Hitler
declares himself Führer
December 1934
Japan withdraws from Washington
Naval Treaty
Events
March 16, 1935
Germany announces conscription,
formation of new army units, navy ships
and an air force
Rearmament Propaganda
Caption:
"With an insufficient military,
Germany can be blockaded
both by land and sea."
Hans Riegler,
Heer, Flotte und Luftwaffe. Wehrpolitisches Taschenbuch *
(Berlin: Verlag für vaterländische Literatur, 1935)
* Army, Navy and Air Force. Military Political Paperback
Source
Rearmament Propaganda
Caption:
"Germany's industrial areas, unlike
those of France, are defenseless in
defortified or even demilitarized
border zones."
Hauptindustriegebiete = main industrial areas
Hans Riegler,
Heer, Flotte und Luftwaffe. Wehrpolitisches Taschenbuch *
(Berlin: Verlag für vaterländische Literatur, 1935)
* Army, Navy and Air Force. Military Political Paperback
Source
Events
March 16, 1935
Germany announces conscription,
formation of new army units, navy ships
and an air force
October 3, 1935
Italy invades Ethiopia; League of Nations
imposes economic sanctions
March 7, 1936
Germany occupies Rhineland,
successfully challenging France
Rhineland
Re-occupied by Germany – March 7, 1936
Events
October 25, 1936
Germany & Italy form Berlin-Rome Axis
November 1936
Germany & Japan sign Anti-Comintern
Pact
January 17, 1937
Hitler renounces Versailles Treaty
July 7, 1937
Sino-Japanese War begins
November 5, 1937
Hitler discusses secret plan for
Lebensraum (“living space”)
March 12, 1938
Germany annexes Austria (Anschluss)
Events
May 20, 1938
Czechoslovakia mobilizes over German
pressure against Sudetenland
Events
September 29, 1938
Munich Conference
Chamberlain, Léger, Hitler, Mussolini
Britain
France Germany
Italy
Peace In Our Time
http://homepage.eircom.net/~finnegam/war/peace.htm
Events
September 30, 1938
Chamberlain: “Peace for our time”
"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has
returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time...
Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."
Peace For Our Time
http://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/uk/peace.html
Man of the Year - 1938
January 2, 1939
Baron Rudolph Charles von Ripper
Click for source
Events
October 1, 1938
Germany acquires Sedetenland
March 10, 1939
Germany occupies Czechoslovakia
Hitler: Opportunist or Strategist?
Why did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia?
Remember This?
Hitler: Eye on Russia
Events
August 23, 1939
Hitler negotiates non-aggression pact with
Soviet Union (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact)
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland
Holocaust Encyclopedia
The Path to War in Europe
11:48
Events
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland
September 3, 1939
Britain, France declare war on Germany
“Phony war” begins
April 9, 1940
Germany invades Denmark & Norway
May 10, 1940
Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg
Chamberlain resigns *
Churchill becomes PM *
Britain occupies Iceland *
* Not related to invasion
Battle of France
German Plan
Manstein Plan
Battle of France
French Plan
Dyle Plan
1939
Schlieffen
Plan
1914
Battle of France
French Plan
Dyle Plan 1939
Battle of France
Schlieffen Plan vs. Dyle, Manstein Plans
Battle of France
Events
September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland
September 3, 1939
Britain, France declare war on Germany
“Phony war” begins
April 9, 1940
Germany invades Denmark & Norway
May 10, 1940
Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands,
Luxembourg
May 27-29, 1940
Evacuation of Dunkirk
Next: Lesson 13 - Part 2
WW II -- Global War, Global Strategy
Dunkirk and the Fall of France