Transcript Nazi-Soviet Pact

Chapter 31 – 1
Aggression,
Appeasement, & War
Mussolini (Il
Duce) –
invades
Ethiopia in
1935
Adolf Hitler–
remilitarizes
the German
army &
marches
into the
Rhineland
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
Italy
Nazi Germany
Imperial Japan
1938 – Annexation of Austria
(Anschluss)
1938 – The Czech Crisis
Neville Chamberlain
“I believe it is
peace for our
time.” (HA!)
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Vyacheslav Molotov signs the MolotovRibbentrop Pact, a German–Soviet nonaggression pact.
September 1, 1939
Invasion of Poland
Nazi soldiers parading
through Warsaw, 1939
Miracle of Dunkirk, 1940
Fall of France – June 22, 1940
German soldiers marching past
The Arc de Triomphe, Paris
Hitler in Paris, June 23, 1940
German Technology
SdKfz162 Jagdpanzer IV
Panzer II Ausf. C
Messerschmitt Me 110
Junkers Ju 88A over France, 1942
Battle of Britain – June 1940
Code Name:
Operation Sea Lion
Observer Corps spotter scans the skies
bombing of London
Winston Churchill
“We shall defend our
island…we shall fight in
the fields and in the
streets, we shall fight in
the hills; we shall never
surrender.”
radio address
June 4, 1940
The London Blitz
August 12, 1940
"If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself."
- General George S. Patton, Jr.
Reichsführer-SS, organizer of the mass murder of Jews
Leader of Nazi Propaganda
Commander of the
Allied land forces in
the Pacific
General
of the British
forces in
North Africa
Germany’s general in North Africa
US general in charge
of Operation Torch
“The Angel of Death”
Victims
View of the entrance to the main camp
of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I).
View of the camp's double, electrified,
barbed wire fence and barracks.
Where they were
located
Blueprint
Gas chambers and
crematoriums
(Auschwitz)
Outside View
Prisoners at forced labor constructing
the Krupp factory at Auschwitz.
Paratroopers
In
Japan
“If Hitler invaded hell, I would make
at least a favorable reference to the
devil in the House of Commons.”
-Sir Winston Churchill
General Hideki Tojo
Japanese general who
ordered the attack on
Pearl Harbor, December
7, 1941
December 7, 1941
Major land battles of the Guadalcanal campaign are in bold red;
the major sea battles in bold blue