Transcript 7 - The War Begins

It is time to elect a
world leader and your
vote counts. Here are
the 3 candidates!
Had 2
mistresses
Associates Consults
with crooked
with
politicians astrologists
Drinks
8-10
Chain
martinis
a
day
smokes
Sleeps
until noon
Kicked out of
office twice
Drinks a quart of
whisky every morning
Used opium in college
Doesn’t
smoke
Never has had an
extramarital affair
Vegetarian Drinks an
Decorated
war hero
occasional
beer
Candidate 1: FDR
Candidate 2: = Winston
Churchill
Candidate 3:Adolf Hitler
Switzerland
& Spain
(neutral)
Pre-WWII
Italy
takes
Albania
Czech., Austria, &
E. Prussia controlled
by Germany
What about Germany &
the USSR?
What event
marks the
start of
WWII in
Europe?
Sept. 1, 1939: blitzkrieg
of Poland begins
GB & France declare
war on Germany
‘40: Soviets take Finland
April 9,
‘40: Hitler
invades
Denmark
& Norway
Takes
Denmark in
1 day &
Norway in 2
How so fast?
German
“lightning war”
(Blitzkreig)
German air
force
(Luftwaffe)
Netherlands, Belgium, &
Luxembourg all
surrender also
France
prepares to
fight
French
defense
designed
to stop any
German
attack
across
border
2 mil French soldiers
France well
defended
for WWI
warfare,
not German
blitzkrieg
Profile of the
Maginot Line
Germans
go through
neutral
Belgium
instead of
facing
Maginot
Line
GB
France
French & British trapped
here by Germans
Pinned
between
Germans GB
&
English
France
Channel
English citizens
use private
fishing boats to
rescue troops!
“I only need a few
thousand dead so
that I can sit at
the peace
conference as a
man who has
fought."
Italy declares war &
attacks France from South
June 22, ‘40
German
troops
march
under the
Arc de
Triomphe
1941
Hitler takes
Greece (24
days) &
Yugoslavia
(11 days)
Bulgaria, Rumania, &
Hungary ally with Germany
by end of ’41
NEXT?
N
N
A
A
A
N
A = Ally
N
N = Neutral
Hitler begins
bombing
raids on GB
Britain’s RAF
more skilled
than Hitler’s
Luftwaffe
Luftwaffe: 1,200 fighters
& 1,300 bombers
Royal
Air
Force
Only 700
fighters &
1400 pilots!
Bomb devastation
in Britain
Damage
to British
cities
(civilians)
is high
But GB
won!!
GB was saved from Nazis!
Never in the
field of human
conflict was
so much owed
by so many
to so few
New Prime Minister of
GB Winston Churchill