Transcript Hitler and the War in Europe

Hitler and the War in Europe
Who was Adolf Hitler?
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Born on April 20, 1889 in Austria
Born to Alois Hitler, and his third wife,
Klara
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Not motivated in school
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Had an abusive childhood
Never received a high school diploma
Wanted to be an artist
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Rejected by Vienna Academy of Art and the
Vienna School of Architecture…
Hitler finds a new path…
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Served as a German soldier in WWI
Joined the Nazi Party
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Slowly gained more and more support
from the German people…
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What is the Nazi Party?
Why are they searching for a new leader?
Hitler appointed Chancellor by
President Paul von Hindenburg in
1933
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What type of government does Germany
have?
War is ignited…
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France and Britain tried to appease
Hitler
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How did they try to appease him?
Did it work?
Soviet Union signs non-aggression
pact with Germany
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What is a non-aggression pact?
What happens next????
War Begins
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September 1, 1939
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Blitzkrieg- “lightning war”
How did mechanization make blitzkrieg
possible?
USSR makes its move
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What were Stalin’s goals at the
beginning of World War II?
The Phony War
The Phony War
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Maginot Line and Siegfried Line
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“Sitzkrieg”
April 9, 1940
Reached France’s northern coast in
10 days
The Battle of Dunkirk
• May 1940
– German forces
unite
– Allied forces
trapped- retreat to
Dunkirk
• Rescue at Dunkirk
– 338,000 soldiers
saved
The Battle of Dunkirk
Result of Dunkirk
• How did the
retreat at
Dunkirk affect
Britain’s ability to
fight Hitler?
• Was the Battle
of Dunkirk
successful for
the Allies? Why
or why not?
• France will fall
– June 22,1940
– Charles de
Gaulle
Battle of Britain
• Winston Churchill
– Britain’s new prime minister
– “…We shall never surrender…”
• RAF vs. Luftwaffe
• Hitler stunned by British
resistance
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- Churchill
commends RAF
Battle of Britain
Hitler turns his attention to
• Axis forces attack Northern Africa
– Erwin Rommel
• The War in the Balkans
• Hitler invades the Soviet Union
– 500,000 dead Nazis- WHY?
Homework
• Finish 15-4… Due tomorrow!
Who was Oskar Schindler?