Transcript Hitler Starts a World War

Study Questions
Feb 3, 2015
1. Who were the Axis
Powers? Pg. 483
2. What is the Third
Reich? Pg. 484
3. Which event does
this political cartoon
represent? Pg. 485
Review
• Germany, Italy, and
Japan Conquer
territory
• Worldwide
Depression
• U.S. Does not want
political ties
• Japanese militarists
• Rape of Nanjing
• Spanish Civil War
*Italy Conquered
- Ethiopia
Germany Conquered
• Rhineland
• Austria
• Munich Conference
• Czechoslovakia
• Nonaggression Pact
• Danzig Poland?
Objectives
1. What is a Blitzkrieg?
2. How did France fall to the Germans?
California State Standard
• 10:7:3
• Analyze the rise, aggression, and human
costs of totalitarian regimes (fascist and
Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the
Soviet Union, noting especially their
common and dissimilar traits.
Hitler’s Lightning War
Ch. 16.1
Pgs. 491-496
Main Idea: Using the Blitzkrieg Germany
overran most of Europe and N. Africa.
Why it matters: Hitler’s action set off WWII.
World is still suffering from its affect today.
Setting The Stage
• Hitler knew the Western
democracies wanted to
avoid war during the
1930s
– Appeasement (Each
time Hitler grabbed
territory (Rhineland,
Austria,
Czechoslovakia) he
became less worried)
• 1939, Hitler demanded
that Poland give back the
corridor known as Danzig
Germany Sparks War
• Nonaggression pact:
– Hitler & Soviets will
divide Poland between
them.
– Soviets can also take
Finland, Latvia, Estonia
• Sept. 1, 1939 Hitler
attacks Poland
– Sept. 3, 1939 Great
Britain and France
declare war
German Military Strategy
• Blitzkrieg – lightning war
– Fast moving airplanes and tanks, then
massive infantry forces
– Take the enemy by surprise and overwhelm
them
A Changing World
Soviets Attempt to Gain Territory
Nazis
• Stalin Annexes - Lithuania,
Latvia, and Estonia
• Finland Put up a fight
• Attack Soviets on Skies
• Winter conditions and the Finns
ferocity led to
(Tough win for Stalin)
• Finns subdued by overwhelming
numbers of Russian troops
(1 Million Troops)
Finns
Objectives
1. What is a Blitzkrieg?
2. How did France fall to the Germans?
Study Questions
Thursday Feb 5, 2015
• 1. What was the
“blitzkrieg”? Page 491
• 2. What is so
significant about
September 1st, 1939?
Page 491
• 3. Which event does
this political cartoon
represent?
Hitler’s Lighting War (Part 2)
Ch. 16.1
Main Idea: Using the Blitzkrieg Germany
overran most of Europe and N. Africa.
Why it matters: Hitler’s action set off WWII.
World is still suffering from its affect today.
Review
Japanese econ.
Japanese Militarists
Emperor
Why Expansion?
Manchuria
China
U.S. Reaction?
• Sept. 1, 1939
• Great Britain & France
(what do they do)?
• Blitzkrieg
• Hitler advances toward
France
• USSR?
Objectives
• How did France fall to the Germans?
• What was the Battle of Britain?
California State Standard
• 10:7:3
• Analyze the rise, aggression, and human
costs of totalitarian regimes (fascist and
Communist) in Germany, Italy, and the
Soviet Union, noting especially their
common and dissimilar traits.
Hitler Takes Denmark and Norway
• British / French fortify
French border
– “Sitzkrieg”
• April 1940
– Hitler invades
Denmark and Norway
• Germans try to bomb
the British into
submission
The Fall of France
•
May 1940 Hitler took
the Netherlands,
Belgium, and
Luxembourg.
•
Hitler invades
France!
– Hitler “squeezes”
his army through
the Ardennes
forest
– Nazis swept
through north
France in 10 days
Dunkirk Rescue
• Allied troops are pushed
back to the beaches of
Lille (northern France)
• Great Britain launched a
daring rescue
– From May 26 – June
4th, 338,000 troops
would be saved
– The troops were
saved by boats from
all over Britain (fishing
boats, rowboats,
yachts, lifeboats and
the Navy)
Germans Occupy France
– June 14th 1940 Nazis take
Paris
– June 22nd French leaders
surrender
– Charles de Gaulle sets up
a government-in-exile in
London
Battle of Britain
*Hitler wanted to invade GB
*Summer 1940 began bombing GB with Luftwaffe
Germany’s Goals
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Military Targets
Break British morale (easier to conquer)
Sept 1940 began bombing cities (London)
Didn’t work! RAF (Royal Air Force) fought back
RAF had radar and the Enigma (German secret
decoder)
Battle of Britain
Life During the Bombings
• German Night Raids to
avoid RAF
• Brits live in air raid
shelters, basements, or
the subway.
• Kids are sent out to the
country
• Bombing stop in May
1941, Hitler next focused
on E. Europe
The Battle of Britain
Analyze the three key concepts
Cause
Blitzkrieg
Dunkirk
The Battle
of Britain
Effect