Transcript Beginning of World War II

The Nazi Regime
 enumerate
the countries that have been
involve in the World War II
 discriminates
the warlike attitude by
sharing to the class the undesirable
drawback of having war

compose a timeline scale video which
would depict the summarization of what
happened during World War II
“Nature is cruel, so we may be cruel, too… I have
the right to remove millions of an inferior race
that breeds like vermin”
-Hitler
 In
Germany Adolf Hitler came to power
in 1933 as a fascist dictator.
 Hitler
Hated the Treaty of Versailles
and violated it. First he built up the
German military. Then he sent troops
into the Rhineland. This was a direct
violation of the Treaty of Versailles,
which said in 1919 that Rhineland was a
demilitarized zone.
 Hitler
wanted to conquer whoever he
felt was inferior to the Germans or
Aryans. He wanted “living space” for the
Germans in Eastern Europe.
 On
September 1, 1939 Germany invaded
Poland without a declaration of war. This
starts World War II.
 Britain
and France declared war on
Germany on September 3, 1939.
 Italy declared war on France and Britain
on June 10, 1940.
 In
German blitzkrieg means “lightning war”.
 Hitler
used blitzkrieg during his invasion of
Poland.
 Blitzkrieg
included surprise attacks, rapid
advances into enemy territory, and massive air
attacks that struck and shocked the enemy.
 Germany
achieved most of its victories in
World War II with the Blitzkrieg tactic.
Blitzkrieg
“Blitzkrieg: German soldiers being parachuted into Holland - May 10, 1940”
 The
Maginot Line was a defensive for
France against an invasion of Germany.
 The
Maginot Line was established after
World War I.
 The
line showed to be little use in 1940
when Germany invaded France for the
third time.
Maginot Line
 In
April 1940 the quiet time of the war
exploded into action.
 Hitler
launched a series of blitzkrieg.
 Norway
and and Denmark both fell.
 Germany
had overrun the Netherlands and
Belgium.
 Germany
along with Italy forced France to
surrender.
Fall of France
 The
event at Dunkirk is called a miracle
because the retreating allies had lost hope
and then the British pulled through for them
and rescued 338,000 men.
 On
June 22, 1940 France signs an armistice
with Germany in occupied France.
 An
armistice is a cease fire or a truce.
 The
Franco-German Armistice divided France
into two zones. One zone was under German
military occupation and the other was under
French control.
 In
1942 Germans occupied all of France
 World
War II ended in 1945
 World War 2 ended with the
unconditional surrender of the Axis
powers.
 Germany surrenders
 On 8 May 1945, the Allies accepted
Germany’s surrender, about a week
after Adolf Hitler had committed suicide.
 VE
Day - Victory in Europe Day
 VE Day – Victory in Europe celebrates
the end of the Second World War on 8
May 1945.
 8 May 1945 - Winston Churchill
announced VE Day - Victory in Europe.
This day marks the end of WW2 in
Europe.
 Street parties were held all over Britain
to celebrate the end of the war
 Even
though the war was officially at an
end in the Far East the war raged on,
claiming more lives.
 Japan, did
not surrender at the same time as
Germany. It was able to hold out for another
few months. Atomic bombs were dropped
on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and
9 respectively. After that the Imperial
government sought the Emperor's personal
authority to surrender which he granted. He
made a personal radio address announcing
the decision.
 V-J Day - Victory in Japan Day.
 15
August 1945 - Japan surrenders to the
Allies V-J Day (Victory in Japan)
 2 September 1945 - Having agreed in
principle to unconditional surrender on
15 August 1945, Japan formally
surrenders, ending World War II
throughout the rest of the world.
 The surrender was signed on 2 Sept. 1945
aboard the battleship U.S.S. Missouri in
Tokyo Bay.