Transcript World History

World History
12/12/13
Warm-up
• List the 6 events from the Interwar Years (not
the two Russian Revolutions) and write 1 or 2
sentences explaining what each was.
1. Hint: end of WWI
2. Hint: economy
3. Hint: India
4. Hint: Italy
5. Hint: Russia
6. Hint: Germany
Intro to WWII
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78COTw
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• Background info!!
• Write down anything interesting you didn’t
know.
Factors leading to WWII
• Write down the 4 factors leading to WWI.
• Read about the beginning of WWII.
• Write down a summary of each paragraph.
• Finished? Compare and contrast the factors
leading to WWI & WWII in a Venn Diagram.
Explain why they are similar or different for
everything you write.
• Are they more similar or different? Why?
Europe, 1939
Axis Aggression: Poland
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September 1, 1939
Germans fight with “Blitzkrieg”
Allied Forces form September 3, 1939
Poland taken over in weeks
Poland
• Poland never surrendered
• Polish Underground State
Axis Aggression
• Hitler proposes a peace treaty after Poland is
conquered in 1939. Britain & France decline
(ABOUT FREAKING TIME).
• Both sides wait until April 1940 to attack.
“Phoney War” & “Sitzkrieg”
• Germany invades Denmark & Norway. Britain
is fed up with Neville Chamberlain & replaces
him with Winston Churchill.
Axis Aggression: France
• The Battle of France began in May of 1940.
1. German tanks hit Belgium
& Ardennes—French leave
at Dunkirk
2. Germans outflank Maginot
Line & then take Paris
3. France surrenders
June 22, 1940. Didn’t
take long…
France after surrender
• Two parts: Vichy France & resistance within
• Vichy France was an authoritarian government
that helped Hitler & Nazis in south France
• Resistance fighters within France oppose
Germany and Vichy France
Axis Aggression: Britain
• Germany is rolling over Europe
• Britain is separated from Europe by the English
Channel
• “…the Battle of France is over. I expect that the
Battle of Britain is about to begin.” -Churchill
• August-October 1940: Battle of Britain
Only planes! RAF vs. Luftwaffe
Use of radar helped Britain
German bombs on London: “London blitz”
• Britain does not give in & Germany gives up.
This is Germany’s first loss (1941).
Axis Aggression: Soviet Union
• Failure in West? Hitler then turns his attention
to the East
• Breaks pact with Stalin (don’t trust Hitler!) &
invades in June 1941. “Operation Barbarossa”
• Germany wins at first (Russia’s army sucks),
but they slow down because of the winter
(remember Napoleon??).
• Hitler orders the Siege of Leningrad (1941):
thousands starve daily in Leningrad.
Axis Aggression: America
• Japanese General Hideki Tojo orders surprise
attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941).
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt13c3olXkU
• EQ: Why was the attack so destructive to
America?
• Complete surprise…though we suspected it.
Destroys all eight battleships and about 200
aircraft.
• America at first had followed
a policy of isolationism
• December 8: join the Allies
Axis Aggression: Soviet Union
• In 1942, part 2 of Soviet invasion. “Case Blue”
• At Stalingrad, it was important to both sides
(manufacturing center & named after Stalin).
• Bombing destroys city…building to building
combat. Very brutal…Soviets pushed back.
• “Operation Uranus” - Germans surrounded
but Hitler refuses to surrender.
• German forces are destroyed & then
captured…huge loss for Germany.
• Over 2 million killed, wounded, or missing on
both sides.
Essential Question
• What are the most important events early in
WWII? Why?
• Pick three events. Write a short description of
what happened in each and explain why it was
particularly important.
Homework
• Read pages 844-846. “Early American
Involvement” & “War in North Africa & Italy”
1. What happened in the Battle of the Atlantic?
2. What happened in North Africa & Italy from
1940-1943?
3. Why were these two sections of the war
important for the Allies?