Do Now: Please Complete on the top half of pg. 150- Use the timeline on the white board to help you.

1. What conference did Neville Chamberlain just return from?

2. What did he think he achieved?

3. What is this policy of giving in known as today?

Underneath Your Do Now, Please use the Political Cartoon to answer the following questions

1. Who are the 2 figures in the cartoon?

2. What does the “marriage: symbolize?

3. What does the cartoonist imply by stating “wonder how long the honeymoon will last?” Why does he imply this?

Europe in 1939 Map: Foldy Flap over Appeasement and Non-Aggression Pact Activity

Please label the countries and then color code them.

Use the textbook and the map that is posted on the board to complete the work. Please work with a partner you have roughly 10-12 minutes.

The Century Questions: 1936-1941 What did the clip say about Nazi ideals. What

type of images were the Nazis trying to promote?

What was appeasement? Why was Neville Chamberlin celebrated when he returned to England?

What did Hitler and the Nazis do to Poland?

How did the war in Europe help the U.S. economy?

WORLD WAR II:

The Beginnings of the War

and the War in Europe

The Axis And the Allies

Axis Powers Allied Powers

Japan France

Germany Britain

Italy Later Joined by:o Chinao Soviet Uniono USA

VS.

AXIS Powers Advance

9/1/1939: Nazi forces invaded Poland, France & Great Britain declare war on Germany 9/3/1939

Blitzkrieg: Known as lightening warfare because it was a SWIFT MASSIVE ATTACK

“Phony War” – No activity in W. Europe at first…until

  BLITZKRIEG WARFARE April, 1940: Hitler invaded Denmark and Norway   May 1940 – Hitler invades Netherlands, Belgium,

and Luxembourg – strategy to strike at France

Maginot Line – a system of fortifications along France’s border with Germany

France thought this fortification line was impenetrable, but Germany went around it (went north of the Maginot Line through the Ardennes Forest)

Dunkirk: When Belgium surrendered, trapped Allied forces retreated to the French port of Dunkirk until they were rescued by the British… After Dunkirk, resistance in France began to crumble…

June 14, 1940: Germans entered Paris   June 22, 1940: French leaders surrendered Charles de Gaulle, a French general, set up a

government –in-exile in London. He committed all of his energy to re-conquering France.

The Allies Organize & Fight Back

After the fall of France, Great Britain stood alone against the Nazis

Prime Minister Winston Churchill vowed that his nation would never give in.

The Battle of Britain

Summer 1940 – the German air force, the Luftwaffe, began bombing airfields in Great Britain, hoping to destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF) – yet England’s radar system helped inflict heavy losses on the Luftwaffe

September 1940- Germany began focusing on British cities, especially London, known as the “Blitz.” They hoped to break British morale by bombing the civilian population. However, the British did not waver.

Battle of Britain continued until May, 1941 – Hitler finally decided to call off his attacks

Operation Barbarossa:

Hitler’s plan to invade the Soviet Union   April 1941 – Hitler invaded the Balkans: Conquered Greece and

Yugoslavia as a strategy to invade the Soviet Union

Soviet Union was not prepared for this… poorly trained and equipped soldiers

As German armies pushed ahead, the Soviet Union implemented the scorched earth policy (Sound familiar?)

September 8, 1941 - Germans invaded Leningrad

Germans pushed on toward Moscow in late 1941, however, they stalled there as well and the Soviet winter cost many German lives

The USA Aids its Allies

U.S. wanted to remain neutral, but German victories in Europe convinced FDR to start actively helping the Allied powers.

Lend-Lease Act (1941) – “arsenal of democracy” – U.S,. could lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country vital to the U.S.

provided the Allies, especially Great Britain and the Soviet Union, with more than $50 billion worth of arms, food, and other supplies(some aid also went to China to help fight Japan)

 

Pearl Harbor – “A DAY WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY”

With plans to seize European colonies in Southeast Asia and the conquering of French Indochina in July 1941, FDR cut off oil shipments to Japan

December 7, 1941- Japan launched a surprise attack on American military base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

more than 2,300 people were killed and many ships and planes were destroyed

  In response, FDR asked Congress for a declaration

of war on Japan and its allies

 Turning Points of the War

Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943) Russian troops and a freezing winter caused the German invaders to

surrender in 1943 The Red Army drove the German out of the Soviet Union Soon the Soviet troops were advancing toward Germany

  D-Day: Invasion of Normandy - largest land and sea attack in history!

June 6, 1944: British, American, and Canadian troops fought their way onto the beaches at Normandy, France (paratroopers landed during night)

Heavy casualties – more than 2,700 Americans alone died that day, yet they held firm

By September 1944 – Allied forces had freed France, Belgium, and Luxembourg

The Yalta Conference

Feb. 1945: Roosevelt, Churchville and Stalin met at the Soviet resort called Yalta With the war nearly ended, the three

leaders decided to divide Germany temporarily when the war was over

  Would oversee the creation of new

governments in Eastern Europe

The War Ends in EUROPE!

Roosevelt did NOT live to witness this victory. He died on April 12, 1945 as Allied armies were advancing toward Berlin

Roosevelt’s successor: Harry S. Truman

April 25, 1945: Soviets had surrounded Berlin, Germany

April 30, 1945: Hitler and his wife, Eva Braun, committed suicide May 7, 1945: General Eisenhower accepted unconditional surrender

from the German military

May 9, 1945: V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day)    

War ends in Europe, but continues in the Pacific…