WWII Germany speaks of a new war Appeasement: to give in to demands... England gives up land to Hitler to prevent WWII A. Nonaggression Pact- Stalin signed a 10- year agreement with Hitler, Hitler did not want to fight both the Allies and the Soviet Union- (2 front) B. Secretly they decided to split Poland and the USSR would take Finland and the Baltic countries 9/16/2018
Appeasement 9/16/2018
Nonaggression Pact 9/16/2018
continued C. Germany attacks Poland on Sept. 1, 1939 Aircraft and artillery bombed Warsaw and 1.5 million soldiers took the capital in 3 weeks France and England declare war- Sept 3, 1939 Blitzkrieg- newest military strategy using fast-moving airplanes followed by massive infantry to take the enemy by surprise Soviets- September 17, 1939 occupy Eastern Poland a. November 1939, sent 1 million troops into Finland and forced the Finns to surrender 9/16/2018
Blitzkrieg 9/16/2018
II. Battle for France and England A. German troops trapped the Allied forces on (Dunkirk) the French coast and England sent 850 ships from May 26 –June 4 and took out 338,000 soldiers B. June 10th Mussolini (Italy) joined the Axis Powers and attacked from the south- June 14th Paris fell to the Nazis 9/16/2018
Dunkirk 9/16/2018
continued C. June 22nd France surrendered - puppet gov.set up in Vichy D. Charles de Gaulle fled to London and set up a gov.-in- exile committed to reconquering France 9/16/2018
Leaders 9/16/2018
continued E. Germany attacks England-Operation Sea Lion Winston Churchill- Prime Minister Sea Lion- goals were to knock out the RAF who was outnumbered 2,900-4,500 to the Luftwaffe Radar- electronic tracking system Enigma- A German decoding machine that was smuggled into England Battle of Britain- Summer 1940 until May 10th 1941- learned that Hitler’s advances could be blocked Balkans-Wanted to build bases in the southeastern states so he could turn on the USSR 7. 1941- Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary joined the Axis Powers 9/16/2018
Sea Lion 9/16/2018
Battle of Britain 9/16/2018
Battle of Britain 9/16/2018
Radar and Enigma 9/16/2018
III. Hitler invades the USSR Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941 Germans were 500 miles into Russia and Russia used the scorched earth policy September 8th Leningrad (St. Petersburg) was surrounded and starved out killing 1million of its 2.5 million civilians October 2nd 1941- led by Dec. USSR General Zhukov counterattacked and help from a harsh winter, fuel froze and the Germans had to retreat but Hitler had them dig in for the winter killing ½ million German soldiers 9/16/2018
Operation Barbarossa 9/16/2018
Operation Barbarossa 9/16/2018
IV. USA Aids its Allies Neutrality Act 1937- illegal to sell arms or lend money to nations at war Lend-Lease Act 1941- lend or lease arms and other supplies to any country that could be vital to the U.S. Atlantic Charter- Roosevelt and Churchill upheld free trade among nations and the right of people to choose their own gov. D. September 4th a German U-boat fired on a U.S. destroyer and Roosevelt ordered commanders to shoot U-boats on sight- undeclared naval war 9/16/2018
Atlantic Charter 9/16/2018
Lend-Lease Act 9/16/2018