 A POLL ABOUT WAR  PRESENTATION: ALLIES VS THE AXIS: WHO FOUGHT FOR WHO  MOVIE: WORLD WAR TWO IN COLOUR  CONCLUSION SHAPE OF THE DAY

The Nazis Take Over Europe EARLY STAGES OF WORLD WAR TWO

 The Allies  Britain (1939)  France (1939)  Canada (1939)  The Soviet Union (1941)  The United States of America (1941)  By the end of the War there would be around 27 other countries  The Axis  Nazi Germany  Japan  Italy WHO WAS FIGHTING WHO?

AXIS VS ALLIES CIRCA 1944

ALLIES: THE BIG THREE

 When Germany attacked Poland in 1939, Britain was forced to react  Germany had not only broke the provisions of the Treaty of Versailles, but the Munich Agreement as well  As the world leader in 1939, Britain stepped in to stop Hitler’s aggression THE ALLIES: GREAT BRITAIN

RECOGNIZE HER?

 Trained as a driver and mechanic during the Second World War  At the time she was only a princess and had to beg her father to let her join the War  Recently, this tradition has been carried on by Prince Harry QUEEN ELIZABETH THE 2ND

 The United States did not join the Second World War until December 7, 1941  Why?  Pearl Harbour, USA was left with no choice after being directly attacked  Even before this however Franklin D Roosevelt was in favour of War  He supported Britain with a number of weapons and vehicles THE ALLIES: THE UNITED STATES

 The Soviet Union were originally allies with the Nazis until Hitler surprise attacked them on June 22, 1941  Stalin originally did not believe the betrayal as he felt Hitler was the only man he ever trusted  Stalin would immediately join the Allies and do everything in his power to crush the Nazis THE ALLIES: THE SOVIET UNION

THE AXIS

 Japan had begun its war as early as 1937 when it attacked China  On September 27, 1940, Japan would sign the Tripartite Pact  This would guarantee that Japan, Italy, and Germany would assist each other with political, military, and economic means THE AXIS: JAPAN

 On May 22, 1939, Italy and Germany signed the Pact of Steel  This Pact guaranteed the two countries would help each other in military and political means  Italy wished to join the Nazis in a hope to gain more land and in turn more money THE AXIS: ITALY

 Germany had two main goals in World War Two:  Lebensraum or “living space  Hitler wished to not only take back the land Germany lost in WW2, but gain more fore Germans to live in  The Final Solution  Hitler blamed the decay of man on the Jews and wished to get every last one out of Europe THE AXIS: GERMANY