Chapter 31 – 1 Aggression, Appeasement, & War
Mussolini (Il Duce) – invades Ethiopia in 1935
Adolf Hitler– remilitarizes the German army & marches into the Rhineland
Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis ItalyNazi Germany Imperial Japan
1938 – Annexation of Austria (Anschluss)
1938 – The Czech Crisis
Neville Chamberlain “I believe it is peace for our time.” (HA!)
Nazi-Soviet Pact Vyacheslav Molotov signs the Molotov- Ribbentrop Pact, a German–Soviet non- aggression pact.
Nazi soldiers parading through Warsaw, 1939 September 1, 1939 Invasion of Poland
Miracle of Dunkirk, 1940
Fall of France – June 22, 1940 German soldiers marching past The Arc de Triomphe, Paris Hitler in Paris, June 23, 1940
German Technology Junkers Ju 88A over France, 1942 Messerschmitt Me 110 Panzer II Ausf. C SdKfz162 Jagdpanzer IV
Battle of Britain – June 1940 bombing of London Observer Corps spotter scans the skies Code Name: Operation Sea Lion
Winston Churchill “We shall defend our island…we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.” radio address June 4, 1940
The London Blitz August 12, 1940
"If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself." - General George S. Patton, Jr.
Reichsführer-SS, organizer of the mass murder of Jews
Leader of Nazi Propaganda
Commander of the Allied land forces in the Pacific
General of the British forces in North Africa
Germany’s general in North Africa
US general in charge of Operation Torch
Victims “The Angel of Death”
View of the entrance to the main camp of Auschwitz (Auschwitz I). View of the camp's double, electrified, barbed wire fence and barracks.
Gas chambers and crematoriums (Auschwitz) Where they were located Blueprint Outside View
Prisoners at forced labor constructing the Krupp factory at Auschwitz.
Paratroopers In Japan
“If Hitler invaded hell, I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.” -Sir Winston Churchill
General Hideki Tojo Japanese general who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941
December 7, 1941
Major land battles of the Guadalcanal campaign are in bold red; the major sea battles in bold blue