1. #2 – War Starts in Europe
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2. Hitler makes his move [1935] Anglo-German Naval Agreement
GB and Germany negotiate:
Germany can make navy 1/3 the size of Royal Navy
This Allowed Germany to violate Treaty of Versailles
Lebensraum – need for living space

3. Hitler is on the Move
Feb Austria is bullied into signing an agreement to bring Austrian Nazis into the government
Austrian Chancellor tries to pullout of agreement
Hitler furious – sends troops into Austria
Austrian Chancellor resigns.

4. Hitler wants the Sudetenland
Hitler’s next target is Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland – 3 million Germans living in this area of Czechoslovakia.
Hitler accuses Czechs of abusing Germans living there – a lie
Britain & France pledge to defend Czech.
Meet in Munich

5. 1938 – Munich Conference
Prime Ministers from France (Daladier) and Great Britain meet(Chamberlain) with Hitler
Hand Sudetenland to Germany
Hitler promises this is his last territorial demand
Symbolized "appeasement" policy
halt German aggression in 1930s w/ negotiations and concessions
Sudetenland

6. Blitzkrieg! (Lightning War) 1 Month Later
March 1939 – Germany invades Czech and seized rest of Czech.
[August 1939] Hitler Signs Nonaggression pact with Stalin

7. The Last Straw
[September 1, 1939] Germany invades Poland (had a sizeable German-speaking population
Overrun Poland in blitzkrieg: lightning war
Poland is conquered
in 2 weeks.

8. Russia – Great Britain - France
Russians attack & annex to the east
France, Britain declare war on
Germany
World War II begins

9. Where is the United States?
[1936] Neutrality Acts
No arms sales or loans to nations at war
Attempt to keep U.S. out of war
[1936] FDR is re-elected
ISOLATION – focus on USA!
[1940] FDR is re-elected (again? )
1st President - 3rd term
Both parties say keep US out of “foreign wars” But…

10. Maginot Line

11. The Phony War – The Sitting War
Great Britain & France sit at Maginot Line
Russia moves on her eastern border and claims Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
April, 1940 – Germany invades Denmark and Norway
May, 1940 – Hitler moves on Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
Rescue at Dunkirk (on English Channel) – Rescue of 330,000 British Troops
Gen. De Gaulle flees to Great Britain – French government in exile

12. Fall of France – June 1940 Nazis take over France
(Germany, Italy, Japan) – Axis powers created
Nazis take over France
FALL OF FRANCE in 4 weeks
Capture Paris: terms of surrender
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13. Fall of France Terms of surrender
Vichy, France (south): Nazi Puppet government.
Northern France, Paris – Nazis control government

14. [July 1940] Battle of Britain
RAF v. Luftwaffe
2 months long
Targets shift from country & air fields to cities & civilians
Finest Hour – RAF perseveres

15. Battle of Britain
Hitler has 2600 planes – on a single day 1,000 German planes bombed Britain
Battle continued all summer
In July, Hitler offers a
negotiated peace in a
speech In Berlin –
Churchill dismisses it.
September –
Hitler calls off invasion

16. Churchill referring to the RAF pilots

17. A Nazi Heinkel bomber over London in 1940
A bomb crater in London’s strand in 1940
A bomb crater in London’s strand in 1940
A bomb crater in London’s strand in 1940
A bomb crater in London’s strand in 1940
A bomb crater in London’s strand in 1940