1. Lesson Objectives: Section 2 - War In Europe
Standard Addressed: Students analyze America’s participation in World War II.
CH 16-SEC 2
Lesson Objectives: Section 2 - War In Europe
1. Explain Hitler’s motives for expansion and how Britain and France responded.
2. Describe the blitzkrieg tactics that Germany used against Poland.
3. Summarize the first battles of World War II.

2. A BULLDOG ALWAYS
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4. WORLD WAR LOOMS
Using the sudden mass attack called blitzkrieg; Germany invades and quickly conquers many European countries.

5. War in Europe Austria and Czechoslovakia Fall Union with Austria 2
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War in Europe
Austria and Czechoslovakia Fall
Union with Austria
Post WW I division of Austria-Hungary creates fairly small Austria
Majority of Austrians are German, favor unification with Germany
1938, German troops march into Austria unopposed, union complete
U.S., rest of world do nothing to stop Germany
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6. Austria joins Germany
Late in 1937, Hitler was anxious to start his assault on Europe
Austria was the first target
The majority of Austria’s 6 million people favored unification with Germany
On March 12, 1938, German troops marched into Austria unopposed
A day later, Germany announced its union “Anschluss” with Austria

7. Bargaining for the Sudetenland2
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Bargaining for the Sudetenland
3 million German-speakers in Sudetenland
Hitler claims Czechs abuse Sudeten Germans, masses troops on border
1938, Prime Ministers Daladier, Neville Chamberlain meet with Hitler
Sign Munich Agreement, hand Sudetenland over to Germany
• Winston Churchill condemns appeasement policy, warns war will follow
• Appeasement—giving up principles to pacify an aggressor
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8. CZECHOSLOVAKIA FALLS Hitler then turned to Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
Hitler then turned to Czechoslovakia
About 3 million German-speaking people lived in the western border regions of Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland
Hitler built up troops on the border . . .

9. Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Conference, 1938
HITLER MAKES A DEAL
Then, just as an attack on Czechoslovakia seemed imminent, Hitler invited French leader Edouard Daladier and British leader Neville Chamberlain to meet with him in Munich (Italy was there too)
In Munich he promised that the annexation of the Sudetenland would be his “last territorial demand”
Chamberlain and Hitler at the Munich Conference, 1938

10. Munich Conference, 1938
From left to right; British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, French Prime Minister Eduard Deladier, German Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, Italian leader Benito Mussolini and Italian Foreign Minister Count Ciano at the Munich Conference, September 1938

11. Chamberlain and Daladier believed Hitler and signed the Munich Agreement in September of 1938
“PEACE IN OUR TIMES!!?”
This agreement turned over the Sudetenland to Germany without a single shot fired
Chamberlain returned to England and announced,
“I have come back from Germany with peace with honor. I believe it is peace in our time.”

12. Guided Reading: 1. Why did Neville Chamberlin sign the Munich Pact?
To avoid war

13. APPEASEMENT CRITICS
Critics of Chamberlain included English politician and future Prime Minister Winston Churchill who said Europe had adopted a dangerous policy of appeasement – or giving up principles to pacify an aggressor

14. GERMAN OFFENSIVE BEGINS
Despite the Munich Agreement, Hitler was not finished expanding the German Empire
March, : German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia
At nightfall Hitler declared, “Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist”
German troops invade Czechoslovakia in March of 1939

15. Guided Reading: Why did Winston Churchill oppose the pact?
2. The pact was dishonorable and wouldn’t prevent war.

16. The German Offensive Begins
The Soviet Union Declares Neutrality
March 1939, German troops occupy rest of Czechoslovakia
Hitler charges Poles mistreat Germans in Poland
Many think he’s bluffing; invading Poland would bring two-front war
Stalin, Hitler sign nonaggression pact—will not attack each other
Sign second, secret pact agreeing to divide Poland between them
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18. Partners: Hitler & Stalin
NEXT TARGET: POLAND
Hitler next turned toward Germany’s eastern neighbor – Poland
Many thought Hitler was bluffing because an attack on Poland surely would bring USSR, Britain and France into war
As tensions rose over Poland, Stalin shocked everyone by signing a Non-Aggression Pact with Hitler
Once bitter enemies now Communist Russia and Fascist Germany vowed to never attack each other
Partners: Hitler & Stalin

19. Guided Reading:
3. What did Germany and the USSR agree to in their accords?
Not to fight each other;
To divide Poland between them

20. Blitzkrieg in Poland
Sept. 1939, Hitler overruns Poland in blitzkrieg, lightning war
Germany annexes western Poland; U.S.S.R. attacks, annexes east
France, Britain declare war on Germany; World War II begins
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21. BLITZKRIEG IN POLAND
As day broke on September 1, 1939, the German Luftwaffe (air force) roared over Poland raining bombs on airfields, military bases, railroads and cities
German tanks raced across Polish countryside
BRUTE FORCE: Germans marched through the streets of Polish towns and adorned buildings with swastikas

22. STALIN ATTACKS EASTERN POLAND
While Hitler was blitzing western Poland, Stalin was attacking the east
Stalin and Hitler had secretly agreed to divide Poland
Later in 1939, Stalin attacked and defeated Finland while Hitler conquered Norway and Denmark

23. Time was running out on the Allies
STALIN & HITLER ROLL
After occupying Poland, Stalin annexed the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Hitler, meanwhile successfully attacked the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg
Time was running out on the Allies

24. The Phony War
French, British soldiers on Maginot Line face Germans in sitzkrieg
Stalin annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; defeats Finland
1940, Hitler invades Denmark, Norway, then Low Countries
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25. Stalin annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; defeats Finland
1940, Hitler invades Denmark, Norway, then Low Countries

26. WORLD WAR II BEGINS
After the Polish invasion, Britain and France declared war on Germany
Too late to save Poland, the Allies focused on getting troops to the front in time to stop Germany’s Blitzkrieg strategy (Lightning War – fast moving tanks and powerful aircraft)

27. FRANCE AND BRITAIN GO IT ALONE
The Maginot Line (a series of trenches and fortifications built along the eastern France) proved ineffective as Hitler’s troops and tanks detoured through the “impassable” Ardennes wooded ravines in NE France

28. France and Britain Fight On
The Fall of France
German army goes through Ardennes, bypassing French, British
British, French trapped on Dunkirk; ferried to safety in UK
1940, Italy invades France from south; Germans approach Paris
France falls; Germans occupy northern France
Nazi puppet government set up in southern France
General Charles de Gaulle sets up government-in-exile in England
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29. FRANCE FALLS
Italy, allied with Germany, invaded France from the south as the Germans closed in on Paris from the north
France surrendered in June of 1940

30. THE FREE FRENCH
After France fell, a French General named Charles de Gaulle fled to England and set up a French government in exile

31. Guided Reading:
4. What happened to Poland as a result of the invasion, and how did Britain and France respond to it?
Poland was divided between Germany and the USSR;
The country ceased to exist;
Britain and France declared war on Germany

32. EUROPE 1940- BRITAIN GOES IT ALONE
 KEY
Red - Nazi occupied and controlled
Purple - Nazi controlled under Mussolini
Blue - Free country, supported by the United States
Green - Under the control of Josef Stalin of Russia who sided with the Nazis in 1939
Yellow - Neutral, but greatly influenced by Nazis, for example, Spain was under the dictatorship of General Franco who was controlled by Hitler

33. Guided Reading: 5. What were the surrender terms offered to France?
Germany occupied the northern part of France;
A Nazi-controlled puppet government was up at Vichy in Southern France.

34. The Battle of Britain
Summer 1940, Germany prepares fleet to invade Britain
Battle of Britain—German planes bomb British targets
Britain uses radar to track, shoot down German planes
Hitler calls off invasion of Britain
Germans, British continue to bomb each other’s cities
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36. THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
In the summer of 1940 Germany launched an air attack on England
The goal was to bomb England into submission
Every night for two solid months, bombers pounded British targets: airfields, military bases and then cities

37. RAF FIGHTS BACK
The Royal Air Force fought back bravely with the help of a new device called radar
With radar, British pilots could spot German planes even in darkness

38. RAF FIGHTS BACK
The British Spitfire Plane was instrumental in downing 175 Nazi planes on September 15, 1940
Six weeks later, Hitler called off the attack on England
A Spitfire dogs a German Domier Do-17 as it crosses the Tower of London

39. Guided Reading:
6. What type of battle was the Battle of Britain, and why was England’s victory so important?
Air war;
A British victory
forced Hitler to call off the invasion of Britain indefinitely.

40. WORLD WAR II

41. QUIZ!
First & Last Name
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