1. Pact that Gave the Sudetenland to try to protect the peace in Europe
Name that pact!
Pact that Gave the Sudetenland to try to protect the peace in Europe
In return, Hitler agreed to respect Czechoslovakia’s new borders

2. Name that pact! These two nations signed a non-aggression pact
Secretly the 2 agreed:
Not to fight if the other went to war
To divide up Poland & other parts of Eastern Europe
Hitler fears Communism & Stalin fears Fascism
Hitler wanted a free hand in Poland
Didn’t want to fight the west & Soviet Union at the same time

3. Political Cartoon about the Nazi-Soviet Pact

4. What was the first “Act of Aggression” that Germany committed?

5. Name the invaded area!
About 3 million German-speaking people lived in the _______________________ (part of Czech.)
Hitler demands this area in 1938.
Czechs refuse and ask for France & Britain’s help
The Munich Pact is a direct result of this demand

6. Name the invaded area!
The Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany from occupying any land in this area and that If a violation "in any manner whatsoever" of this Article took place, this "shall be regarded as committing a hostile act...and as calculated to disturb the peace of the world"
Demilitarized status of the ___________________ has been called "single most important guarantee of peace in Europe“
Made it:
Impossible for Germany to attack its neighbors in the West
Impossible to attack its neighbors in the East as it left Germany open to devastating French offensive

7. Name that demand!
The demand for the union of Germany and Austria, known as the _______________ rose after Hitler came to power.
Britain and France had previously pledged to protect Austrian independence, but ignored their pledge

8. Name the invaded area!
With the USSR on his side, Hitler moves forward to invade ____________________ in a surprise attack.

9. Hitler’s Lightening War Timeline
In the early stages of WWII, Hitler uses blitzkrieg to quickly invade countries ( )
Read the sources on the beginning of WWII and Hitler’s Lightening War
As you read, complete the timeline worksheet

10. WWII Begins

11. Alliances
Axis powers
Allied powers
Germany
Italy
Japan
France
Britain
Soviet Union
United States

12. America’s Reaction to the War in Europe
US=NEUTRAL
Didn’t want to get involve in another world war
Focus on itself & rebuilding after WWI & Great Depression

14. Germany’s Early War strategy
Germany unveiled its new military strategy known as the Blitzkrieg (lightning war)
Stuka dive bombers shattered defenses
Armored tank divisions cut through enemy lines
The infantry followed to finish the job and occupy the nation

15. Soviets move into Poland
Soviet troops occupy eastern half of Poland
Soviets then take over Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland

16. On to France…
In May of 1940, Germany took over the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
The goal: take France

17. Allies had to retreat to Dunkirk, a French port city
Fighting in France
Germany enters France
Allies had to retreat to Dunkirk, a French port city
Britain launches a rescue attempt

18. Rescue at Dunkirk
Great Britain sends 850 ships to Dunkirk to rescue French & British soldiers
Civilian boats joined the rescue attempt
Yachts, lifeboats, motorboats, fishing boats
Carried 338,000 soldiers to safety
If Britain had Surrendered…
It seems almost certain that, if the evacuation from Dunkirk had not taken place, Churchill, with a quarter of a million men in captivity, would have been left with little option but to bow to pressure for peace terms to be signed.

19. By June 14, Germans had taken Paris
France falls
By June 14, Germans had taken Paris
French leaders surrendered
Germans took control of the northern half of the country

20. Battle of Britain 1940 -Britain stands alone
Winston Churchill, Britain’s prime minister, declared that his nation would never give in:
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets…we shall never surrender.”

21. British navy was too powerful so sea attack wouldn’t work
Battle of Britain
British navy was too powerful so sea attack wouldn’t work
German focus: bombing cities (focus on London) to break British morale & weaken them so they could launch a land invasion (eventually)
The Blitz (air raids) was their final attempt to take London
July 1940-May 1941
Considered 1st turning point of WWII
Forces Hitler to turn east toward Russia

24. Invading the Soviet Union
1940, Hitler began planning invasion of Soviet Union
In one week, Germany pushed 500 miles into the Soviet Union
Scorched-earth strategy

26. Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s Biggest Mistake

27. Operation Barbarossa June 1941-Conquest of Soviet Union
“If I had the Ural Mountains with their incalculable store of treasures in raw materials. Siberia with its vast forests, and the Ukraine with its tremendous wheat fields, Germany under Nazi leadership would swim in plenty”~Hitler
Why Russia?--Natural resources, crush communism, destroy Stalin
3 million Germans went into Russia
Stalin was unprepared (purges wiped out officials)
2.5 mill Russians died trying to stop German advance
Retreated & destroyed factories, farm equipment, and burned crops (to keep out of German hands)
Didn’t stop Germans until winter came and soldiers froze to death

29. Siege of Leningrad September 1941: 2 1/2 year siege of Leningrad began
Brutal
Food rationed to 2 pieces of bread a day
Desperation-Ate boiled wallpaper b/c paste contained potato flour
Jellied meat-boiled leather briefcases
1 million died
Survivors struggled to defend city
Churchill & Stalin agree to work together

30. America’s Involvement in WWII Grows
1941-FDR & Congress pass Lend-Lease Act
Could sell or lend war materials to “any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the US”
August 1941-Atlantic Charter
FDR & Churchill secretly meet on warship
Atlantic Charter: Set goals for the war and for the postwar world
Support “the right of all peoples to choose the form of government under which they will live” (self determination)

31. Allied turning points

32. Japan Attacks
1940 Japan advances into French Indochina & Dutch East Indies
US banned sale to Japan of oil (angered Japanese)
US & Japan held talks to ease tensions
Extreme militarist-General Tojo Hideki was gaining power in Japan
Militarists wanted to seize lands in Asia & the Pacific- US was interfering

34. Japan attacks Tojo ordered surprise attack on US fleet
Dec : Attack on Pearl Harbor
Destroyed 19 ships, destroyed US planes, killed over 2,400 people
FDR asks Congress to declare war on Japan
Dec : Germany & Italy declare war on US
Long run: Attack was serious mistake for Japan
European & US possessions in Pacific fell to Japanese
Beg of 1942-Japanese empire was HUGE

35. Attack on Pearl Harbor

37. Allied War Front Entry of US added strength to Allies
1942: Big 3 agree to finish war in Europe before turning attention to Asia
Home front: Total war
Factories produce resources for war effort
Gov’t censorship & propaganda
Decrease in civil rights (ex-US Japanese Internment camps)

38. Propaganda in wwii

39. What is the purpose of propaganda?
Turn and Talk
What is the purpose of propaganda?
What type of propaganda posters do you think were used? In other words what ideas were they spreading?
Think about what German propaganda would be about?
What American propaganda would be about?
Japanese?
Hint look at the examples I have in the room of WWII propaganda

40. Propaganda
Information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
In WWII, propaganda was used more than any other time this world has seen. With new technological inventions such as photography, radio and film, manipulative messages bombarded every day life in an attempt to persuade a person to believe in a specific cause.

41. Made in 1943
Disney used his most recognizable animated characters like Donald Duck to promote the war effort at home. Some of these short films were designed more for comedy, while others went further and took a more serious route to attack Hitler’s regime.

42.
Donald Duck
Education for Death

43. Propaganda in Figures more than 2 million brochures
more than 7 million posters
more than 60 million newspapers, wall posters, leaflets, etc.
about 30,000 slide shows
about 45,000 film evenings every month
about 200,000 meetings and public or factory mass meetings

44. Mein Kampf
- This poster promotes Hitler's book Mein Kampf, announcing that four million copies have been sold.
This book is what really put Hitler on the map. After this, more political opportunities presented themselves.

45. Treaty of Versailles (Germany alone against the world) - This visual from the mid-1930's shows Germany in white, with the 100,000-man army permitted by the Treaty of Versailles, surrounded by heavily armed neighbors.

46. Recruitment
Beginning early on in the war and continuing until its end, countries used propaganda to persuade young men to join the military. The various forms of propaganda glorified the war effort and used short catchy phrases that were easy to understand and hard to forget.

47. Russia – Look familiar?
United States – Uncle Sam: I Want You!

48. Norway - ALARM! The slogan at that time was: "Finland's fight is our fight." Whoever fights for Finland also fights for his own country"...Norway.
Britain – Join your country’s army…God save the King.

49. More Homefront Propaganda
War Bonds weren’t the only way a person could help in the effort. As men left to fight, women took over the jobs in the factories. Rosie Riveter is one of the most popular posters ever created in the United States.
Think about what the arm symbolizes. What about her facial appearance/expression?

51. Women’s Roles in Germany
Nazi Propaganda
Women’s Roles in Germany
The Germans worked to gather as much old material for the war effort as possible. This poster is for a 1943 clothing drive. The text translates as: "Get rid of old cloth and shoes!”
Any similarities between German and American propaganda?
What does her appearance suggest about what Germans value?

52. Buy War Bonds! What is being symbolized here?
Think about how fear can be used in propaganda.
Notice the two unknowing kids and the oldest who seems to be looking at something up in the sky.

53. Nazi Propaganda Hitler is Building
The caption: "Hitler is building. Help him. Buy German goods."
How does this person reflect German values? Facial Expression/Structure? Body Composition? Aryan race?

54. Germany - This is an SS recruiting poster. I'm not sure of the date
Germany - This is an SS recruiting poster. I'm not sure of the date. It says one can join at 18, and sign up for shorter or longer periods of service. It gives the address of the recruiting office in Munich.
Germany - This looks to be a late-war recruiting poster for the SS, a time at which the Nazis were recruiting younger and younger soldiers. The caption doesn't translate directly, but means: "Enlist now!"

55. United States Propaganda