1. Who were the Axis Powers? Who were the Allied Powers?
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Who were the Axis Powers?
Who were the Allied
Powers?
* Try and list them without looking in the textbook!

2. Where would you go for shelter with such short notice?
Do Now: 3/27/15
Refer to the Infographic on pages
Read “Surviving the Blitz” and answer questions based on the following scenario: Our city is going to be bombed from the air in one hour, your neighborhood will likely be targeted.
Where would you go for shelter with such short notice?
If you could bring five (small) things with you, what would they be?
What about this area makes us a potential target for attack? Why?

3. Copy slides with ***
***Unit VI: Notes #5
Hitler Attacks Europe

4. ***Why did the West Appease Hitler?
Fear of modern weaponry
Pacifism following WWI
Pacifism- opposition to all war
Great Depression
Faith in diplomacy
Fascism a defense vs. communism

5. HITLER ATTACKS EUROPE

6. Europe 1942: Hitler takes more land than…

7. Justin Bieber’s 2013 European takeover plan:
No not me!

8. That’s right. It’s me again!

10. *** I. Hitler’s Victories A. Sept. 1939- Germany takes Poland
With help of Russia (USSR) attacked Poland from the east
-Use of blitzkrieg: lightning war. Planes (Luftwaffe), tanks, and troops transports to rapidly overwhelm enemy forces.
B. April-June 1940: Norway, Denmark, Belgium, and the Netherlands fall to Germany

11. Maginot Line

12. Maginot Line

13. ***
C. June 1940
1. Germany surprises France by attacking through Belgium and the Ardennes Forest, avoiding the Maginot Line: a heavily fortified defense against German invasion
2. France surrenders to Germany

14. ***
3. Rescue at Dunkirk
a. British forces trapped between the Germans and the English Channel
b. British sent all naval ships, merchant ships, fishing and pleasure boats across the channel
c. 300,000 troops were rescued.

15. Rescue at Dunkirk

16. *** II. Battle of Britain Aug. 1940
A. Operation Sea Lion: Invasion of Britain
1. Hitler ordered bombers to pound Britain from the air
a. RAF (Royal Air Force) fought hard against German planes
2. London Blitz
a. For 57 nights German bombers targeted London
3. Britain never surrenders

17. London’s underground transportation system used for protection during Blitz.

18. -Set during the London Blitz

19. a. ***Winston Churchill takes over as British Prime Minister on May 10, 1940.

20. *** III. Other Battle Fronts
A. Axis armies pushed into Africa and the Balkans
1. British battle the Italians in Libya and Egypt
2. Hitler sends General Rommel “Desert Fox” to help Italians
3. Axis Powers take Greece and Yugoslavia

21. R.A.P (Reading and Processing)
Would you have encouraged the United States to get involved in the war in Europe after Germany’s invasion of Poland?
Why or why not?