1. Japanese Invasion of China
Why did Japan invade Manchuria and China?

2. Students will read pages 578 to 583, answering below …
(1) What was the impact of the “Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact?”
(2) How does the textbook describe Germany’s “blitzkrieg?”
(3) How did Germany surprise French and British forces?
(4) The importance of the evacuation at Dunkirk …
(5) Why does Hitler eventually postpone the invasion of Britain?
(6) American public opinion supports isolationism …
(7) The United States Neutrality Acts (1935, 1936, and 1937) prevented Americans from making …
(8) How does “Cash & Carry” and “Lend-Lease” change U.S. isolationism?

3. The German “Blitzkrieg”
“Lightening War”
Effectively utilized synchronization of air power, paratroopers, infantry, tank divisions, and artillery
Luftwaffe
Messerschmitt Bf 109
Junkers 87 “Stuka”
Dornier 17

4. Maginot Line

5. Maginot Line

6. Maginot Line

7. Going through the Ardennes, a forested area
Surprised the French

8. Just Before Evacuation
Hitler orders a “Halt Order” on May 22nd and 24th
Why???
Believes Luftwaffe
Remembers his experiences in WWI
Wants infantry to catch up

9. “Operation Dynamo” 27 May – 4 June 1940
The Miracle at Dunkirk – “Why is this called a ‘miracle?’ Why were these few days so critical to the Allied Powers?
338,226 French, British, and Belgian soldiers flee across the English Channel

10. “We Shall Never Surrender”
June 4, 1940

11. “Operation Sea Lion” Proposed invasion of Great Britain
Aborted on Sept. 17, 1940, never to be reconsidered

12. Battle of Britain or “Operation Eagle”
10 July – 31 October 1940
Battle of dueling air forces, Luftwaffe vs. RAF
Radar was the key
Beginning “Total War” in WWII
Land invasion never happens
Hawker Hurricane
Supermarine Spitfire

13. Importance of Evacuation at Dunkirk and Battle of Britain?

14. German Expansion Through Western Europe
March, 1938 – Occupation of Austria
Oct., 1938 – Occupation of Sudetenland
March., 1939 – Occupation of rest of Czechoslovakia
Sept. 1, 1939 – Invasion of Poland
April 9, 1940 – Invasion of Denmark & Norway
May, 1940 – Invasion of “Low Countries”
June, 1940 – Invasion of France

16. 1941
Operation Barbarossa
Largest military operation, land invasion, and number of casualties in the history of warfare.
(22 June – 5 December 1941)
4 million German soldiers invade
Consequence: Opens up the Eastern Front

17. How does “Cash & Carry” and “Lend-Lease” change U.S. isolationism?

18. American Isolationism
Legislating Neutrality
No arms for nations at war
Neutrality Act of 1939
Principle of “Cash & carry”
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
An economic declaration of war against the Axis Powers