1. UNIT II: The War in Europe 1939-1941
Essential Questions:
How did England become the only Free Country left in Europe?
How did it Survive?

2. I. THE CREATION OF BLITZKRIEG
C. German General Heinz Guderian
1. Air immobilizes
2. Armor shocks
3. Infantry surrounds
4. Morale destroyed=Surrender
D. Speed kills.

3. General Heinz W. Guderian Father of the “Blitzkrieg.”

4. II. POLAND: OPERATION WEISS (WHITE)
A. Bad advice from Allies
B. German “Pac-Man”
C. Secrecy and Propaganda
D.”OPERATION CANNED GOODS”
E. September 1, 1939
F. September 17, 1939
G. September 27, 1939 Poland Surrenders, except for the Free Polish Legion of 80,000 escapees
H. The “TODT” Organization steps in. Organized slave labor and genocide follow.
I. The Katyn Forest: The Soviets wipe out the Polish Intelligentsia.

5. Blitzkrieg in Poland

6. The final partition of Poland

7. III. WAR IS DECLARED IN EUROPE
A. France declares war.
B. England declares war.
C. Italy and Germany declare war.
D. The USSR invades the Baltic States and picks a fight with Finland.
E. Japan offers to take care of all French colonies in the Pacific.
F. The USA remains “Isolationist” but FDR meets with Churchill (The Atlantic Conference) secretly.

9. IV. THE PHONY WAR “SITZKRIEG”
A. The Allies mobilize slowly.
B. The Germans remain one step ahead of England and France.
C. April 9, 1940: Norway
D. April 18, 1940: Denmark
E. May 10, 1940:
1. Holland
2. Belgium
CHURCHILL

11. IV. THE PHONY WAR “SITZKRIEG”
F. The Fall of France: May-June 1940.
1.Rommel
2.Maginot Line
3.Dunkirk
4. Vichy France
De Gaulle
Rommel
Petain

13. VICHY FRANCE