1. WW2 #1: The War Begins!
This war will be the deadliest of all – anywhere from million people – soldiers and civilians - (non-soldiers) will die
Millions more will be injured
Cities will be reduced to rubble
Entire globe will change……

2. Where do you think Hitler will attack next or is he done?

3. By 1939 Hitler wants Poland – lost it in WW1
Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact: Hitler & Stalin (USSR) agree not to fight
Secretly promise to share Poland

4. Blitzkrieg: lightening war, attack by air and tanks
Sept 1, 1939: Germany attacks Poland
Aerial bombing
Tanks & troops invade
Poland crumbles

5. World’s Response
Britain & France declare war on Germany (stop appeasement!)
Allies – France & Britain
Axis – Germany, Italy & Japan
Who has the
advantage?

6. USSR USSR takes eastern Poland Annexes (takes) 4 countries
Finland puts up a fight! But lose!
Both Nazi Germany & Communist USSR are totalitarian states aggressively invading their neighboring countries. Who should the Western European countries declare war on?

7. France France is preparing for war along Maginot Line
Phony War – nothing happens for months

8. Attacks April 9, 1940: Ger defeats Denmark & Norway
Denmark surrenders after just 4 hours
Norway after 2 months
Defeats Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Where will Hitler go next? Or is he done?

9. ON back Add 5 Level 1 (Who, what, when, where, etc) questions VIDEO:
German advantages =
Poland’s disadvantages
New technology?

10. Video Summarize Germany’s attack on Poland Who attacks? Why?
How does the world respond?
How do they attack? What’s the strategy?
Who wins? Why?

11. France:
Ger goes around Maginot
Goes through the Ardennes forest

12. Dunkirk
May 1940: Ger trap Allies forcing them to head to the coast, Dunkirk
Britain rescues most of the soldiers
Clearly France is losing!

13. Who is left to the fight the Axis Powers?
Italy joins Ger by attacking France from south
June 22, 1940, France surrenders
Charles de Gaulle: General of Fr’s army, flees to London, and leads resistance movement agst Ger
Who is left to the fight the Axis Powers?

14. Review Blitzkrieg means… The invasion of this country starts WW2
Germany teams up with this country & begin to take over parts of Eastern Europe

15. "The children will not leave unless I do
"The children will not leave unless I do. I shall not leave unless their father does, and the king will not leave the country in any circumstances, whatever.“ Queen Elizabeth (Queen Mum)