1. World War II

2. WWII
Leaders

3. Allied Powers Great Britain U.S.S.R. France United States
Winston Churchill
U.S.S.R.
Joseph Stalin
France
Charles De Gaulle
United States
FDR

4. Axis Powers Germany Italy Japan Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini
Emperor Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Army
Isoroko Yamamoto
Navy

5. Causes of WWII Causes of WWII Versailles Treaty Rise of Dictatorships
Terms causes resentment & anger
Rise of Dictatorships
Promises of better life & ultra-nationalism
U.S. Stance
Isolationism / neutrality
Axis Expansion
Aggression & imperialism
Failure of Appeasement
Causes of WWII

6. The Phony War Quiet period after Germany invaded Poland
Watch each other at Maginot Line - system of defense
Along border of France and Germany

7. France – False Sense of Security?
The Maginot Line

8. France – False Sense of Security?

9. The War
Begins

10. Blitzkrieg lightning war New form of warfare
Used coordinated attacks on one part of enemy line
Use of air force, tanks, artillery, infantry

11. April & May 1940
Germany launched blitzkrieg in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France (all were overwhelmed)
G.B. and France retreat to coast (Dunkirk)

12. Rescue at Dunkirk Largest water rescue in history
900 vessels were assembled (tugboats - yachts)
340,000 soldiers retreated across English Channel

13. Dunkirk Evacuated June 4, 1940

14. France Surrenders June, 1940

15. A Divided France
Henri Petain

16. General Charles De Gaulle
The French Resistance
The Free French
General Charles De Gaulle
The Maquis

17. Axis Powers in 1942

18. Battle of Britain

19. Now Britain Is All Alone!

20. Luftwaffe German Air Force
Tried to attack Britain by bombing her (1000 planes per day)

21. RAF
Royal Air Force
Outnumbered, but very courageous (invention of radar helped RAF)

22. Battle of Britain: The “Blitz”

23. Battle of Britan: The “Blitz”

24. The London “Tube”: Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz

25. The Royal Air Force

26. U.S. Aid

27. U. S. Lend-Lease Act, 1941
Great Britain $31 billion Soviet Union $11 billion France $3 billion China $1.5 billion Other European $500 million South America $400 million The amount totaled: $48,601,365,000

28. Lend-Lease

29. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

31. The Atlantic Charter
Roosevelt and Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941.
Solidifies alliance.
Fashioned after Wilson’s 14 Points.
Calls for League of Nations type organization.