1. 7 th Grade Social Studies Harold E. Winkler Middle School

2. Review:The Munich Conference Sept. 29, 1938: Germany, Italy, France, & Great Britain sign The Munich Agreement - Hitler agrees not to invade any more European countries. - “Herr Hitler is someone we can do business with.” –Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

3. Review: The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, 1939 Germany & The Soviet Union vow not to fight each other.

4. Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939 Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”] Bliztkrieg: German war plan that is FAST, SUDDEN, OVERWHELMING! Includes airplanes, tanks, and troops.

5. German Troops March into Warsaw

6. The Fall of France “It is the duty of all Frenchmen who still bear arms to continue the struggle…” Charles de Gaulle By June 14, 1940, Germans took Paris and eventually controlled all of northern France.

7. The Weeping Frenchmen The Nazis march on Paris, France.

8. Now Britain Is All Alone! With the fall of France, new British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, vowed to never surrender. Summer of 1940: Hitler’s Luftwaffe (German Air Force) is beating G.B.’s Royal Air Force (RAF).

9. The RAF Winston Churchill – British Prime Minister

10. Where Is the United States? U.S. begins selling war goods to European democracies. FDR increases spending on U.S. military…war coming??

11. U.S. Lend-Lease Act FDR breaks two-term presidency… will be elected 4 times! He gets Congress to pass the Lend-Lease Act in 1941 U.S. supplies countries that are “vital to our interests.” U.S. spent $50 billion under this act!!!

12. U.S. Lend Lease Act 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

13. U.S. Lend Lease Act

14. The Atlantic Charter August 1941: FDR and Winston Churchill meet in Canada. They created the Atlantic Charter… which forms the basis of a “Declaration of the United Nations”. 26 nations including the Soviet Union and China signed the charter.