Hitler’s violations of Treaty of Versailles along w/British and French concessions

AnschlussAnschluss

Sudetenland

Chamberlain and Hitler – 1938 (Munich Agreement)

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Appeasement – then and now

WARWAR

Maginot Line

Ardennes

Dunkirk – May 1940

The Blitz

June 1940 – Sept 1940

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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few”- Winston Churchill

Russo-Finnish War 1940

450,000 men 450,000 men 2,500 tanks2,500 tanks4000 planes 4000 planes

300,000 men 32 tanks100 planes

Operation BarbarossaOperation Barbarossa

As the German officers gazed across As the German officers gazed across the Beresina in the direction of the Beresina in the direction of Moscow they noticed wooden Moscow they noticed wooden structures and implements in the clear structures and implements in the clear waterwater

Number of German soldiers, tanks, planes for Operation Barbarossa

Number of Soviet soldiers, tanks, planes, etc.

4,000,000 men

3300 tanks

3450 planes

4,500,000 men

24000 tanks

10000 planes

Number of Soviets killed or captured in first 3 ½ months of German invasion

2,500,0002,500,000Number of Soviet tanks and planes destroyedNumber of Soviet tanks and planes destroyed

Over 5000 planes

Over 14000 tanksOver 14000 tanks

The German army cut-off and laid siege to Leningrad for 900 days.

After the populace had eaten all the domesticated animals there were in the citythey were reduced to eating rats, birds, etc.

Between 1,000,000 and 2,000,000people starved to death as a result of the siege

Rattenkrieg

By late Nov/early Dec By late Nov/early Dec temps were dropping totemps were dropping to -40 degrees!-40 degrees!

By January they had By January they had dropped to -70 dropped to -70 degrees!!degrees!!

Unlike Stalin, Hitler had not issued his troops winter gear!Unlike Stalin, Hitler had not issued his troops winter gear!

What does that tell you about Hitler’s expectations for Operation Barbarossa (his attack on Soviet Union)

Battle of Kursk (summer 1943)

Germany – 900,000 men2700 tanks

Soviets – 1,300,000 men3300 tanks

6,000,000 Jews

June 6, 1944Operation Overlord

D-DayD-DayJune 6, 1944June 6, 1944

Allied Cemetery - Normandy

December 7, 1941““A day which shall live in infamy”

The Bataan Death March

Over 7000Over 7000

Battle of Midway (June 1942)Battle of Midway (June 1942)Unbeknownst to the Japanese, the U.S. Unbeknownst to the Japanese, the U.S. had broken the Japanese naval code had broken the Japanese naval code earlier that yearearlier that year

So although greatly outnumbered, the So although greatly outnumbered, the Americans were able to catch the Americans were able to catch the Japanese by surprise as the Japanese Japanese by surprise as the Japanese were attempting to launch a surprise were attempting to launch a surprise attack on the naval base at Midwayattack on the naval base at Midway

Midway was the turning point Midway was the turning point of the war in the Pacificof the war in the Pacific

From that point on the US was on From that point on the US was on the offensive and the Japanese the offensive and the Japanese were on the defensivewere on the defensive

Despite the resounding and overwhelming loss at Midway Despite the resounding and overwhelming loss at Midway Japan continued to fight onJapan continued to fight on - - for another 3+ yearsfor another 3+ years..

What belief/practice, endemic throughout Japanese culture, accounted for that

Code of BushidoCode of Bushido

Death before Dishonor

Hiroshima

Nagasaki

Over 50,000,000 dead

Cold War