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Chapter 26 World War II The War BeginsChapter 26 World War II The War Begins
World War II Memorial Washington, DCWorld War II Memorial Washington, DC
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Steps to WarSteps to War Hitler ignores the Versailles Treaty
Hitler knew the west would not raise ahand to stop him, he was right
March 7, 1936 he took back the Rhineland
Great Britain allowed Hitler to take backthe Rhineland
Appeasement European nations would
satisfy reasonable demands in exchange
for peace.
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Nazi Soldiers Retake The Rhineland
Major Industrial Region along the Rhine River
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AppeasementAppeasement
You have only to look at the map to
see that nothing we could do could
possibly save Czechoslovakia frombeing overrun by the Germans.- British PM Neville Chamberlain, writing to his
sister in 1938.
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Munich ConferenceMunich Conference British, French, German and Italian
representatives Reached an agreement to allow Hitler
to have his demands
Hitler got Sudetenland and the
Czechs were abandoned by the west.
Neville Chamberlain PrimeMinister of Britain claimed he had
negotiated Peace for our timePeace for our time
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Winston ChurchillWinston Churchill
Great BritainGreat Britain
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Sudeten
WomanUnable to
conceal
her miseryas she
salutesHitler
motorcade
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Hitler Invades PolandHitler Invades Poland Hitler demanded the Polish port of Danzig
Great Britain offered to protect Poland
France & Britain tried to negotiate a deal with Soviets to protect
Poland
August 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin
agree on a treaty:
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact:
Stalin gets control of Eastern Poland Sept. 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland
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Sept 1, 1939Sept 1, 1939
HitlerHitlerAddresses ReichstagAddresses Reichstag
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German Soldiers Enter Poland
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September 1939September 1939
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German Blitzkrieg 1940German Blitzkrieg 1940
Poland DestroyedPoland Destroyed
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German soldiers march through
Warsaw, Poland.
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THE BLITZTHE BLITZ German Blitzkrieg lightning war using
armored columns called
panzer divisions with air
support Panzer Tanks = 300 per division
Sept. 1939 - In 4 weeks, Poland
Surrenders, then
April 1940 Denmark, Norway,
Yugoslavia May 1940 Netherlands,
Belgium and then France!
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German Stuka dive-bombers fly over Yugoslavia during the
German invasion of Yugoslavia, which began on
April 6, 1941.
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Dunkirk
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Hitler Takes Continental EuropeHitler Takes Continental Europe French sign an
armistice on June22, 1940 withGermany.
Britain was his lasttarget to defeat
US stands by under
FDR isolationism FDR wanted to go towar, but did not
have public support
Hitl Gl t
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Hitler Gloats
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Th B l f B i i
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The Battle of BritainThe Battle of Britain German Luftwaffe (LOOFT vah fuh) =
German air force led bombing raids ofBritain
Hitlers 1st mistakeHitlers 1st mistake: Frustration led to a
change of targets in Britain from militaryto civilian targets
Move backfires British people show
remarkable resolve and determination
British military able to respond w/out attacks
By September Hitler postponed British invasion
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German Luftwaffe (LOOFT vah fuh)
SHitl I d S i t U i
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Hitler Invades Soviet UnionHitler Invades Soviet Union
June 22, 1941 Hitler breaks
non-aggression pact, invadesUSSR
1,800 mile long front Early winter and fierce Soviet
fighting halted German advance 22ndnd big mistake for Hitlerbig mistake for Hitler
creates a 2 front war
P l H b
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Pearl HarborPearl Harbor December 7, 1941 Japanese aircraft
bomb US Pearl Harbor base in Hawaii Japanese had launched assaults
throughout Asia with great success
Japanese viewed Americans as soft, asurprise attack would give them Pacificcontrol
4 days after Pearl Harbor Hitlerdeclares war on US. Believes US actionin Pacific would make them weak in
Europe
P l H b i Att k d
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Pearl Harbor is Attacked
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A i AlliA is s Allies
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Axis vs. AlliesAxis vs. Allies
ALLIES: Great Britain, USA, and USSR
agree to fight until the Axis Powerssurrender unconditionally
AXIS: Germany, Italy, Japan
FDR and Winston Churchill (Britain) meet
in US and plan massive attacks in Europe
US first attacks in Africa vs. Italian andGerman troops
May 1943 US/British troops force
German/Italian surrender in Africa
4/5 of the World at War
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4/5 of the World at War
St li dStalingrad
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StalingradStalingrad
Most terrible battle of the war
Stalingrad major industrial center inUSSR
Germans finally stopped after fiercefighting in winter conditions
The entire German Sixth Army (their
best) surrenders at Stalingrad
Hitler gives up on plans of winning in
Russia
Battle of Stalingrad
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Battle of Stalingrad
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General Eisenhower with troops.
Training in Britain.
D Day:D Day: Historys greatest naval invasionHistorys greatest naval invasion
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D-Day:D-Day: History s greatest naval invasionHistory s greatest naval invasion June 6, 1944 Allied forces under command of US general
Eisenhowerlanded on Normandy beaches of France Within 3 months the Allies had landed 2 million men and
million vehicles Allies broke through German lines beginning the push towards
Germany
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B-26 Drops Bombs on GermanyB-26 Drops Bombs on Germany
Hitler SurrendersHitler Surrenders
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Hitler SurrendersHitler Surrenders January 1945, Adolf Hitler moves into
a bunker 55 feet deep under Berlin Hitler blamed Jews for the war
April 28th
Mussolini shot and killed byItalian resistance fighters
April 30th Hitler commits suicide in
bunker
War in Europe was over
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