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Review. What is Appeasement? What is Aggression? How did Hitler/the dictators violate the Treaty of Versailles? How did Appeasement/Aggression lead to WWII?. EQ: What were the major events in the early years of the war and how did they impact the war?. Allies vs Axis Powers.
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Review • What is Appeasement? • What is Aggression? • How did Hitler/the dictators violate the Treaty of Versailles? • How did Appeasement/Aggression lead to WWII?
EQ: What were the major events in the early years of the war and how did they impact the war?
Allies vs Axis Powers • Allied Powers: Britain - Churchill, U.S. - Roosevelt, Soviet Union – Stalin (“The Big Three”) • Axis Powers: Germany – Hitler, Italy – Mussolini, Japan - Tojo
Soviet-Nazi Nonaggression Pact • Germany and the Soviet Union sign nonaggression pact in August 1939 • 10 Year Agreement not to attack one another • Secret agreement to divide up Poland
The Beginning of WWII: Invasion of Poland • Germany invades Poland – Sept 1, 1939 • Uses blitzkrieg (lightening war) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYpbiIZDGw • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyryiMk9w4M • Great Britain and France declare war on Germany
Soviet Invasions • September 17, 1939 – Soviets invade other half of Poland • Also, invades Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania
German Blitzkrieg Continues • Britain and France mobilize armies and wait in France. • While they wait, Hitler conquers Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and Holland in May 1940.
Invasion of France • Blitzkrieg into France – June 1940 • France surrenders in one month to Germany • British retreat back to Britain
Battle of Britain • July – Oct 1940 • Britain stands alone to face Hitler • Benefits – Britain is an island nation and has radar • Hitler’s Plan is to destroy British air force so Germany can invade across the English Channel • Luftwaffe vs Royal Air Force (RAF) • 1st German Defeat of the war
Luftwaffe vs RAF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBO61qg-kc • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRlmTHpSCI
Importance of the Battle of Britain • Proved that Hitler and Germany were not invincible • Hitler now looks to the east – the Soviet Union • Britain will serve as a base for Allied troops