Bell Ringer

In your own opinion what are the three most important characteristics of Totalitarianism?

What was lebensraum and how did it lead to World War II?

How did the policy of appeasement lead to World War II?

Germany before World War II

Germany secretly planning to expand

Lebensraum Why Austria and

Czechoslovakia? Austria: Majority favored

unification with Germany

Germany Expansion

Austria is taken unopposed. Sudetenland: western border of Czechoslovakia with

high German speaking population Munich Agreement 1938

Leader of France, Germany and Great Britain Meet Hitler declares retaking Sudetenland his “last territorial

demand.” Result: Non-violent resolution and Germany gets

Sudetenland

Nonaggression Pact

Hitler eyes Poland Poland close ties with

Soviet Union, France and Great Britain

Nonaggression Pact: Soviet Union and Germany agree to not attack each other

Soviet Union and Germany secret agreement to divide Poland

1939: Invasion of Poland

German Air and Ground forces invade Poland on September 1, 1939

Blitzkrieg: “lightning war”, strategy to take enemy by surprise and crush opposition with overwhelming force

September 3rd 1939: Britain and France declare war on Germany

War begins in the European Theater

Maginot Line: a system of fortifications built along France's eastern border

Sitzkrieg: The sitting war May 1940: Hitler enters

France by passing through Ardennes and begins to march towards Paris

Hitler Marches on Paris

German forces overrun France within a week

German Forces trapped almost 400,000 Allied troops on the beaches of Dunkirk where they had to retreat across the English Channel

The Battle of Britain

Hitler looks towards Britain German Air Force: Luftwaffe Summer 1940: Air raids every night over Britain Targets: Airfields, Aircrafts, Cities The invention of radar and its use by the Royal Air Force

turn the tide in favor of Britain

Propaganda

Why do you think the British government

created this propaganda poster during the Battle of

Britain in WWII?

Map Activity

•Create a legend for your map.•1- Austria

•2- Hungary

•3- Italy

•Outline Allied and Axis nations in BLUE and RED respectively

•Use the map on page 744 for reference