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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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