1. World War II 1939-1945 LIC. LAURA FLORES

2. In the spring of 1939 Hitler made new demands:

That Danzing, plus a German railway and a highway route through the Polish Corridor, be returned to Germany

Finally Britain and France ended their policy of appeasement and pledged to defend Poland if Hitler threatened its independence

3. Reasons why Hitler and Stalin signed a ten-year nonaggression pact:

Hitler wanted to avoid a two-front war.

Stalin wanted to gain territory

In private they agreed to divide Eastern Europe.

Soviet Union was to have Finland and the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Germany and Russia would each take over a part of Poland.

4. Hitlers advantage for the agreement was clear:

Germany need not to fear a two front war like the one it had faced in 1914

5. Germany invaded Poland

August 31, 1939. Hitler needed an excuse for attacking Poland:

A small band of German soldiers disguised themselves in Polish uniforms.

The Poles he said had violated Germanys borders

September 1 st1939 German planes roared over Poland.

6. Germany Blitzkrieg

In less than 48 hours the Germans wiped out the Polish air force, army, railroads, telegraph centers and factoriesthey were demoralized, stunned, defeated.

Germans using the fast moving weapons of modern war, the armor tank and the airplanes, called their sudden massive attack blitzkrieg

7. France fell to the Nazis

The German attack on France was similar to the beginning of WWI. The German army swung west around French defenses and struck through Belgium.

Key difference between the two wars, German attack: German blitzkrieg

Two thirds of Northern France were occupied by Nazis, Petains government was to hold the southern part in the city ofVichy

8. German troops blitzed the West

In May, 1941 Neville Chamberlain was forced to resign as prime minister, his successor was Winston Churchill

who said: theres no quick road to victory,I have nothing to offer but blood and tears

9. Germany attacked Great Britain

In all of Europe, only one country still held out against Hitler, this country was Great Britain

Germans prepared for Operation Sea Lion

Hitler sent his Luftwaffe(bombers)

10. British secret weapons

Radar, Ultra

RAF

Determinedpopulation

America aided the Allies. Roosevelt persuaded the Congress to allowed the sale of weapons to fighting nations

US gave Britain 50 destroyers

11. Hitler invaded the Soviet Union

Living Space

Valuable mineral resources

Germans conquered the Balkans, destroyed 1000 Soviet planes and the Red Army

Hitlers campaign turned into a disaster