33’ Germany withdraws League of nation
35’ Remilitarizes Germany36’ Troops to Rhineland38’ “Anschluss” – Germany/Austria
combine AGAIN38’ Munich Agreement – Hitler gets
portion of Czechoslovakia known as “Sudetenland”
39’ Non Aggression Pact – USSR/Germany
September 1, 1939: Germany invades Poland from the west
USSR invades Poland from the east
Poland is divided between Germany and the USSR
September 3, 1939: England and France declare war on Germany
WWII Begins….
Blitzkrieg – “lightning war”Short campaigns so the war
is quick & has less casualties1. Huge offensive attack
(planes, tanks, artillery) 2. Push through enemy lines
Enemy is now shocked/disorganized
Cannot resupply bc air dominance
3. Encircle enemy who now must surrender
Poland captured in 4 weeks
Norway captured in 4 weeks
Netherlands captured in 5 weeks
Belgium captured in 3 weeks
English blockade of Germany The “Phony War”, Sept 1939-
April 1940England and France place
troops all along French border & engage in a “sitzkrieg”form Maginot line
England and France dropped leaflets into Germany “truth raids”
Allies refused to negotiate and accept Hitler’s conquests
Hitler’s Plan: attack France, England completely isolated and would have to accept his conquests
June 25, 1940: France officially falls to HitlerNorth controlled directlySouth “puppet” government
“Vichy” France
June 10, 1940 Italy declares war on England and France
Wants to recreate Holy Roman Empire in Mediterranean (upset by Treaty of Versailles)
Opportunistic
Summer 1940: German Luftwaffe (air force) starts bombing England
Bomb LondonBritish RAF (Royal Air Force)
used radar to stop German attacks
Hitler scraps the invasion Germany’s first real defeat
USSR takes control East Poland
USSR quickly takes Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Attempt and fail to take Finland
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THIS WILL CHANGE IN 1941!!!
German’s retreat to focus on Soviet Union
What about that agreement?
"What India was for England the territories of Russia will be for us... The German colonists ought to live on handsome, spacious farms. The German services will be lodged in marvellous buildings, the governors in palaces... The Germans - this is essential - will have to constitute amongst themselves a closed society, like a fortress. The least of our stable-lads will be superior to any native."
May 15, 1941: Operation BarbossaRussia now switched sides!N, Leningrad; C, Moscow, S, KievSS to kill all Communists, “total disregard for human life”
So arrogant only gave summer gear
Initially Germany devastated RussiaSiege of Leningrad “vanish from the
surface of the earth”Dec 5, 1941-1942 winter, Germany came
to a frozen haltCold and lack of supplies (size of
Russia)Scorch earth policySummer 1942; Stalingrad Lacked oil, clothes, munitions:
surrendered Feb 2, 1943At least 27 million soviets died
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