Warm-up
• List the 6 events from the Interwar Years (not the two Russian Revolutions) and write 1 or 2 sentences explaining what each was.
1. Hint: end of WWI2. Hint: economy3. Hint: India4. Hint: Italy5. Hint: Russia6. Hint: Germany
Intro to WWII
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q78COTwT7nE
• Background info!!• Write down anything interesting you didn’t
know.
Factors leading to WWII
• Write down the 4 factors leading to WWI.
• Read about the beginning of WWII.• Write down a summary of each paragraph.
• Finished? Compare and contrast the factors leading to WWI & WWII in a Venn Diagram. Explain why they are similar or different for everything you write.
• Are they more similar or different? Why?
Axis Aggression: Poland
• September 1, 1939• Germans fight with “Blitzkrieg”• Allied Forces form September 3, 1939• Poland taken over in weeks
Axis Aggression
• Hitler proposes a peace treaty after Poland is conquered in 1939. Britain & France decline (ABOUT FREAKING TIME).
• Both sides wait until April 1940 to attack. “Phoney War” & “Sitzkrieg”• Germany invades Denmark & Norway. Britain
is fed up with Neville Chamberlain & replaces him with Winston Churchill.
Axis Aggression: France• The Battle of France began in May of 1940.1. German tanks hit Belgium& Ardennes—French leaveat Dunkirk2. Germans outflank MaginotLine & then take Paris
3. France surrenders June 22, 1940. Didn’t take long…
France after surrender
• Two parts: Vichy France & resistance within
• Vichy France was an authoritarian government that helped Hitler & Nazis in south France
• Resistance fighters within France oppose Germany and Vichy France
Axis Aggression: Britain
• Germany is rolling over Europe• Britain is separated from Europe by the English
Channel• “…the Battle of France is over. I expect that the
Battle of Britain is about to begin.” -Churchill
• August-October 1940: Battle of BritainOnly planes! RAF vs. LuftwaffeUse of radar helped BritainGerman bombs on London: “London blitz”
• Britain does not give in & Germany gives up.This is Germany’s first loss (1941).
Axis Aggression: Soviet Union• Failure in West? Hitler then turns his attention
to the East• Breaks pact with Stalin (don’t trust Hitler!) &
invades in June 1941. “Operation Barbarossa”• Germany wins at first (Russia’s army sucks),
but they slow down because of the winter (remember Napoleon??).
• Hitler orders the Siege of Leningrad (1941): thousands starve daily in Leningrad.
Axis Aggression: America
• Japanese General Hideki Tojo orders surprise attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941).
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nt13c3olXkU• EQ: Why was the attack so destructive to America?• Complete surprise…though we suspected it.
Destroys all eight battleships and about 200 aircraft.
• America at first had followeda policy of isolationism
• December 8: join the Allies
Axis Aggression: Soviet Union• In 1942, part 2 of Soviet invasion. “Case Blue”• At Stalingrad, it was important to both sides
(manufacturing center & named after Stalin).• Bombing destroys city…building to building
combat. Very brutal…Soviets pushed back.• “Operation Uranus” - Germans surrounded but
Hitler refuses to surrender.• German forces are destroyed & then captured…
huge loss for Germany.• Over 2 million killed, wounded, or missing on
both sides.
Essential Question
• What are the most important events early in WWII? Why?
• Pick three events. Write a short description of what happened in each and explain why it was particularly important.
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