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Hitler’s Lightning War
Using the sudden, mass attack called the blitzkrieg, Germany overruns much of
Europe and North Africa
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Germany Sparks a New War in Europe
Secret Agreement Nonaggression pact
—Germans and Soviets agree not to fight each other. This was signed in 1939.
Agreement includes secret deal to split Poland
Ribbentrop and Stalin at the signing of the Pact
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Text of the secret protocol (in German)
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Germany Sparks a New War in Europe
Germany’s Lightning Attack September 1, 1939—Hitler launches invasion
of Poland Britain, France declare war on Germany, but
Poland falls quickly Blitzkrieg—lightning war—Germany’s new
military strategy Planes, tanks, infantry used to surprise enemy
and quickly conquer
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Germany’s Lightning Attack
The Soviets Make Their Move Soviets capture Lithuania, Latvia, Poland,
resistance met in Finland Finland is invaded by the Soviet Union in what
is called the “Winter War.” Finland surrenders in March, 1940
The Finns name the incendiary device the “Molotov Cocktail” after Soviet foreign minister Molotov during the Winter War.
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Germany’s Lightning Attack
The Phony War French, British
mobilize along French border, wait for German attack
Many months of no action—the “phony war”
In April 1940 Hitler attacks and quickly captures Denmark and Norway
British Ministry of Home Security poster of a type that was common during
the Phony War
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Denmark quickly surrenders to the Nazis, and cooperates with the German occupation. However, King Christian X becomes a symbol of Danish resistance when he stays in his capital of Copenhagen and still goes on a daily horseback ride through the capital. This picture taken in 1940 is of one of those rides. He is NOT accompanied by any armed guard.
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King Haakon of Norway (brother of Christian X of Denmark) refused to surrender to the Nazis, and was a symbol of Norwegian resistance. He escaped to London and moved the Norwegian government in exile there.
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German infantry attacking through a burning Norwegian village.
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German Neubaufahrzeug tanks in Oslo.
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The Fall of France
Further Gains May 1940—Germany conquers Netherlands,
Belgium, Luxembourg Soon after, German army reaches French
coast
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The Fall of France
Rescue at Dunkirk German forces trap
British, French on coast of Dunkirk
British Navy and civilians take ships across the English Channel to rescue soldiers
British troops evacuating Dunkirk's beaches. Many stood shoulder deep in
water for hours, waiting to board the warships.
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The Fall of France
France Falls June 1940—
France surrenders to Germany
Charles de Gaulle, French general, organizes opposition to Germany
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The Battle of Britain
Threat to Britain Winston
Churchill—Becomes British prime minister and vows no surrender.
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Winston Churchill giving his famous 'V' sign
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The Battle of Britain
Germany plans invasion of Britain; begins with air attacks in 1940
British use air force, radar, code-breaking to resist Germany
Battle of Britain—Air war over Britain that lasted until May 1941
Stunned by British resistance, Hitler calls off attacks
A pair of 264 Squadron Defiants. (PS-V was shot down on 28 August 1940 over Kent by Bf 109s.)
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Aircraft spotter on the roof of a building in London. St. Paul's Cathedral is in the background.
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Standing up gloriously out of the flames and smoke of surrounding buildings, St. Paul's Cathedral is pictured during the great fire raid of Sunday, December 29th, 1940.
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Over 500 firemen and members of the London Auxiliary Fire Fighting Services, including many women, combined in a war exercise over the ground covered by Greenwich (London) Fire Station. Ca. July 1939.
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Children of an eastern suburb of London, who have been made homeless by the random bombs of the Nazi night raiders, waiting outside the wreckage of what was their home. September 1940.
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Life in London during the war. View of a V-1 rocket (flying bomb) in flight, ca. 1944. The British nickname was a “Doodlebug.”
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A London bus is submerged in a bomb crater after a German air raid.
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The Mediterranean and the Eastern Front
Axis Forces Attack North Africa Mussolini and Italy at first neutral Mussolini declares war on France and Britain
after German victory September 1940—Mussolini attacks British in
North Africa
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The Mediterranean and the Eastern Front
Britain Strikes Back December 1940—British attack and drive
Italians back Erwin Rommel, German general, battles
British in North Africa In 1942, Rommel first retreats then succeeds
against British
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Gen. Erwin Rommel with the 15th Panzer Division in Libya, January or November 24, 1941.
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General Bernard L. Montgomery watches his tanks move up. North Africa, November 1942.
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The Mediterranean and the Eastern Front
The War in the Balkans Hitler plans to invade Soviet Union; moves to
take Balkan countries Hitler invades Yugoslavia and Greece in April
1941; both fall quickly
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An animation depicting the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia from the Why We Fight series of propaganda films.
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The Mediterranean and the Eastern Front
Hitler Invades the Soviet Union Germany invades an unprepared Soviet Union
in June 1941 Soviet troops burn land as they retreat;
Germans move into Russia Germans stopped at Leningrad, forced to
undertake long siege Germans almost capture Moscow, but forced
to pull back
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Russian soldiers prepare to attack German lines outside Leningrad.
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A column of Red Army POWs captured near Minsk is marched west.
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A group of Soviet POWs, taken to undefined Prison Camp
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The United States Aids Its Allies
American Policy Most Americans want to avoid war Roosevelt fears that if allies fall, U.S. would have to
fight He hopes to strengthen allies so they can resist
Germany Lend-Lease Act—U.S. loans weapons to countries
fighting Germany
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease bill to give aid to Britain and China (1941)
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US enters WWII
December 7, 1941- Japanese fleet attack naval bases in Hawaii
~”Day that will live in infamy.”- FDR
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The Two Sides…
Allied Powers (Allies) United States Great Britain France* (2/3rds, June 1940)
USSR*
Axis Powers Germany (May 7, 1945) Italy (Sept 8, 1943) Japan (Sept 2, 1945)
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Maximum Axis Control (Sept. 1942)