The Third Reich Attacks

At first: Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan and UrssAllies: France and Britain

+  British Commonwealth Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa

In the End:Axis: Germany, Italy and Japan Allies: France, Britain, USA, Brazil and 53 more

countries

Axis x Allies

German Living SpaceThe Aryans, as a superior race, would be entitled to a larger territory

Annexation of AustriaCzechoslovakia

Munich AgreementFrance and England

conceded this territory to Germany, against the wishes of the Czechoslovak government, in exchange for a promise of no further territorial demands

HungaryPoland

Lebensraun

Nonagression PactAugust 1939Germany + Soviet RussiaSecret articles

Spheres of influenceSplit PolandURSS: Finland, Lithuania,

Latvia and Estonia

Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact

Germany invades Poland+ Slovakia1939Surprise attack

Warfare taticsBlitzkriegLuftwaffe

Poland

France and Britain declare War on Germany

But provide no help for PolandNaval Blockade!

French!September 3, 1939

War!

Italy conquered Albania in April 1939

The Pact of SteelItaly + GermanyVs France + BritainJapan isn’t happy

Wanted the focus on URSS

Italy

Pacts of "mutual assistance” Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia

Invasion of FinlandWinterSki soldiers!

USSR's eviction from the Leagueof Nations

URSS

The Maginot Line

Sitzkrieg

8 months

The Phony War

Germany attacks Denmark

4 hoursHoland

7 daysBelgium

18 daysFrance

1 month and 12 days

Norway 2 months

Strategic Wars

NetherlandsBelgiunLuxemburg

Strategic Wars

Ardennes

Strategic War

June of 1940Italy InvadesFrance cut in 3 piecesVicky republic

France Surrenders

Dunkirk Evacuation338,226 soldiers recued40,000 French soldiers of the rearguard

remained to be captured Between 31 May and 4 June Losses

A total of 89 merchantmen were lost; the Royal Navy lost 29 of its 40 destroyers sunk or seriously damaged.

The Germans lost around 100 aircraft confirmed destroyed, and the RAF 106 fighters

Britains Heroic Rescue

The Résistance was many small groups of armed men and women

Guerrilla warfare Underground newspapersSpies

Providers of first-hand intelligence informationMaintainers of escape networks that helped Allied soldiers and airmen trapped behind enemy lines.

Sabotages

French Resistance

The cemetery and memorial in Vassieux-en-Vercors where, in July 1944, GermanWehrmacht forces executed more than 200, including women and children, in reprisal for the Maquis's armed resistance.[The town was later awarded the Ordre de la Libération

De GaulleRejected the unconstitutional, repressive and

racist laws instituted by Vichy RégimeEstablished his own bona fides 

Himself as the major defender of republican values.

 Appeal of 18 June 1940 That every patriot who could reach British territory should do so and join the Free French Army to fight in company with the Allies.

Jean Moulin National Council of Resistance 

de Gaulle's formal link to the irregulars throughout occupied France.

French Resistance