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World War II

World War II. APEH: Mr. Scherrman Pictures and excerpts taken from Ms. Susan M. Pojer Horace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, NY. What were the three goals Hitler established for the Nazi State ? Lebensraum - “living space”-Germany had the right to expand into territory of inferior states.

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World War II

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  1. World War II APEH: Mr. Scherrman Pictures and excerpts taken from Ms. Susan M. PojerHorace Greeley H. S. Chappaqua, NY

  2. What were the three goals Hitler established for the Nazi State? Lebensraum- “living space”-Germany had the right to expand into territory of inferior states. Economic Recovery- Germany was able to recover quicker than most other European Nations. Lebensraum was crucial to recovery, which lead to aggressive expansion. Rearmament- Began in secret, but soon made it known that Germany was rearming. NAZI Goals

  3. Germany Invades the RhinelandMarch 7, 1936

  4. The Austrian Anschluss, 1936 How did Hitler and the Nazi’s accomplish this?

  5. The “Problem” of theSudetenland What was Hitler’s main goal in this Region?

  6. Appeasement: The Munich Agreement, 1938 Why didn’t the appeasement strategy work? What was Chamberlain’s biggest mistake? British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain Now we have “peace in our time!” Herr Hitler is a man we can do business with.

  7. Czechoslovakia Becomes Part of the Third Reich: 1939

  8. Rome-Berlin Axis, 1939 What is this known as? The “Pact of Steel”

  9. The Nazi-SovietNon-Aggression Pact, 1939 What did each side hope to achieve? Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop & Molotov

  10. The War Begins!

  11. Poland Attacked: Sept. 1, 1939 What was the “new” kind of war that the Nazi’s employed with great success? Blitzkrieg [“Lightening War”]

  12. German Troops March into Warsaw

  13. The “Phoney War” Ends:Spring, 1940 What was the “phoney war”?

  14. Dunkirk EvacuatedMay 26th -June 4, 1940 A total of 338,226 soldiers — 198,229 British and 139,997 French were rescued in the 9 days.

  15. France SurrendersJune, 1940

  16. A Divided France Henri Petain

  17. The French Resistance The Free French General Charles DeGaulle The Maquis

  18. Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

  19. Battle of Britain:The “Blitz”

  20. The London “Tube”:Air Raid Shelters during the Blitz

  21. The Royal Air Force

  22. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill

  23. Operation Barbarossa:Hitler’s Biggest Mistake

  24. Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941 • 3,000,000 German soldiers. • 3,400 tanks.

  25. Battle of Stalingrad:Winter of 1942-1943

  26. Germans wanted to cut off route to oil-rich Caucasus region and gain access for themselves. Capturing a city named after Stalin would be a propaganda bombshell! Why is the Battle of Stalingrad so important?

  27. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhebpnpBFg8&feature=related

  28. U. S. Lend-Lease Act,1941 Great Britain.........................$31 billionSoviet Union...........................$11 billionFrance......................................$ 3 billionChina.......................................$1.5 billionOther European.................$500 millionSouth America...................$400 millionThe amount totaled: $48,601,365,000

  29. Lend-Lease

  30. The Atlantic Charter • Roosevelt and Churchill sign treaty of friendship in August 1941. • Solidifies alliance. • Fashioned after Wilson’s 14 Points. • Calls for League of Nations type organization.

  31. Axis Powers in 1942

  32. The North Africa Campaign: The Battle of El Alamein, 1942 Gen. Ernst Rommel,The “Desert Fox” Gen. Bernard LawMontgomery(“Monty”)

  33. The Italian Campaign [“Operation Torch”]:Europe’s “Soft Underbelly” • Allies plan assault on weakest Axis area - North Africa - Nov. 1942-May 1943 • George S. Patton leads American troops • Germans trapped in Tunisia - surrender over 275,000 troops.

  34. The Battle for Sicily:June, 1943 General George S. Patton

  35. George C. Scott Playing General Patton in the 1968 Movie, “Patton”

  36. The Battle of Monte Casino:February, 1944

  37. The Allies Liberate Rome:June 5, 1944

  38. Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation Overlord”]

  39. D-Day (June 6, 1944)

  40. Normandy Landing (June 6, 1944) German Prisoners Higgins Landing Crafts

  41. July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot Major Claus vonStauffenberg

  42. July 20, 1944 Assassination Plot 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel 3. Gen Alfred von Jodl 4. Gen Walter Warlimont 5. Franz von Sonnleithner 6. Maj Herbert Buchs 7. Stenographer Heinz Buchholz 8. Lt Gen Hermann Fegelein 9. Col Nikolaus von Below10. Rear Adm Hans-Erich Voss11. Otto Gunsche, Hitler's adjutant12. Gen Walter Scherff (injured)13. Gen Ernst John von Freyend14. Capt Heinz Assman (injured)      E-mail this to a friend

  43. The Liberation of Paris:August 25, 1944 De Gaulle in Triumph!

  44. U. S. Troops in Paris, 1944

  45. French Female Collaborators

  46. The Battle of the Bulge:Hitler’s Last Offensive Dec. 16, 1944toJan. 28, 1945

  47. Yalta: February, 1945 • FDR wants quick Soviet entry into Pacific war. • FDR & Churchill concede Stalin needs buffer, FDR & Stalin want spheres of influence and a weak Germany. • Churchill wants strong Germany as bufferagainst Stalin. • FDR argues for a ‘United Nations’.

  48. US & Russian Soldiers Meet at the Elbe River: April 25, 1945

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