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Review. What is Appeasement? What is Aggression? How did Hitler/the dictators violate the Treaty of Versailles? How did Appeasement/Aggression lead to WWII?. EQ: What were the major events in the early years of the war and how did they impact the war?. Allies vs Axis Powers.

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  1. Review • What is Appeasement? • What is Aggression? • How did Hitler/the dictators violate the Treaty of Versailles? • How did Appeasement/Aggression lead to WWII?

  2. EQ: What were the major events in the early years of the war and how did they impact the war?

  3. Allies vs Axis Powers • Allied Powers: Britain - Churchill, U.S. - Roosevelt, Soviet Union – Stalin (“The Big Three”) • Axis Powers: Germany – Hitler, Italy – Mussolini, Japan - Tojo

  4. Soviet-Nazi Nonaggression Pact • Germany and the Soviet Union sign nonaggression pact in August 1939 • 10 Year Agreement not to attack one another • Secret agreement to divide up Poland

  5. The Beginning of WWII: Invasion of Poland • Germany invades Poland – Sept 1, 1939 • Uses blitzkrieg (lightening war) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpYpbiIZDGw • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyryiMk9w4M • Great Britain and France declare war on Germany

  6. Soviet Invasions • September 17, 1939 – Soviets invade other half of Poland • Also, invades Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Lithuania

  7. German Blitzkrieg Continues • Britain and France mobilize armies and wait in France. • While they wait, Hitler conquers Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and Holland in May 1940.

  8. Invasion of France • Blitzkrieg into France – June 1940 • France surrenders in one month to Germany • British retreat back to Britain

  9. Battle of Britain • July – Oct 1940 • Britain stands alone to face Hitler • Benefits – Britain is an island nation and has radar • Hitler’s Plan is to destroy British air force so Germany can invade across the English Channel • Luftwaffe vs Royal Air Force (RAF) • 1st German Defeat of the war

  10. Luftwaffe vs RAF - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVBO61qg-kc • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euRlmTHpSCI

  11. Importance of the Battle of Britain • Proved that Hitler and Germany were not invincible • Hitler now looks to the east – the Soviet Union • Britain will serve as a base for Allied troops

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