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Europe at War

Europe at War. Story of Four Leaders, 1918. LCpl Adolf Hitler of the Bavarian Army. Winston Churchill as an WWI Soldier. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt. Young Josef Stalin, 1902. Battle of France, 1940. Maginot Line Fortified defenses along Eastern France

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Europe at War

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  1. Europe at War

  2. Story of Four Leaders, 1918 LCpl Adolf Hitler of the Bavarian Army Winston Churchill as an WWI Soldier Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin Roosevelt Young Josef Stalin, 1902

  3. Battle of France, 1940

  4. Maginot Line • Fortified defenses along Eastern France • Did not protect Belgian border • May 10, 1940 • Invade neutral Belgium and Netherlands • May 14, Dutch surrender • Blitzkrieg tactics (“Lightning War”) • 7th Panzer division lead by Erwin Rommel • French General Charles de Gaulle • British Expeditionary Force (BEF) retreats

  5. Evacuation of Dunkirk 338,000 British evacuated from France

  6. Battle of Britainhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyY5AHqiTm4

  7. Battle of Britain: War of Attrition Total Losses of Aircraft in Battle of Britain

  8. Lend-Lease • Passed March, 1941 for final support of Battle of Britain • Unlimited supply of arms to be returned after the war • “Arsenal of Democracy” • Would keep us out of war by providing victory • Can the U.S. still be neutral? • Hitler attacks U.S. convoys bringing shipments • November 1941: Merchant ships legally armed

  9. Hitler Assaults Soviet Union Operation Barbarossa: June 22, 1941 • German invasion of Soviet Union • In need of resources of Soviet to fight Western • Destroys Hitler-Stalin Pact 1939 • USSR now receives Lend-Lease • de facto Allies with Great Britain, France

  10. The Atlantic Charter • Agreement between Winston Churchill and FDR in August 1941 • U.S. still “neutral” • Outlined goals of democracy following war • follow self-determination • right of people to choose own government • declared disarmament among nations • Reminiscent of 14 Points • Isolationists feared Charter would damage American neutrality

  11. What does Amelia Earhart have to do with WWII?

  12. Japanese Invasion of China, 1937

  13. Reactions

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