If You were Hitler…

1. If You were Hitler… • What 5 countries would you take over and why?

2. If

3. The Course of WW2 (1939-1945)

7. Blitzkrieg

8. Blitzkrieg means “lightning war” and was a tactic used by the German army at the beginning of World War II. Blitzkrieg

9. Blitzkrieg Tactics - ACTIVITY • Sort the order into the correct one to describe how Blitzkrieg was carried out. • Think about what order you would need to put it in in order to achieve a quick victory.

10. Sort These Into A Logical Order Blitzkrieg Tactics • Heavy firepower provided by aircraft • Tanks and motorized infantry drive to their targets avoiding large centers of resistance. • Deliberate terror bombing of enemy population and propaganda offensive until surrender • Paratroopers disguised as civilians/enemy troops find routes and seize important points (e.g. bridges, crossroads) • Traditional infantry and heavy artillery attack to reduce resistance from enemy. • Reconnaissance - armoured cars and motorcycle troops probe identified weak spots in the enemy front, find best and fastest routes into rear areas and around enemy formations. • Send Military police to seize and control routes and clear refugees

11. Actual Order Blitzkrieg Tactics F. Reconnaissance - armoured cars and motorcycle troops probe identified weak spots in the enemy front, find best and fastest routes into rear areas and around enemy formations. D. Paratroopers disguised as civilians/enemy troops find routes and seize important points (e.g. bridges, crossroads) G. Send Military police to seize and control routes and clear refugees B. Tanks and motorised infantry drive along routes to their objectives (they move around large centres of resistance) A. Heavy firepower provided by aircraft E. Traditional infantry and heavy artillery attack to reduce resistance from enemy. C. Deliberate terror bombing of enemy population and propaganda offensive until surrender

12. What was the United States doing? • In 1935-37, Congress passed Neutrality Acts • In 1939, Roosevelt asked Congress to allow the Allies to buy American arms – they would pay cash and then carry the goods on their own ships

13. Timeline • Sept 1, 1939 – German surprise attack on Warsaw – blitzkrieg • Sept 3, 1939 – GB and France declare war on Germany • Sept 17 – USSR takes the eastern half of Poland • Nov 1939 – Stalin sent 1M troops to Finland

14. March 1940 – Stalin takes Finland • April 9, 1940 – Germany invades Denmark and Norway towards GB • May 1940 – Germany takes Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg towards FRANCE • May 26 – June 4 – GB rescues French at Dunkirk (French port city near Belgium) – movie Dunkirk in summer 2017 – Harry Styles =/ • June 14 – Germany takes Paris; Charles de Gaulle (French general) – sets up gov’t-in-exile in London New Prime Minister of Great Britain – Winston Churchill. Chamberlain resigns in 1940 • June 22, 1940 – France surrenders (not liberated until 1944) • Sept 1940 –As the Battle of Britain was under way - Mussolini in North Africa – aiming for the Suez Canal • Oct 1940 – May 1941 – Battle of Britain • Hitler’s plan to wipe out GB’s RAF and land 250k soldier’s on their shores • Germany’s Luftwaffe – target what first? Then what? Why? • What two technological devices turned the tide in the RAF’s favor?

15. The London Blitz

27. BOMB SIGHTS

28. Oh, United States • Under the Lend-Lease Act (March 1941) the president could lend or lease arms to any country vital to the US. • Atlantic Charter in August 1941 (Roosevelt and Churchill) - free trade among nations, self-determination, disarmament and collective security

29. Mediterranean & Eastern Front • Dec 1940 – GB retaliates against Italians • March 1941 – GB retreats because of the Afrika Korps sent by Hitler – “Desert Fox” • April 1941 – Hitler persuades Bulgaria, Romania and Hungary to join Axis. He invades Yugoslavia and Greece for resisting. • June 22 – 1941-1943 – Operation Barbarossa – attack on the SU. • SU tactic – “scorched-earth” • Sept 1941 – Siege of Leningrad (movie: Enemy at the Gates) • Oct 1941 – looked towards Moscow – smart idea, right?!

30. Battle of Stalingrad – Aug 1942 • Hitler sent his army to seize the oil fields in the Caucasus Mountains and to capture Stalingrad (now Volgograd) – a major industrial center on the Volga River. • Nov 1942 – Germans controlled 90% of the city • Feb 1943 – some 90k frostbitten, half-starved German troops surrendered to the Soviet. The city was 99% destroyed.

32. Churchillisms The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. When you find yourself going through hell, keep going. My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me. Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference. You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else. An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

33. Oh, United States • In 1935-37, Congress passed Neutrality Acts • In 1939, Roosevelt asked Congress to allow the Allies to buy American arms – they would pay cash and then carry the goods on their own ships • Under the Lend-Lease Act (March 1941) the president could lend or lease arms to any country vital to the US. • Atlantic Charter in August 1941 (Roosevelt and Churchill) - free trade among nations, self-determination, disarmament and collective security