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The War in Europe

The War in Europe. Unit 4- Hot and Cold War Lesson 2. Objectives. Analyze a quote and relate it to the prior nights reading Identify how the German invasion of Poland led to war with Great Britain and France Describe the major events of the war in Europe. Warm up: Quote analysis.

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The War in Europe

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  1. The War in Europe Unit 4- Hot and Cold War Lesson 2

  2. Objectives • Analyze a quote and relate it to the prior nights reading • Identify how the German invasion of Poland led to war with Great Britain and France • Describe the major events of the war in Europe

  3. Warm up: Quote analysis • What is meant by the following quote? How does the PM’s beliefs reflect the reality of the time? • “That is the deep difference between the Prime Minister and myself throughout these days. The Prime Minister has believed in addressing Herr Hitler through the language of sweet reasonableness. I have believed that he was more open to the language of the mailed [armored] fist.” – Alfred Duff Cooper, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1938

  4. Setting the Scene • Hitler: • Sudetenland • Occupies western half of Czechoslovakia • Mussolini • Albania • British and French • Appeasement- policy of granting concessions to potential enemies to maintain peace

  5. Activity: Story Book • You will each be responsible for creating a page in our class book! You will need to identify the important information by summarizing it. In addition you will need to visually represent your summary.

  6. Page 1: 807 • Page 2: Invasion of Poland pg 808 para1 • Page 3: Hitler’s Pact with Stalin pg 808 • Page 4: Lightning War pg 808 • Page 5: War in the West pg 808-809 • Page 6: Germany Attacks pg809 • Page 7: Dunkirk 809-810 • Page 8: Fall of FRA para 1&2 pg 810 • Page 9: Fall of FRA para 3&4 pg 810 • Page 10: Relentless Attack pg 810-811 • Page 11: Courageous Defense para 1 pg 811 • Page 12: Courageous Defense para 2&3 pg 811 • Page 13: Timeline of all events

  7. Invading Poland • FRA and GB agree to protect Poland March 31, 1939 • GRM & RUS • Nonaggression Pact 10 years • Sept 1, 1939 Hitler invades Poland • Sept 3, 1939 GB and FRA declare war on GRM

  8. Lightning War: Definitions • Panzer divisions = armored divisions • Blitzkreig= “lightning war”; air and land attack that took the enemy by surprise • Stuka- dive bombing warplane • Sitzkrieg= lull in fighting (“sit-down war”) • Luftwaffe= GRM airforce

  9. War in the West • Maginot Line= massive string of fortifications along FRA’s border w/ GRM • 2 problems- protected only part of FRA/GRM boarder • Guns pointed east twd GRM • Attack through Belgium?? • GRM Attack • April 1940 Denmark & Norway • May 10 Netherlands (5 days), Belgium (3 weeks), LUX (1 day) • Then set their sights on FRA

  10. War in the West • Dunkirk • GRM divide GB & FRA • British retreat • Fall of France • June 10 gov’t leaves Paris • June 14th GRM troops enter Paris • Vichy, FRA • Henri-Philippe Petain • Collaboration- close cooperation with GRM • FRA govt in GB • Resistance mvmts

  11. Battle of Britain • Relentless Attack • Aug-Sept 1940 • Bombings • Continued until May ‘41 • RAF vs Luftwaffe

  12. Share Activity!!!

  13. Closure • How did relations between Britain and Germany change between the Munich Conference and the invasion of Poland?

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