Hitler’s Aggression Before WWII

1. Hitler’s Aggression Before WWII

2. Hitler’s Rise to Power By 1933, Hitler had created a fascist police state in Germany. Defying the Treaty of Versailles, he built a huge and powerful military force.

4. Said Hitler, “We must hold unflinchingly to our aim . . . To secure for the German people the land and soil to which they are entitled . . .” He then began to take land for his Third Reich . . .

5. II. Hitler’s Aggression Hitler played the allies for 3 years, grabbing new land and then telling world leaders he would stop: 1. Germany Remilitarized the Rhineland (the area between France and Germany) (1936)

7. II. Hitler’s Aggression 2. Hitler unified Germany and Austria. This union was called the “Anschluss” (1938)

8. “German-Austria must return to the great mother country. One blood demands one Reich.” -- Hitler

9. II. Hitler’s Aggression 3. Hitler occupies Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (1938)

10. 1938

11. Allied Response • The Allies APPEASED (gave in to) Hitler. • England, France, Germany and Italy signed the MUNICH PACT (Czechoslovakia not invited) • Thisallowed Hitler to take over the Sudetenland territory if he agreed to stop his aggression

13. Nazi – Soviet Nonagression Pact The USSR & Germany sign a Non-aggression Pact. • Secretly, they plotted to split Poland between them.

14. zzz Britain’s Prime Minister Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement is a failure; his promise of “Peace in our time!” is a dream …

15. Hitler’s Aggression Continues 4. Germany attacks Poland from the west; the USSR attacks Poland from the east.

16. Blitzkrieg! “Lightening War” Warfare in which surprise air attacks are quickly followed by huge land attacks. Germany used this on Poland, which fell quickly.

17. Invading German troops approach Bydgoszcz. Poland, September 18, 1939.

22. Stuka fodder: a Polish girl weeps over her dead sister after the Ju-87s have swept by.

24. The Second World War begins . . . SEPTEMBER 3, 1939 ENGLAND AND FRANCE DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY

25. Battles of World War II

26. I. The War in North Africa

27. June 10th, 1940, Italy declared war against Britain and France. The British controlled Egypt and the Suez Canal. With the help of Italy’s Mussolini, the Germans controlled most of North Africa by April of 1940.

29. British General Montgomery vs. German Field Marshall, Erwin Rommel, the “Desert Fox”.

30. II. THE WAR IN WESTERN EUROPE…

31. By 1940: Hitler had taken over hekka countries! (=a lot) Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Denmark, Belgium, Holland, and even France! (Charles de Gualle, leader of France, escaped to Britain to continue fighting)

32. In May of 1940 the Nazis invade France. Germans occupy all of Northern France. Nazis set up a “puppet” government in Southern France (under French Marshal Henri Petain) called the “Vichy Government”

36. Only Great Britain stands against Hitler.

37. The Battle of Britain: An air battle began as Hitler bombed British cities in an attempt to knock them out of the war. This lasted many months.

38. Click for Battle of Britain sound clips & images:http://www.saak.nl/battlefield%20tour/2008%20england/england1940/england1940%20en.htm

41. The Battle of Britain: The night bombing of London was aimed at civilians.

43. The New Prime Minister of England, Winston Churchill gave hope when he said, “ This is our finest hour”.

44. Britain uses radar system to electronically track Germany’s attacks.

45. British acoustic early warning device: sound radar

46. TheRoyal Air Forceor the RAF, fought the Germans at odds of 8 Nazi Plans to 1 British plane.

48. Churchill said, “We shall never surrender”

49. Said Churchill, “Never has so much been owed by so many to so few!” Hitler is forced to abandon his invasionplans of Great Britain.