Page 1
32.1 HITLER`S LIGHTNING WAR
WORLD HISTORYPETERSON SCHOOLMR.HOOD
Page 2
MAIN IDEAEMPIRE BUILDING.
USING THE SUDDEN MASS ATTACK CALLED THE BLITZKRIEG, GERMANY OVERRAN MUCH OF EUROPE AND
NORTH AFRICA.
Page 3
WHY IT MATTERS NOW HITLER`S ACTIONS SET OFF WWII.
THE RESULTS OF THE WAR STILL AFFECT THE POLITICS AND
ECONOMICSOF TODAY`S WORLD.
Page 5
GERMANY + ITALY + JAPAN
AXIS POWERS
Page 6
HITLER HAD EXPANDED
Page 7
BUT ADOLF HITLER HAD
GREATER AMBITIONS
Page 8
OBJECTIVE 1SUMMARIZE THE EVENTS THAT LED TO WAR
Page 9
HITLER + STALIN SIGNED A
NON-AGGRESSION PACT
Page 10
GERMANY + SOVIET UNION
AGREED TO DIVIDE POLAND
Page 12
GERMANY INVADED POLAND 01 SEPTEMBER
1939
Page 15
FRANCE + BRITAIN DECLARED
WAR ON GERMANY
Page 17
FRANCE + BRITAIN
FORMED ALLIED FORCES
Page 18
IN POLAND GERMANY USED NEW MILITARY
TACTIC
Page 19
BLITZKRIEG: FAST-
MOVING AIRPLANES + TANKS
Page 21
FOLLOWED BY MASSIVE INFANTRY
Page 22
BLITZKRIEG CAUSED SURPRISE +
OVERWHELM
Page 23
POLAND WAS EASILY DEFEATED
+ SURRENDERED ON 06 OCTOBER
Page 24
GERMANY ANNEXED
THEIR PART OF POLAND
Page 25
SOVIET UNION TOOK MUCH LONGER TO GAIN THEIR PART
OF POLAND
Page 26
OBJECTIVE 2DESCRIBE THE
FALL OF FRANCE AND THE BATTLE
OF BRITAIN
Page 27
“PHONY WAR” FOLLOWED
(NOTHING HAPPENED)
Page 28
THEN GERMANY TOOK
DENMARK + NORWAY
Page 30
GERMANY THEN TOOK
NETHERLANDS BELGIUM + LUXEMBOURG
Page 31
SOON AFTER
GERMANY TOOK FRANCE
Page 32
GERMANY THEN FOCUSED
ATTENTION ON GREAT BRITAIN
Page 33
GREAT BRITAIN STOOD ALONE AGAINST
THE NAZIS
Page 34
GERMANY + GREAT BRITAIN
FOUGHT BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Page 35
A BATTLE IN THE SKY
Page 39
GERMANY BOMBED
BRITISH CITIES IN THE BLITZ
Page 43
MANY BRITISH CITIES
DESTROYED
Page 49
CIVILIANS DOVE FOR COVER
Page 50
BUT BRITAIN GAVE AS GOOD AS THEY
GOT
Page 56
AND GREAT BRITAIN WAS
VICTORIOUS
Page 57
FINALLY, HITLER HAD BEEN
BLOCKED
Page 58
OBJECTIVE 3EXPLAIN THE
CONFLICTS ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Page 59
HITLER CHANGED HIS STRATEGY
Page 60
HITLER WOULD DEAL WITH BRITAIN
LATER
Page 61
HITLER TURNED TO EASTERN
FRONT WANTED SOVIET UNION
Page 62
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE NON-AGRESSION
PACT?
Page 63
HITLER PERSUADED BULGARIA, ROMANIA + HUNGARY TO JOIN
AXIS POWERS
Page 64
GERMANY ALSO TOOK YUGOSLAVIA +
GREECE
Page 65
HITLER WAS NOW
READY TO INVADE RUSSIA
Page 66
GERMAN PLAN CALLED OPERATION
BARBAROSSA
Page 70
GERMANS ADVANCED TO
MOSCOW
Page 77
BUT WINTER SET IN
Page 78
BUT HITLER DEMANDED: “NO
RETREAT”
Page 79
COST GERMANY 500,000 LIVES
Page 80
OBJECTIVE 4DESCRIBE U.S. AID
TO THE ALLIES
Page 81
AMERICANS FAVORED
ISOLATIONISM
Page 82
BUT USA KNEW IF
ALLIED FORCES FELL…
Page 83
…USA WOULD BE DRAGGED INTO
WAR
Page 84
THE USA BEGAN
HELPING THE ALLIED FORCES
Page 85
SUPPLIED BRITISH WITH ARMS USING BOATS ACROSS
ATLANTIC
Page 86
HITLER ORDERED THESE SHIPS BE SUNK
Page 87
CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT
SIGNED ATLANTIC CHARTER
Page 88
FREE TRADE AMONG NATIONS +
PEOPLE CHOOSE OWN GOVERNMENT
Page 89
DESPITE THIS, GERMANY SUNK A SHIP BELONGING
TO USA
Page 90
USA RESPONDED BY
ATTACKING GERMAN SUBMARINES
Page 91
U.S.A. + GERMANY FOUGHT UNDECLARED
NAVAL WAR
Page 92
NOT LONG UNTIL USA
OFFICIALLY JOINED THE FIGHT