Ch.16, Sect 2
1939 - 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 - 1944 - 1945
War in Europe
Timeline
Using the sudden mass attack called
blitzkrieg; Germany invades and quickly
conquers many European countries.
1938 – March = Germany invades Austria
•
German troops march into Austria
unopposed,
union complete
•
U.S., rest of world do nothing to stop
Germany
1938 – Sept. = Munich Pact is signed by
Germany, France, Britain
• Prime Ministers Neville
Chamberlain and Daladier meet with Hitler
•
, hand
Sudetenland over to Germany
Sign Munich Agreement
• Winston Churchill – condemns
policy, warns war will follow
– Appeasement — giving up
principles to pacify an aggressor
War Europe Timeline
“Charles Lindbergh”
“Charles A.
Lindbergh”
As you read about Lindbergh, answer
the following questions in note section
of notes.
1. Can’t isolate from
World?
1. What did Lindbergh lose in gaining
fame?
2. “World
Lawlessness”
epidemic
2. Based on the opening quotation,
why did Lindbergh think that the
US should not become involved in
WWII?
3. America First
committee
3. Why did Lindbergh withdraw from
the American First committee?
(Cornell Column)
4. Take-A-Stand
4.
What is Dr. Seuss’s POV of Lindbergh and do you
agree or disagree with Dr. Seuss? support
4. TAKE-A-STAND:
What is Dr. Seuss’s
POV of Lindbergh and
do you agree or
disagree with Dr.
Seuss? Support.
1939 – March = Germany invades Czechoslovakia
– August = Hitler and Stalin sign
nonaggression pact, agreement not to
secret pact to divide
Poland between them.
attack each other and
1939 – Sept. 1 = Germany invades Poland
• blitzkrieg, “lightning war”
–
Germany annexes western Poland within 3 weeks; U.S.S.R. attacks, annexes
east
• Sept 3, France, Britain
declare war on Germany
– Maginot Line - sitzkrieg “sitting war.”
• Stalin reclaims lost territory
–
annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania; defeats Finland
April 1940 = Germany and Italy attack France
•
Germans
occupy northern France
June 1940 - France falls;
– Vichy, France - a Nazi
puppet government set up in
southern France
• General Charles de Gaulle
escapes, along with 340,000 troops, across the
sets up governmentin-exile in England
English Channel;
August 1940 – Battle of Britain
•
Winston Churchill,
new British Prime
Minister
May 1940 –
– an all air assault:
Luftwaffe vs
Royal Air Force
– radar
•
Hitler calls off
invasion
Mid-Sept 1940 –
Hawker Hurricanes RAF
Left-Side
“Differing Points about U.S.
Participation on WWII”
Franklin D. Roosevelt
1.
2.
3.
War Poster
1.
2.
3.
Elie Wiesel
1.
2.
3.
Charles A. Lindbergh
1.
2.
3.
Take-A-Stand: Should the U.S. get
involved/join/participate in the conflict overseas?
• Based on the documents and consider the time period, support
your response.