Monday- We presented the rest of our power point on Germany.
-Treaty of Versailles- Germany lost land- eventually invaded that land in
-In debt- billions of dollars in debt because of WWI- caused the Nazis to have more popularity
Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria
-They were not happy-times were tough
-The Weimer Republic- filled with communists and Jews
-After losing the war, Hitler was driven to become powerful again
-born in 1889, in Austria- both parents died and his brother before he was 20-failed to get into art school- joined the army
Fuhrer-leader
Beer hall Putsch- tries to take over the government- found guilty- sentenced to 5 years- only served 9 months
Mein Kampf- writes in prision - basically is against Jews and communists
Tuesday- Hitler's rise to power
-appointed chancellor in 1933- drops out of League of Nations-Starts building up Germany's army- rearms the German Rhineland area
Anschluss with Austria-1938 (uniting)
-Sudetenland Crisis-"Re-unite German speaking peoples
-Neville Chamberlain- Britain, Germany, Italy, France
-Hitler was given Czechoslovakia- promised he was done taking over territories
-Winston churchill- opposed appeasement
1939- Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia
- Nazi- Soviet Non- Aggression pact- Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war- traded
- poland was scared
- invasion of Poland with Blitzkrieg attack
- Britain and France declare war on September 3rd 1939- people were waiting out the winter
-"The Phony War" ends spring 1940
-Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, France, Denmark, and Norway - Blitzkrieg attack again
D Day June 6th, 1944
- two Frances in WWII- Vichy France- worked with the Nazis to roundup Jews
- The Free France- Resistance fighters ( The maquis)
10 countries Germany took over- Greece, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark,Poland,Luxemburg, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and Austria
Wednesday- Discussed WWII 1942-1943
mid 1942- the end of the war was the turning point
-Battle of Britain- bombing campaign-Germany never got control of the air, could not beat the british.
-bombed constantly at night
-radar helped
- If it wasn't for the royal air force, England would have surrendered
- turned to russia
-Operation Barbarossa- 16-17 million Russains died in the war
Scorched Earth Policy- burned everything, let the Germans get over extended
-slowly pushed the Germans back to Berlin
- Battle for Moscow- Russain counteroffensive December 6,1941- Moscow is never taken
-Battle of Stalingrad-most casualties
--2 million
- Russia won back the cities
- Siege of Leningrad- 641,000 people died of starvation
- Leningrad, Stalingrad, and Moscow- three cities hitler wanted to take over but never took over
- War in Africa is over in 1943- within 8 months, North AFrica is free of German/Italian control
-Germany controlled the northern part of Italy for most of the war
- The Atlantic Wall
- fired at ships
-in france-taken over by Germany
D-Day-"Day of Days" (June 6,1944)
-success
-July 20th, 1944- Assassination plot to kill Hitler
- took 2 1/2 months to take over Paris
-Battle of the Bulge- Hitler's last offensive
-April 25, 1945- Met at the Elbe river and shook hands
- Hitler commits suicide in his bunker- cyanide and pistols
V-E Day May 8th, 1945- Victory in Europe
Propoganda- persuasive advertising ( Nationalism, anti-Jew- imperialism, militarism)
Holocaust- 6 million Jews died in Europe
Geneside- killing of a certain race
"Inferior" to Hitler- Jes, gypsies, Mentally disabled, poles, homosexuals, communists, black skinned people, slavics, mixed races, Jehovahs Witnesses
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