Week of March 3-10

Monday-

WWII movie done by next Monday- Written or verbal summary and review.
Germany in WWII
1. 1919-1945
2. Ein Volk
  1. One people
3. Ein Reich
  1. One empire
4. Ein Fuhrer
  1. One leader
5. Swastika
  1. Nazi symbol
Axis Powers
1. Germany, Italy, Japan,
2. Spain, France, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Finland, Slovakia, Manchugo
Treaty of Versailles
1. Treaty ending WWI
2. Lead to the inflation after WWI
3. Germany lost land to France, Belgium, Denmark, Czechoslovakia, Poland, oversee colonies
4. Germany had to return land to Russia
5. Military Consequences
  1. Germany's army reduced to 100,000 men
  2. German army was not allowed tanks
  3. Germany not allowed to have an air force
  4. Germany allowed only 6 capitol naval ships and no submarines
  5. The Rhineland was made into a demilitarized zone
    1. No German soldier or weapon was allowed into this zone
6. Financial Consequences
  1. Loss of vital industrial territory was a severe blow to Germany's economy
  2. Germany had to pay $33 billion to the Allies (GB/France)
7. General Consequences
  1. Germany had to admit full responsibility for starting WWI
  2. Germany was forbidden to unite with Austria
  3. A league of Nations was set up to keep world peace
8. Germany's Reaction
  1. They were angry
  2. The Treaty was seen by many Germans as being forced on them, and Germans had no choice but to sign it.
  3. German representatives in Paris knew that they had no choice as Germany was incapable of restarting the war again.
  4. Many right wing groups such as the Nazis believed in the Dolchstoss Theory (Stab in the Back Theory)
  5. Blamed the "November Criminals" (The Weimer Republic) for accepting Treaty
9. Weimer Republic
  1. New Democratic government of Germany
  2. President was elected every 7 years
  3. Chancellor runs the country
10. Adolf Hitler
  1. Born in 1889 in Austria
  2. Family moved to Germany when he was 3
  3. Had 5 Siblings- 3 died in infancy
  4. Mom- Clara
  5. Dad- Alois
  6. His brother Edmond, died in 1900
  7. After his brother's death, Hitler changed and became more moody and withdrawn
  8. Had more issues at school and with dad
  9. His dad died in 1903 and his mom died in 1907
  10. In Mein Kampf, Hitler said he first became anti-Semitic during his time in Vienna, Austria

Tuesday-

Adolf Hitler
1. Struggled in School
2. Time in Vienna, Austria-1905-913
  1. Hitler failed to get into the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna two different times
  2. Started selling paintings in the streets of Vienna
  3. Failed his examination to get into the Austro-Hungarian army in 1914
  4. Moved to Munich, Germany and joined the German army when WWI broke out in 1914
3. Hitler in WWI
  1. Hitler was wounded twice while serving
    1. Shell explosion
    2. Temporarily blinded by a mustard gas attack
  2. There is a story that Hitler could have been shot by the French soldier, Henry Tandy, but was spared
4. After WWI
  1. Hitler starts spying on the new Nationalist Socialist German Workers Party(Nazi) for the German military
  2. Hitler quickly realized that this group discussed topics that he believed in
  3. Hitler dropped out of the military and joined the Nazi Party and quickly rose to become the leader
  4. Hitler found that he had the power of speech and persuasion during this time
  5. Beer Hall Putsch-1923
    1. Where the Nazis met
    2. a march to try to overthrow the German government
    3. it failed
    4. Hitler was sentenced to Prison for five years
      1. Served only 9 months for good behavior
5. Rise to Power
  1. Hitler is appointed Chancellor in 1933
  2. President Paul von Hindenburg dies shortly after and Hitler dissolves the Weimer Republic
  3. Early actions of Hitler
    1. Drops out of the League of Nations
    2. Starts rearming Germany
    3. Rearms the German Rhineland area
6. Anschluss with Austria-1938
  1. Austria and Germany united to make a greater country
7. Sudetenland Crisis-1938
  1. "Re-uniting German speaking peoples"
8. Munich Conference-1938
  1. 4 axis power leaders met
  2. It was decided that Germany would only get parts of Czechoslovakia that were over 50% German
  3. Neville Chamberlain- Great Britain
  4. Adolf Hitler- Germany
  5. Benito Mussolini- Italy
  6. Edouard Daladier- France
  7. Became known as the "Policy of Appeasement"

Wednesday-

Winston Churchill
1. Opposed appeasement
Hitler takes over all of Czechoslovakia
1. March, 1939
Hitler invites Czech President, Hacha
1. March, 1939
Soviet- German Non-Aggression pact
1. German Ambassador
2. Stalin
3. Stopped war from happening between them
4. Russia gave raw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons
5. Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war
6. Secretly agreed to invade and split Poland. Germany would get the western half and USSR the eastern half
7. Russia would get Finland, Estonia, and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania
8. The World Was
  1. Shocked
  2. Poland was stuck "between a rock and a hard place"
  3. Hitler thought it would force Great Britain and France to back out of their promise to help Poland if attacked
Blitzkrieg Tactic
1. Lightening war
2. Move in quickly
After Hitler invaded Poland, war was declared
Sitzkrieg- The Phony War
1. Winter 1939-1940
2. Ends the next Spring 1940
French and Germany Plans for the Battler of France-1940
Miracle of Dunkirk
1. Thousands of troops saved
France surrenders
1. June 1940
A divided France
1. The Vichy Government
  1. Pro Nazi Government in France, ruled by the French in southern France
  2. Henri Petain
  3. Helped Hitler

Thursday-

A divided France
1. The French Resistance
  1. The Free French Underground
  2. The Maquis
    1. People still living in France that refused to follow the Nazis
Tripartite Pact is signed
1. Axis powers
It was the alliance with Japan that lost the war for Germany
1. Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Axis Invasion of the Balkans (Yugoslavia)
1. 1941
June 1942- Height of the Axis Powers
Nazi Goals for the Battler of Britain
1. Destroy the Royal Air Force(before invasion was possible-hopefully by 9-15)
2. Attack and destroy the British Navy
3. Attack British troops
4. Once air control was gained, the invasion of Great Britain would begin
5. Germany never succeeded in achieving #1
6. German bombers did so poorly against the RAF that they started bombing at night only
7. Great Britain was aided heavily by the radar and Ultra
  1. Ultra was the name given to the British that intercepted and deciphered German codes
8. Operation Sea Lion
  1. Code given to the German invasion of Great Britain- never happened
Royal Air Force
1. Great Britain
2. Shot down German Planes
3. Americans volunteered to fight in the Royal Air Force
Luftwaffe
1. German air force
2. Weren't as fast as the Royal Air Force
Battle was the Royal Air Force vs. Luftwaffe
Results of the Battle of Britain
1. In May, 1941, Germany decided to focus on attacking British ships and ports and thus stopped attacking cities
2. British losses- around 40,000 civilians dead
  1. 46,000- 139,000 injured
3. German losses- 3,363 aircrew and 2,265 aircraft
4. Britain won by the fact that Germany did not achieve their goals
German Invasion of the USSR-June, 1941
1. Final Plan for Operation Barbarossa

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