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6.3 World War Two

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Lesson objectives

How did World War II originate and develop?

When did Adolf Hitler came to power?

1. 1929
2. 1932
3. 1933
4. 1939

Germany towards war!

Hitler does not respect the Treaty of Versailles. 

1. Establishes a rearmament program (1933)
2. General conscription (1935)
3. Made soldiers occupy the Rhineland (1936)
4. Anschluss (occupy Austria), without fire a shot. (1938)
5. It is agreed in Munich that Hitler may occupy Sudetenland. (1938)
6. Hitler occupied all of Czechoslovakia (1939)

Appeasement policy

Britain and France pursued a policy of appeasement. They hoped to maintain peace through diplomacy by giving in to Hitler's demands. 

Appeasement policy

• voorkomen van een oorlog! 
• Uitgevoerd door de Britten

The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact (1939)

Germany attacks  

1st of september 1939

End of appeasement policy. 

Hitler declares war on Poland and France and England declare war on Germany. 

= Second World War

Begin of Second World War

1st of september 1939

End of appeasement policy. 

France and England declare war on Germany. 

= Second World War

First months 

End 1939 - begin 1940

• The first phase of the war takes place mainly in Eastern Europe.
• According to the agreements in the Molotov-Ribbentrop Treaty, in mid-September the Soviet Union also invades Poland from the east.  

Blitzkrieg in Western-Europe

april-july 1940

• The war seems far away...
• That changes in the spring of 1940 when, with tremendous speed and great superiority, the Germans literally "roll up" Europe.
• This method of warfare is also known as Blitzkrieg.

April: Denmark and Norway

May: Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France

Homework assignments

• Make assignment 1-5 of paragraph 3.
• Homework for next lesson.
• 15 minutes

Operation Barbarossa

june - december 1941

• Despite the non-aggression treaty of 1939, Germany attacks the Soviet Union:
• Hitler needs the "Lebensraum" and raw materials for his people.

 Course of WWII part 1

• 1939: Germany invades Poland, beginning of WWII.
• 1940: Germany conquers Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Belgium and part of France.
• 1941: Germany invades the Soviet Union (Russia).
• 1943: Germany loses the battle of Stalingrad. 
• 1943: German troops in North Africa surrender.
• 1943: Germany slowly begins to lose the war.

What did you learn?

• Timeline course of WWII
• turning points in the war
• Concept: appeasement policy

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7th of december 1941

• Japan wants to be a powerful country in Asia. 
• To achieve this goal, they attack the American naval base in Hawaii (Pearl Harbor), completely by surprise. 
• Because of the destroyed American fleet, Japan is able to take over countries in Asia

United States at war

8th of december 1941

• One day after the attack, the United States declared war on Japan.

Battle of Stalingrad

august 1942 - february 1943

• The icy cold and poor supplies defeat the German army. 
• Hitler must give up: Stalingrad proves unconquerable.
• It becomes a turning point in the war: the Soviet Union starts pushing back the German army.

D-Day

June 6st 1944

• With the Normandy landing, a front in the West finally appeared, something Stalin had long called for.
• The D in D-Day stands for Decision

Hitler is defeated

april 1945

• In April, Stalin's Red Army attacks Berlin. 
• It is the final blow for Hitler: he commits suicide.
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Atomic bomb on Hiroshima

August 6st 1945

Atoombom op Nagasaki

Augustus 9th 1945

Capitulation of Japan

August 15 1945

• After being devastated by the two US atomic bombs, Japan can do nothing but surrender to the Allies.

What did you learn?

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