DEBATE

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DEBATE

• People are like countries when it comes to
  wanting revenge.
• Create a T chart- Agree/ Disagree with statement
• 1s will agree
• 2s will disagree

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WORLD WAR II

• THE FIGHTING BEGINS

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WESTERN EUROPE RESPONSE

• September the 1st, France and England sent an
  ultimatum to Germany to withdraw from Poland
• The Nazi army had 24 hours to leave Poland
• On September 3, 1939 France and England had no
  choice but to declare war on Germany.

Neville Chamberlain, the British Prime Minister
said In war, whichever side may call itself
the victor, there are no winners, but all are
losers.
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CANADA JOINS THE WAR

• Canada was NOT automatically at war since Britain
  declared war on Germany.
• WHY?
• Statute of Westminster (1935)
• Canada will have control over its own foreign
  affairs
• HOWEVER

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PM KING DECLARES WAR

• Sept 9, 39 PM King declared war on Germany
• Canada joined the Allied Forces
• By the end of the first month 70 000 Cdns. had
  signed up.
• One million would serve by the end of the war

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Canadian Forces
Group Contributions
French Canadians Africans Canadian Women Aboriginals Asians (Chinese and Japanese) Jewish Canadians Worked as spies, fight in the war, non combat roles Accepted into fighting in the war, Integrated through out the army navy and air force 50,000 vol, mechanics, technicians, spies, drivers, non combat roles 3,000 joined the army-72 women Used as translators, fought in the jungles of Asia, worked as spies, broadcasters 17,000, Hid there identity,
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GERMANY ADVANCES

• September 1939
• Nazis Invade Poland

• BLITKREIG
• Modern version of the SCHLIEFFEN PLAN
• Lightning Strike in German
• German attack strategy using the three major
  military corps of the Third Reichs army

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BLITZKREIG

• STEP 1
• The LUFTWAFFE
• the Air Force, went in first and bombed the enemy

Luftwaffes planes STUKAS
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• STEP 2
• The PANZER
• the armoured divisions, went second and shelled
  the enemy

Panzers tanks Tiger
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• STEP 3
• The WERMARCHT
• the infantry, went in and cleaned up the
  remaining resistance.

Wermarcht infantry
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HOW DID THE FIGHTING BEGIN...

• Hitler tried to make peace w/ Britain France by
  promising not to invade any other country
• NO ONE WAS FOOLED THIS TIME!!
• Sept 17, 1939 World was SHOCKEDRussia invaded
  Poland from the East.
• Poland was now occupied by Nazi and Communist
  regimes!!
• No Fighting (Sitzkrieg phony war) until the
  spring of 1940.

Countries preparing for WAR!
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Hitlers next invasions

• 1. April 40
• Denmark/Norway Blitzkrieg
• 2. May 40
• Holland/Belgium attacked

• WHAT PARTS OF EUROPE DID HITLER CONTROL?
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.

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Europe in 1940
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INVASION OF FRANCE

• German invasion of France was quick
• Britain sent troops
• France and Britain were not prepared for the
  BLITZKRIEG
• British soldiers retreated to the coastal French
  city of Dunkirk

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Germanys Strategic Errors

• They were trapped with no where to go.
• German troops were advancingand
• Hitler ordered the Luftwaffe (air force) to bomb
  the Br. forces, while ordering the Wermacht
  (army) to pull back
• This would prove to be one of Hitler's costly
  errors.

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MIRACLE OF DUNKIRK

• Fortunately a dense fog pinned the Luftwaffe
• A call went out to all British vessels to cross
  the English Channel and rescue the men.
• 900 boats - ferries, fishing boats, pleasure
  boats- joined the British destroyers.
• It was believed that only 10 000 men could be
  rescued, but by the end 340 000 soldiers were
  rescued from certain destruction.

Many historians believe that "the Miracle of
Dunkirk" prevented Hitler from winning in 1940.
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FRANCE FALLS

• Meanwhile, the French army had fallen.
• On June 14, 1940 the Nazis marched into an
  undefended Paris
• 3 days later France surrendered.
• Hitler had conquered most of w. Europe. Only the
  Soviet Union remained to the East and the British
  Isles to the West.

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HOMEWORK

• Fill in the section YEARS IN CRISIS on your
  chart
• Study the Map on page 117
• Answer 1 and 2
• p. 119 1-2