Germany Advances

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Germany Advances

• The fall of Poland, the Low Countries and France

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Appeasement

• During the 1930s the Allies had appeased
  Germany.
• Nazi Germany began to build up her army, airforce
  and navy again.
• Germany also began to take land they thought they
  were entitled to.
• Allies did not punish Germany for breaking the
  terms of Treaty of Versailles nor for their
  actions towards Czechoslovakia.
• This allied policy is known as appeasement.

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Adolf Hitler orders the German Army into Austria. 12 March 1938
Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler sign the Munich Agreement. 29 Sept, 1938
Joseph Goebbels organizes Crystal Night (Krystallnacht). 9 Nov 1938
The German Army invades Czechoslovakia. 15 March 1939
Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact. 23 Aug 1939
The German Army invades Poland. 1 Sept 1939
Britain declares war on Germany 3 Sept 1939
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Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact 1939Russia
secretly agrees not to declare war on Germany if
Germany invades Poland (in return for Polish land)
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Declaration of War

• Germany invaded Poland 1 Sept 1939
• Allies told Germany to withdraw
• When they did not, the Allies declared war on 3
  Sept 1939

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Blitzkrieg

• Literally means Lightning War
• It is a concentrated co-ordinated assault based
  on overwhelming force and speed by planes, tanks,
  artillery and infantry.
• Blitzkrieg tactics works best in small areas

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Invasion of France and the Low Countries

• Germany launched their attacks on 10 May 1940.
• Belgium and the Netherlands surrendered in May
  1940 and France surrendered in June 1940.
• The Germans again used Blitzkrieg tactics
  successfully.

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Invasion of Poland Blitzkrieg Tactics
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German bombing of Poland

• Leah Hammerstein Silverstein describes the
  bombing of Praga and Warsaw (Clip)
• http//www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_oi.php?ModuleId
  10005437MediaId1175

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Invasion of Poland

• Destruction in Warsaw in 1939 as a result of
  Blitzkrieg

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German troops parading after capturing Poland
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Invasion of Poland

• Hitler reviewing the troops after capturing
  Poland Oct 5, 1939

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Photo of Warsaw, May 1940
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Invasion of the Low CountriesMay 1940

• Destruction of Rotterdam
• Clip of German paratroopers dropping into
  Rotterdam http//www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_fi.php
  ?ModuleId10005181MediaId196

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Germany invades France

• Footage of the Invasion of France
• http//www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_fi.php?MediaId1
  95

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Speer, Hitler and Breker in Paris after Germany
defeated France in June,1940.
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