Chamberlain

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Chamberlain Appeasement Prelude To War

• Chamberlain believed that Germany had been badly
  treated by the Allies after it was defeated in
  the First World War. He therefore thought that
  the German government had genuine grievances and
  that these needed to be addressed. He also
  thought that by agreeing to some of the demands
  being made by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini
  he could avoid a European war.
• After Hitler broke the Munich Agreement,
  Chamberlain realized that Hitler could not be
  trusted and his appeasement now came to an end.
  After the invasion of Poland, Chamberlain was
  forced to declare war on Germany.
• Considered an uninspiring war leader, members of
  the Labor and Liberal Party refused to serve in
  his proposed National Government. Chamberlain
  resigned and was replaced by Winston Churchill.
  He was appointed as Lord President of the Council
  in Churchill's government but ill health forced
  him to leave office in October 1940, and he died
  soon afterwards on 9th November, 1940.

Peace with Honor Peace for our time
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Summary of World War Two

• 1939
• Hitler invades Poland on 1st September. Britain
  and France declare war two days later.
  
• 1940
• Rationing starts in the UK.
• German "Blitzkrieg" overwhelms Belgium, Holland
  and France.
  
• Churchill becomes Prime Minister.
• British Expeditionary Force evacuated from
  Dunkirk.
  
• British victory in Battle of Britain forces
  Hitler to postpone invasion plans.
  
• 1941
• Hitler begins Operation Barbarossa - the invasion
  of Russia.
  
• The Blitz continues in England's major cities.
• Allies take Tobruk in North Africa and resist
  German attacks.
  
• Japan attacks Pearl Harbour and the USA enters
  the war.
  

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Summary of World War Two

• American naval victory at Battle of Midway, in
  June, marks turning point in Pacific War.
  
• Mass murder of Jewish people at Auschwitz begins
  
  
• 1943
• Surrender at Stalingrad marks Germany's first
  major defeat.
  
• Allied victory in North Africa enables invasion
  of Italy to be launched.
  
• Italy surrenders but Germany takes over the
  battle.
  
• British and Indian forces fight Japanese in
  Burma.
  
• 1944
• Allies land at Anzio and bomb monastery at Monte
  Cassino.
  
• Soviet offensive gathers pace in Eastern Europe.
  
  
• D Day the Allied invasion of France. Paris is
  liberated in August.
  
• Guam liberated by the US. Okinawa and Iwo Jima
  bombed.
  
• 1945

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June 4, 1940Dunkirk Evacuated

• The British successfully extricated 200,000
  British and 100,000 French troops from the
  beaches of Dunkirk. The troops were stranded in
  Northern France, cut off by the sweeping German
  victories. The British and French troops were
  forced to abandon their equipment, but their
  soldiers were available to fight another day.

The British army, trapped, fought free and fell
back toward the channel ports, converging on a
fishing town whose name was then spelled
Dunkerque. Behind them lay the sea
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June 4, 1940Dunkirk Evacuated
We shall never surrender.
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August 1940Battle Of Britain

• The Germans attempted to subdue Great Britain by
  utilizing air attacks. Germany attacked all major
  cities and military installations. British
  preparedness, combined with the valor of its
  pilots and a new weapon called "radar," forced
  the Germans to pay a heavy price for their
  bombing. By the end of October, when the winter
  weather made the threat of invasion unlikely, the
  Germans had lost 2,375 planes, compared to 800
  British planes lost.

This England never did, nor never shall,/Lie at
the proud foot of a conqueror.
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August 1940Battle Of Britain
The Germans under-estimated the strength of the
RAF.
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Historical Comparisons

• Joan of Arc
• Valor
• Loyalty
• Elijah
• Perseverance
• Relentless
• Isaiah

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Joan of Arc Champion of the People

• Saint Joan of Arc, also called the Maid of
  Orléans, was a national heroine and patron saint
  of France, who united the nation at a critical
  hour and decisively turned the Hundred Years' War
  in France's favor.

Its when Im Joan of Arc that I get excited.
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Elijah Victory to Despair to Faith

• Elijah challenged 850 prophets of Baal to a
  dramatic showdown before the entire nation of
  Israel Now bring two bulls. The prophets of
  Baal may choose whichever one they wish and cut
  it into pieces and lay it on the wood of their
  altar but without setting fire to it Then call
  on the name of your god and I will call on the
  name of the Lord. The god who answers by setting
  fire to the wood is the true God! (1 Kings
  1823-24)

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Isaiah