Title: DEBATE
1DEBATE
- People are like countries when it comes to
wanting revenge. - Create a T chart- Agree/ Disagree with statement
- 1s will agree
- 2s will disagree
2WORLD WAR II
3WESTERN 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.
4CANADA 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
5PM 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
6Canadian 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,
7GERMANY 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
8BLITZKREIG
- STEP 1
- The LUFTWAFFE
- the Air Force, went in first and bombed the enemy
Luftwaffes planes STUKAS
9- STEP 2
- The PANZER
- the armoured divisions, went second and shelled
the enemy
Panzers tanks Tiger
10- STEP 3
- The WERMARCHT
- the infantry, went in and cleaned up the
remaining resistance.
Wermarcht infantry
11HOW 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!
12Hitlers 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.
13Europe in 1940
14INVASION 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
15Germanys 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.
16MIRACLE 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.
17FRANCE 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.
18HOMEWORK
- Fill in the section YEARS IN CRISIS on your
chart - Study the Map on page 117
- Answer 1 and 2
- p. 119 1-2