Personal Connections paper due Friday February 10 WWII Film Assignment due Tuesday February 14 Causes of WWII quiz- Monday February 6

America was right to be isolationist in the 1930's Neville Chamberlain should be remembered as a coward for appeasing Hitler America and other Allied countries should have declared war on Germany when they invaded Czechoslovakia (Rhineland, Austria)

Blitzkrieg- German military strategy, "lightning war" Uses element of surprise, land & air attacks Sept 1939- invaded Poland German-Russia pact- two sided attack Britain and France declare war on Germany WWII begins (1939)

Stalin (Russia) annexed Baltic states Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland Hitler invaded Denmark and Norway Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg

German armies sent through Belgium Went through Ardennes Wooded ravines Thought impassible

Fled to beaches of Dunkirk Overwhelmed Allied forces Trapped British & French soldiers Fled to beaches of Dunkirk 330,000 British, French, Belgian troops ferried across Channel Dunkirk

What is the overall mood/tone of the beach? What emotions do you see on different people at Dunkirk? What mood/tone does the main character show?

Italy enters war on Germany’s side Invades France from South Germans close in on Paris from North June 22, 1940- France surrenders

Germans occupied Northern France Nazi-controlled puppet government set up in Southern France Vichy government

Summer of 1940- Germany launched an air war against Britain Goal: to gain control of skies and Britain by destroying Royal Air Force (RAF)

For 2 months, London and Britain bombed Airfields and cities targeted

Sept 1940: RAF shot down 185 German planes Radar- new technology Pilots plotted paths of German planes Sept 1940: RAF shot down 185 German planes Lost 26 Six weeks later, Hitler called off invasion

Friends- Churchill wanted Roosevelt to join in the war Special Relationship Friends- Churchill wanted Roosevelt to join in the war Roosevelt caught between friend (and what he wanted to do) and what the American public wanted What would you do?

Sept, 1939- “cash-and-carry” passed Allowed warring nations to buy U.S. arms as long as: They paid cash They transported them in their own ships Why might this be a good policy? Why might it be a bad policy?

Sept 1940- Germany, Italy, Japan signed mutual defense treaty Known as Axis Powers Each nation agreed to aid others if they were attacked Aimed to keep US out of war- how? If US declared war on any one country, would face a two-ocean war

America had to become “the great arsenal of democracy” March 1941: Lend-Lease Act President would lend or lease arms and other supplies to “any country whose defense was vital to the United States”

June 1941- Hitler invaded Russia Roosevelt sent Lend-Lease supplies to Tussia Why might this have been controversial? “… if Hitler invaded Hell, the British would be prepared to work with the devil himself.”

Hitler deployed hundreds of U-boats to attack lend-lease aid ships Wolf pack attacks- groups of up to 40 subs patrolled areas and sunk ships Roosevelt allowed navy warships to attack U-boats in self-defense

FDR was right to support Allies with legislation and supplies, but not military forces by joining the war. Do you agree or disagree? Explain

Leading up to US entering WWII 1931 Japan invades Manchuria 1940 Battle of Britain German invasions: Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, etc 1933 Hitler elected Chancellor 1939 Germany invades Poland (then France) 1929 Black Tuesday 1940/1941 Cash & Carry, Lend-Lease

Early morning surprise attack by Japanese Pearl Harbor Dec 6, 1941 Early morning surprise attack by Japanese *

Watch and reflect: What lines / moments stand out to you? What was the experience like?