Lesson 3a – WW2 Essential Question Why did Germany lose WW2? Learning Outcomes - Students will:  Preview – Why listen to Hitler  Learn why it happened.

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Lesson 3a – WW2 Essential Question Why did Germany lose WW2? Learning Outcomes - Students will:  Preview – Why listen to Hitler  Learn why it happened  Learn which reason this falls under Success Criteria I can add to my table discussing the impact of the Blitz

Preview  Hitler was not a military general, so why listen to him?

Vocab  Blitzkrieg

Battle of France  Blitzkrieg – lightening war  Speed and Surprise How do you think Hitler got was able to defeat France’s Maginot Line? Where would you invade?

Reasons for German Defeat  Soviet War strategy  Germany overstretched  Economic superiority of the Allies  Economic Dislocation of the Third Reich  Superior military of the Allies  Hitler

Questions to Answer  Topic to research 1.Battle of Britain 2.Operation Barbarossa 3.Germany declares war on the US 4.Battle of Stalingrad 5.Battle of Kursk 6.Battle of El Alamein 7.Normandy Landings/D-Day 8.Holocaust 9.Hitler’s stubbornness What to Include? What happened? Which reason/reasons does this event fall under explaining the reasons why Germany lost WW2? Impact on Germany?

Why did Germany lose WW2? Essential Question Why did Germany lose WW2? Learning Outcomes - Students will:  Learn what happens  Learn why it happened  Learn which reason this falls under Success Criteria I can explain the significance of the Battle of Britain for Germany’s lose

Vocab  Battle of Britain  Operation Sea Lion

Battle of Britain – What Happened?  After the defeat of France in 1940, Hitler turned his attention to England  The Plan: To defeat Britain, Hitler needed to control the skies  Once he controlled the sky, a German invasion force would be launched along the English Channel  Operation Sea Lion  Strategy: Destroy British air fields so they could not repair their planes quick enough  Problem: Germany changed its strategy and began to bomb cities, allowing Britain to repair their planes and defeat the German air force

Battle of Britain – Why?  Soviet War strategy  Germany overstretched  Economic superiority of the Allies  Economic Dislocation of the Third Reich  Superior military of the Allies  Hitler Superior military of the Allies Hitler – change in strategy

Battle of Britain – Impact on the Third Reich?  If Hitler had defeated Britain  Normandy landing would not of happened  He could focus more troops for the invasion of Russia