1. Section 2 Europe Goes to War
Chapter 24
Section 2
Europe Goes to War

2. The German-Soviet Non-aggression Pact
prevent hostilities between the two countries.
Secretly, agreed to overrun the countries that lay between them.

3. Invasion of Poland 9/1/39 target: Warsaw Germany used “blitzkrieg”
Shock the other country and leave little time for resistance
9/27/39, Warsaw surrenders
Western Poland was under German control
indication of Germany’s war ability

4. Soviets invaded from the east on September 17th,
2 days later met up with Germans.
Polish were retreating right into Soviet hands, helping the German/Soviet invasion of Poland

5. Followed the scorched Earth policy Killed most residents
Polish War torn
Followed the scorched Earth policy
Killed most residents
Jewish people were sent to the Warsaw Ghetto, where they starved, rioted and later die

11. Sitzkreig “sit-down war”
British and French declared war on Germany on September 3rd.
Fearing heavy losses they did nothing with the invasion of Poland
Britain dropped propaganda posters onto German soil.
No action was taken by either side…”phony war” or sitzkreig

12. Maginot Line Key to French defense Bordered Germany “military base”
Protected only to
the East

14. Russo-Finnish War Soviets attacked Finland Expected a quick war
5 months before Finland ceded to the USSR.

15. Denmark,Norway,Belgium &Luxembourg
By April, Hitler began to attack
He attacked Denmark Belgium and Luxembourg with little resistance. Norway, was also attacked. Oslo was quickly taken and a puppet government (controlled remotely by a foreign government) set up, but a strong resistance movement supported by Britain and France continued to fight the Germans for two months.

16. Battle of Dunkirk Germany began attack on France
Divided French and British troops into 2 pockets one in the North and one in the South The northern retreated to Dunkirk
The evacuation “Operation Dynamo”, used 800 civilian and military sea vessels, > 300,000 men brought to safety across the English Channel to British soil.

17. The attack left France completely on its own with out the aid of the British

19. The Fall of France
Germans enter into France, cross the Maginot Line, head to Paris.
British PM, Winston Churchill, fearing heavier involvement, denied French assistance.
France forced to surrender
June 22, 1940, France signs armistice with Germany.

20. On June 23, Hitler flew to Paris for a sightseeing tour, during which a widely published photo was taken of Hitler standing against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower

21. Terms of Surrender Germany occupies 3/5 of Northern France
French controlled the unoccupied portion from a small resort town Vichy…”Vichy France”
Was a collaboration with Germany

22. German Success France’s army was more technologically advanced.
France fell because of eastern attack of Germany through the Ardennes Forest
Most of the French forces, reinforced by the British, were in Belgium, where the main attack was incorrectly expected to take place.

24. The Battle of Britain
Germany needed to control the British navy to beat GB
Luftwaffe launched the largest air attack in war history
However Britain counter attacked nightly for months on Central Berlin
*long, destructive battle!

25. The first turning point in the war,
Germany was unable to reach its target for the 1st time
Britain no longer faced the threat of a ground invasion.

26. Since air superiority over England would be difficult, Hitler turned his attention to Russia