1. World war ii
Chapter 16

2. Think-Write-Pair-Share
What were Hitler’s goals?

3. Hitler’s Lightning War
Nonaggression Pact – Soviet Union + Germany

4. Blitzkrieg – “lightning war”
Works in Poland (1939)

6. The blitzkrieg was a military strategy that ___________________________________________________________________________________________.
Surprise and military force

7. Finns vs. Soviet Union

8. Hitler’s Lightning War
After Germany attacks Poland, France + G. Britain declare war
Hitler attacks Denmark and Norway

9. The Fall of France
Hitler sends troops through the Ardennes and reaches the French coast
Allied forces are trapped in northern France
Go to the beaches of Dunkirk
G. Britain rescues 338,000 Allied soldiers
French surrender 1940
Germans control the north
Vichy France (south)

10. The Fall of France
Charles de Gaulle, French general, sets up a government-in-exile in London
Organizes Free French military forces

11. Battle of Britain
Winston Churchill = Prime Minister

12. Battle of Britain
Hitler’s plan = use the Luftwaffe (air force) to bomb factories and then cities before deploying 250,000 soldiers
RAF (Royal Air Force) has radar and Enigma
Hitler calls it off

13. Assignment 1. Why did Great Britain and France declare war on Germany?
2. Why was the outcome of the Battle of Britain important for the Allies?

14. The Mediterranean North Africa
Mussolini moves forces into British-controlled Egypt
Suez Canal = reach the oil fields of the Middle East
Hitler sends in General Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps
Axis powers win

15. ____________ and ________________ join forces to defeat the Allies in the Mediterranean.

16. The Balkans
Hitler’s plan = build bases to eventually attack the Soviet Union

18. Hitler Invades the Soviet Union
Surprise attack (1941)
Soviets retreat and used scorched-earth strategy
1 million people die in Leningrad but Hitler cannot gain control
500,000 Germans die trying to take over Moscow

19. Hitler made a mistake invading the Soviet Union because _________________________________________________________________________________________.

20. United States Neutrality Acts (1937) Lend-Lease Act (1941)
Atlantic Charter – free trade and choice of government
German U-boat sinks an American destroyer
FDR orders navy to shoot German submarines

21. The significance of the Atlantic Charter was _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The ________ - Lease Act benefited the U.S. because _________________________.

22. Irony = an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected

23. Tora!Tora!Tora – Justification Paragraph
Which events/factors led to Japan attacking Pearl Harbor and declaring war against the United Sates?
1. State your claim - Provide at least two factors – “One factor that led to Japan attacking Pearl Harbor and attacking the U.S. was ____________” “Another event that led to _________________.”
2. Use academic language to cite evidence – “As a result of ……..”
“If …….. then ……..” “This was a cause or effect of ……..”
3. Support evidence – At least one additional sentence per factor.
4. Use content vocabulary (at least 3) – Pearl Harbor, radar, alliance, Axis, Allies, Manchuria, embargo, sabotage, emperor, etc.