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Germany Germany AdvancesAdvances
The fall of Poland, the Low Countries and France
AppeasementAppeasement• During the 1930s the Allies had “appeased”
Germany.• Nazi Germany began to build up her army,
airforce and navy again.• Germany also began to take land they thought
they were entitled to.• Allies did not punish Germany for breaking the
terms of Treaty of Versailles nor for their actions towards Czechoslovakia.
• This allied policy is known as ‘appeasement’.
Adolf Hitler orders the German Army into Austria.
12 March 1938
Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler sign the Munich Agreement.
29 Sept, 1938
Joseph Goebbels organizes Crystal Night (Krystallnacht).
9 Nov 1938
The German Army invades Czechoslovakia.15 March 1939
Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
23 Aug 1939
The German Army invades Poland. 1 Sept 1939
Britain declares war on Germany 3 Sept 1939
Nazi-SovietNazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Non-Aggression
Pact 1939Pact 1939
Russia secretly agrees not to declare war on Germany if Germany invades Poland (in
return for Polish land)
Declaration of WarDeclaration of War• Germany invaded Poland 1 Sept 1939• Allies told Germany to withdraw• When they did not, the Allies declared war on 3
Sept 1939
BlitzkriegBlitzkrieg•Literally means “Lightning War•It is a concentrated co-ordinated assault based on overwhelming force and speed by planes, tanks, artillery and infantry.•Blitzkrieg tactics works best in small areas
Invasion of France and Invasion of France and the Low Countriesthe Low Countries
• Germany launched their attacks on 10 May 1940.• Belgium and the Netherlands surrendered in May
1940 and France surrendered in June 1940.• The Germans again used Blitzkrieg tactics
successfully.
Invasion Invasion of Poland of Poland
– – Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg
TacticsTactics
German bombing of PolandGerman bombing of Poland
Leah Hammerstein Silverstein describes the bombing of Praga and Warsaw (Clip):
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_oi.php?ModuleId=10005437&MediaId=1175
Invasion of PolandInvasion of Poland
Destruction in Warsaw in 1939 as a result of Blitzkrieg
German troops parading after capturing German troops parading after capturing
PolandPoland
Invasion of PolandInvasion of Poland
Hitler reviewing the troops after capturing Poland Oct 5, 1939
Photo of Warsaw, Photo of Warsaw, May 1940May 1940
Invasion of the Low CountriesInvasion of the Low CountriesMay 1940May 1940
Destruction of Rotterdam
Clip of German paratroopers dropping into Rotterdam http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_fi.php?ModuleId=10005181&MediaId=196
Germany invades FranceGermany invades France
Footage of the Invasion of France:
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_fi.php?MediaId=195
Speer, Hitler and Breker in Paris after Germany defeated France in June,1940.