Warm-Up 4/5

When did WWII begin?

Determine who may claim that the war started on the following dates (hint: use your timeline)

• 1931• 1935• September 1, 1939• December 7, 1941• June 22, 1941

Agenda 4/5

• Warm-Up/HW Check• Finish “Road to War” video• Notes

“Road to War” Questions

• Take notes as you watch on the following:• Ardennes Forest• Battle of Britain• Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union• U.S. losses at Pearl Harbor

Notes

Assignment #37 (continued)

France Falls

• May 1940 – Hitler focuses on Ardennes

• Belgium surrenders; French stranded at Dunkirk

• Italy declares war on GB, France and attacks from South

• June 14: Paris falls

Vichy France

• Marshal Petain takes over southern France

• Vichy government under Petain collaborates with Nazis

• Charles De Gaulle flees to London and sets up government-in-exile

Battle of Britain (1940-41)

• GB now stands alone against Nazis

• Churchill vows never to give in

• RAF uses radar and Enigma = pivotal

• Outcome: Hitler’s advances can be blocked

North Africa

• Italy focuses on Suez Canal in Egypt

• Britain fights back with a vengeance; Italy needs Germany to help

• General Erwin Rommel (“Desert Fox”) commands the Africa Korps

The Balkans

• Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Turkey

• Key to Hitler’s plan to attack USSR

• Countries in red join Axis powers

• Yugoslavia and Greece fall to Nazis