Walt Disney Propaganda:Education in Death (1943)

1936 Olympics - Germany

Hitler’s Goal:

Prove that the Aryan Race was awesome.

First Olympics to…

- Be on TV

- Have Basketball

- Open with the ceremonial lighting of the Olympic Torch.

Hitler’s goal = failure

13 African American athletes won medals

Including

Jesse Owens (4 gold medals)

Invasion of Europe1937-1940

Today’s Topic:

Describe the early events of the war

in Europe.

From 1937 to 1940,

Hitler systematically conquered most of his

European

neighbors…

Describe the early events of the war.

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1.Austria

2.Sudetenland

3.Poland

What about

The Other “allies”?

Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact = agreed no war, split Poland

1939 Hitler invades Poland = GB and France had promised to assist Poland

= WAR is Declared (in Europe)

While this is going on…

Where is America?

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5

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7

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1.Austria

2.Sudetenland

3.Poland

4.Denmark

5.Norway

7.France

6.Belgium

Raw Materials

Pathway to France Nazi must go through the Maginot Line

1940 = Fall of France

Walt Disney Propaganda:In Der Fuehrer’s Face

Winter of 1940: Strategy?

Wait for Winter to end…

“Sitzkrieg”: Germany“Bore War”:GB

“Phoney War”: America

= STALEMATE

Invasion of Europe1937-1940

Today’s Topic:

Describe the early events of the war.

Explain how the British resisted the German invasion.

Warner Brother’s Classic:Blitz Wolf

Miracle at Dunkirk

 

"Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in

readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to

perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar."

Winston Churchill

May 19, 1940

Who is left to Fight the Nazis?

British Royal Air Force

(RAF)

About 600+

Luftwaffe =Germany Air Force

About 2600+

Battle of Britain

Summer Fall 1940

Great Britain’s Secret Weapon:

G.B’s British Royal Air Force = radar (new tech), intercepted Germany planes = win.

While this is going on…

Where is America?

1. Who won the Battle of Britain?

2. What was the Maginot Line?

3. What was the agreement made in the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact?

4. Describe blitzkrieg and who used it.

5. In what year did GB and France declare war on Germany? Why did they?

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