Bellringer• SOL Challenge

• BJOTD: How do you make a tissue dance?– Suggested by Sam King

World War II: 1939-1941

Propaganda during the War• Propaganda: information or material

spread to advance a cause or hurt an opponent’s cause

• Used to stir up support for the war effort– Rationing–War bonds– Unity against a common enemy– Encourage civilians to work longer or harder

• Often portrayed the enemy in derogatory ways and your side

Propaganda• As you watch the films today, look

for examples of– Encouragement of the home-front

civilians in unity and effort for the war–Ways the enemy is portrayed to make

them more alien– The glorification and/or exaggeration of

the acts of your army and the enemy• These could be shown in– Images, words, music

Review• Italy, Germany, and Japan have formed

the Axis Powers• Italy has taken Ethiopia– League of Nations did nothing

• Germany has taken the Sudetenland, Austria, and the Rhineland– British and French following policy of

appeasement• What next?

September 1, 1939—the Germans Invade Poland

• Beginning of WWII• Accomplished by the use of the

“blitzkrieg” tactic– “lightning war”– Planes rain bombs down at the same time as

slower troops and tanks cross the border—the goal was to take the enemy by surprise

• Even though France and England declare war against Germany on September 3, 1939 Poland falls within 3 weeks

Other Moves in Scandinavia/Poland

• After Germany took over Poland, the USSR moves into the Western half of the country and takes control.

• Hitler takes control of Denmark and Norway by April 9, 1940

May of 1940—the Invasion of France

• Germans sent their forces through the Ardennes, around the Maginot Line–Maginot Line: a line of defenses built by

the French along their border to keep the Germans out

May 26th- June 4, 1940—the Evacuation at Dunkirk

• Germans had trapped all the allied forces in the north of France– Forced Belgium to surrender to the Germans

• The allies escaped to the beaches at Dunkirk

• Great Britain sent their entire navy to rescue the stranded men and bring them to Great Britain– 338,000 men saved

June 14th, 1940—Fall of France• June 10th: sensing a

quick end, Mussolini joins with Hitler to finish off France

• By June 14th, Paris falls to the Germans

• How many countries have now fallen to the Germans?

September 7th, 1940-May 10th, 1941: The Battle of Britain

• After the fall of France, Great Britain is next target for Germans– Great Britain is led by Winston Churchill, the Prime

Minister• Hitler’s plan: to destroy Britain’s infrastructure

through the bombing of shipping centers, air bases, political targets, etc so that he can launch his invasion plan

• Operation Sea Lion– Hitler’s plan of an aerial and land invasion of Britain

• Bombing by day and night continues until May, when Hitler, surprised by the resistance, calls off the attacks

September 1940-april 1941: Fights in North Africa and the Balkans

• Mussolini tries to take Egypt from the British in September 1940– British push the Italians

out by February 1941, Italy is hurting

• Hitler moves to help Italy and both sides go back and forth in North Africa

• Hitler also takes over Yugoslavia and Greece in April of 1941

June 22, 1941: Operation Barbarossa

• Hitler decides to break his agreement with the USSR and invade them.

• Germans move rapidly into USSR, but the Soviets are retreating and following a scorched earth policy

• September 8th: Hitler loses at Leningrad

• October 2nd: Hitler goes for Moscow, but is forced into a long siege due to the Winter

December 7th, 1941: Pearl Harbor• Before this, U.S. was officially neutral in WWII• Japan wanted U.S. oil, but had been cut off by

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt due to imperialist actions– Decided to attack SE Asia for oil instead

• Japan planned an attack on the American fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to prevent it from attacking Japan in retaliation for more invasions

• On 12/7/1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor– 18 ships sunk/damaged, 2,400 Americans killed

• Congress declared war on Japan the next day– December 11th: Germany declared war on the U.S.

WWII Cake• Project will be due next Thursday or

Friday (WWII Test Day)• You may work with a partner• You must have the recipe nicely

presented, like the examples!

• WWII Chapter in Book: 16