Lesson 13

WW II -- Global War, Global Strategy

Lesson Objectives

•  Be able to recount the chains of events that led to the opening of hostilities in Europe and Asia in the 1930's.

•  Understand the genesis and significant features of the strategies of each major combatant:       • Germany and Japan      • Britain, France, Soviet Union, U.S.

•  Be able to recount and discuss the major events in World War II through the end of 1941.

•  Understand the role of the advances in military technology since the end of The Great War on the events of the first two years of World War II.

Events

September 8, 1926 Germany joins League of Nations

August 27, 1928 Germany signs Kellogg-Briand Pact

Hitler becomes chancellorJanuary 30, 1933

October 19, 1933 Germany withdraws from League

January 26, 1934 Germany signs 10 yr non-aggression pact with Poland

August 2, 1934

December 1934 Japan withdraws from Washington Naval Treaty

President Hindenburg dies; Hitler declares himself Führer

Germany Rearms

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Events

September 8, 1926 Germany joins League of Nations

August 27, 1928 Germany signs Kellogg-Briand Pact

Hitler becomes chancellorJanuary 30, 1933

October 19, 1933 Germany withdraws from League

January 26, 1934 Germany signs 10 yr non-aggression pact with Poland

August 2, 1934

December 1934 Japan withdraws from Washington Naval Treaty

President Hindenburg dies; Hitler declares himself Führer

Events

March 16, 1935 Germany announces conscription, formation of new army units, navy ships and an air force

Rearmament Propaganda

Caption:

"With an insufficient military, Germany can be blockaded both by land and sea."

Source

Hans Riegler, Heer, Flotte und Luftwaffe. Wehrpolitisches Taschenbuch * (Berlin: Verlag für vaterländische Literatur, 1935)

* Army, Navy and Air Force. Military Political Paperback

Rearmament Propaganda

Caption:

"Germany's industrial areas, unlike those of France, are defenseless in defortified or even demilitarized

border zones."

Source

Hans Riegler, Heer, Flotte und Luftwaffe. Wehrpolitisches Taschenbuch * (Berlin: Verlag für vaterländische Literatur, 1935)

* Army, Navy and Air Force. Military Political Paperback

Hauptindustriegebiete = main industrial areas

Events

March 16, 1935 Germany announces conscription, formation of new army units, navy ships and an air force

Germany occupies Rhineland, successfully challenging France

March 7, 1936

Italy invades Ethiopia; League of Nations imposes economic sanctions

October 3, 1935

RhinelandRe-occupied by Germany – March 7, 1936

Events

October 25, 1936 Germany & Italy form Berlin-Rome Axis

November 1936 Germany & Japan sign Anti-Comintern Pact

Hitler renounces Versailles TreatyJanuary 17, 1937

July 7, 1937 Sino-Japanese War begins

Hitler discusses secret plan for Lebensraum (“living space”)

November 5, 1937

March 12, 1938 Germany annexes Austria (Anschluss)

Events

May 20, 1938 Czechoslovakia mobilizes over German pressure against Sudetenland

Events

September 29, 1938 Munich Conference

Peace In Our Timehttp://homepage.eircom.net/~finnegam/war/peace.htm

Chamberlain, Léger, Hitler, Mussolini Britain France Germany Italy

Events

September 30, 1938 Chamberlain: “Peace for our time”

Peace For Our Timehttp://library.byu.edu/~rdh/eurodocs/uk/peace.html

"My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."

Man of the Year - 1938

January 2, 1939

Baron Rudolph Charles von Ripper Click for source

Events

October 1, 1938 Germany acquires Sedetenland

March 10, 1939 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia

Hitler: Opportunist or Strategist?

Why did Hitler invade Czechoslovakia?

Remember This?

Hitler: Eye on Russia

Events

August 23, 1939 Hitler negotiates non-aggression pact with Soviet Union (Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact)

Holocaust Encyclopedia

Germany invades PolandSeptember 1, 1939

The Path to War in Europe

11:48

Events

September 3, 1939 Britain, France declare war on Germany

“Phony war” begins

Germany invades Denmark & Norway

Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

April 9, 1940

May 10, 1940

Chamberlain resigns *Churchill becomes PM *

September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland

Britain occupies Iceland *

* Not related to invasion

Battle of France

Manstein Plan

German Plan

Battle of France

Dyle Plan 1939

French Plan

Schlieffen Plan 1914

Battle of France

Dyle Plan 1939

French Plan

Battle of France

Schlieffen Plan vs. Dyle, Manstein Plans

Battle of France

Events

September 3, 1939 Britain, France declare war on Germany

“Phony war” begins

Germany invades Denmark & Norway

Germany invades Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg

April 9, 1940

May 10, 1940

September 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland

May 27-29, 1940 Evacuation of Dunkirk

Next: Lesson 13 - Part 2

WW II -- Global War, Global StrategyDunkirk and the Fall of France