Remember This Stuff?

• In March, 1936 Hitler reclaimed the Rhineland

1938• Hitler “convinced” Austria to become a part of Germany in

1938

Germany

Austria

Austria looks nice…

The Sudetenlan

d looks nice…

• Hitler took the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia in order to “Unify all German speakers”

Appeasement

• The British and French, eager to avoid war, begin a policy of appeasement during all of these invasions

1938

• In late 1938 Hitler advanced further and conquered the rest of Czechoslovakia

My country lost territory in

Poland too! I want that back!

1938

• Hitler demanded that land in Poland be returned to Germany

Um, guys?

Have you been noticing a trend

here?

I mean you’re going to do something about this,

right?

He signed a noaggression

pact with Stalin. You

know what that means right?

Please say you have my back

in this.

What are you gonna do? Sob me to death with

stories of how you don’t want another war?

I’m calling your bluff.

The War Begins

• September 1st, 1939 - Hitler launches a surprise attack against Poland

• September 3rd, 1939 – Britain and France declare war on Germany

1939• Poland falls in three weeks thanks to

Hitler’s new tactic: Blitzkrieg

And remember….Stalin and Hitler have a Nonaggression Pact

1939

• Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania fall to the Soviet Union

1939

• In 1939 Stalin also invades Finland

Is there something I’m missing here? Can’t my planes fly right over this thing? Why don’t my

tanks just go around this thing?

The Fall of France• May 1940, Hitler launches a surprise attack taking Denmark,

Norway, Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg in two months

The Fall of France• Hitler squeezed through the Maginot Line and

took direct control over northern France

Look at the Allies run.

I never really liked the French.

Shall we finish off France?

Definitely!

The Fall of France

• Italy and Germany beat France into a surrender – June 22, 1940

The Fall of France

• Southern France left as a puppet government (Vichy France)

• A French general named Charles de Gaulle fled to Britain and set up a government in exile (Free France)

Hitler now controlled almost all of Western Europe

Meanwhile, Stalin has also taken much of Eastern Europe

The only remaining allied threat in all of Europe was Great Britain

Well, that was a cute war.

You say that like

the war is over.

“Today Germany,tomorrow the world”

eh?

Yup. Ithink I’ll finish off the allies.

But, history has proven that Britain

can’t be attacked.

I’m cooler than

history.

Napoleon had

trouble when he tried…

Well, Napoleon

didn’t have tons of bombs!

Oh, right….

Besides!I’m

Hitler!

The Battle of BritainHitler’s Aerial Assault on Great Britain

Nnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!

Boy Europe sure is a mess…

Time for the U.S.A to step in

and make things right…

right?

Isolationism: The U.S. should stay out of the war

Interventionism: The U.S. should do everything to support Britain except declare war

- Transferred 50 American destroyers to Britain in exchange for the right to establish American bases in British territories

- Signed the Selective Training and Service Act establishing the first peace time draft

-This law required all men between 21 and 35 to serve one year in the military

Cool! I won again…

That makes three times!

Neutrality Acts schmootrality

acts!

Besides…80% of Americans support this…

I want to guarantee everyone in the

world these Four Freedoms:

- Freedom of speech and expression

- Freedom for every person to worship God in his own way

- Freedom from want

- Freedom from fear

On September 27th, 1940 theRome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis was formed

Hi!

Hi!

Guys!Its Heil…Heil!

The Axis Powers

Japan’s continued aggression clearly violated the Atlantic Charter

Stop taking stuff over!

NO

Fine…no trade for you!

Meh

Still taking stuff over??

Yep

I will have to get tough

now!

Tough like you got with Hitler?

Does my side rock or what? I wonder who I should attack

next?

• Mussolini is his ally• Spain isn’t a player• Sweden isn’t a threat• Switzerland is neutral and strong• Britain has been all but destroyed• France doesn’t really exist• And Stalin and Hitler signed a ten-year

nonaggression pact in 1939

Hitler has a tendency to go back on his word

Screw You

Stalin!

“No retreat!”

“Not one step

backward!”