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II
Standard SS6H7: The student will explain conflict and change in
Europe to the 21st century.
b. Explain the impact of WWII in terms of the Holocaust, the
origins of the Cold War, and the rise of Superpowers.
Acts of
Aggression
Hitlers
Aggression
Hitlers
Aggression
Friends??
WWII Begins
September 1, 1939, Hitler invaded Poland.
Two days later Britain & France declared war
on Germany.
Below is an interactive map of Nazi
controlled Europe:
http://www.worldology.com/Europe/world_war_
2_imap.htm
Blitzkrieg (Lightning
War)
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
Battle of Britain
Winston
Churchill
Winston Churchill
became Prime
Minister of Britain in
1940.
During the Battle of
Britain, Churchill
encouraged the
British people to
resist the Nazis.
The British Bulldog
Betrayal
Battle of
As winter set in, the
Stalingrad
Germans found
themselves vulnerable to
Soviet attacks.
For the 1st time in the war,
Hitlers army was forced
to retreat.
Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii
Interactive Attack
Map
USS Arizona
Memorial
World
Consequences
Holocaust
Those who could NOT work were sent to gas chambers and
killed.
2:3 Ratio
Hitler killed 2 out of every 3
Jews.
Oskar Schindler
Some brave Europeans tried to save Jews
from being killed.
TERMS TO KNOW:
1. Anti-Semitism hatred of Jews
2. Genocide planned killing of a
race of people.
3. Holocaust Greek word
meaning sacrifice by fire.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/gen
ocide/launch_ani_auschwitz_map.shtml
Conflict
At the time of
Stalingrad, American &
British forces defeated
the Germans in North
Africa.
Italy Crumbles
Allies Invade
Europe
D-Day
D-Day
Battle of the
Bulge
Atomic Bomb
Mushroom cloud of
the atomic bombing
of Nagasaki, Japan
Cloud rose 11 miles
above the ground
Atomic Bomb Fat
Man
Hitler-Jugend
(Hitler Youth)
Motto: Blut und Ehre
(Blood and Honor)
Its Beginnings
Hitlers Future
HJ Training
HJ Training
HJ Membership
From 1936, membership
in the HJ was mandatory
for all young German men.
HJ was also seen as
an important stepping
stone to future
membership of the elite
Schutzstaffel (the SS).
HJ Membership:
HJ members in
1933
HJ Organization
HJ Organization
The largest HJ
gathering usually
took place annually,
at Nuremberg.
Members from all
over Germany would
converge for the
annual Nazi Party
rally.
Nuremberg Rally
Nuremberg Rally
HJ in WWII