PPT-Early War in Europe I. Poland—September 1939

Blitzkrieg Two Army Groups Military Difference Total Soldiers Tanks September 17 1939 I PolandSeptember 1939 Blitzkrieg Two Army Groups Military Difference Total Soldiers Tanks September 17 1939. The Founder and President of the agency, Lina Ratcheva, is a strong Christian. She built the agency on Christian principles. Personally, she believes that everything is part of God’s plan and Saint Mary’s is just a tool in carrying out His plan to save orphans and build families through the miracle of international adoption. War II and the Holocaust. Unit 10. Origins of World War . I. I. Guiding Questions. What economic and political conditions following World War I encouraged dictatorship?. How did European nations try to prevent war?. (1936-1941). USHC 7.1 . . Analyze . the decision of the United States to enter World War II, including the nation’s movement from a policy of isolationism to international involvement and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. . Essential Question: Why did Poland collapse so fast?. September 1, 1939. Hitler led a surprise attack at dawn on Poland. . Planes invaded Polish airspace, raining bombs and terror. . German tanks and 1.5 million troops invaded the Polish border. . 1931. Japan Conquers Manchuria. Facing . severe economic problems and overcrowding in its islands, Japan invades Manchuria, just North of Korea . The League of Nations takes no action against this aggressive act.. L/O – To evaluate the steps Hitler took that led to war in September 1939. The . Hossbach. Meeting. By 1937, Hitler had . transformed Germany . from an isolated, weak, and surrounded nation, into a rapidly rearming economic powerhouse, which had managed to . When the Ostrich Briefly Replaced the Bald Eagle. Roosevelt Favors Intervention. After the Rape of Nanking, President Roosevelt favored taking steps to rein in militaristic expansion. Chicago speech. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND. WW2 began with a joint invasion and partition of Poland by Hitler and Stalin in September 1939.. During WW2, 37% of Poland’s national property was destroyed. . The exact extent of losses of private and public property, including works of art, cultural landmarks and scientific objects, is not known. . &. The Winter War. SB, DM,. . SA, KS. Thesis. The Phoney War began when Germany annexed Poland, and in retaliation, Britain and France declared war on Germany. Since most of Western Europe was distracted at the Siegfried/Maginot lines, Russia was able to successfully and easily attack Finland in the Winter War, which resulted in the Moscow Peace Treaty and Russia’s subsequent expulsion from the League of Nations.. Life 1939-41. Initial impact of war- autarky, rationing, Hitler youth no air raids . til. 1943.. Women- 1939 6.2 mill worked 13 mill men in war. Jan 1943 women to sign up for work 400000 41%. Propaganda- Goebbels- press radio films positive. 1931- Japan seized Manchuria.. The League of Nations pressured them to return it to China, but Japan just withdrew from the League.. 1937-Captured Beijing and Nanking. “Rape of Nanking”- 6 week rampage where they massacred more than 100,000 civilians and raped about 20,000 Chinese women. . By Abbie D., Jamie D., Cade G., Dylan M., and Cassie R.. Background Information. Constitutional. -King must be elected. Largest European State. -Stretches 800 miles East across Europe . -From Black Sea to Baltic Sea. POLAND. covers 312,679 square kilometres with population over 37 milion people. and. . is divided into 16 administrative districts. . Polish flag A coat of arms. Elsewhere in the world the United States had become a global political and economic power. While Congress and public opinion had voted for ‘isolationism’ after the war in practice the US had continued to use the twin policies of ‘gunboat diplomacy’ and ‘dollar diplomacy’ to intervene in Central and Latin America and East Asia to strengthen its regional power. Also the Neutrality Acts which prohibited the export of “arms, ammunition and implements of war”, inadvertently affected the international situation since they indirectly benefited Germany and Japan, who did not need US military exports, and disadvantaged Britain, France and the Soviet Union, who did. Also, the US economy, which had been boosted by the First World War, now ensured that the USA overtook Britain and Germany not only as an economic power but as the world’s creditor nation. The other powers were heavily in debt to US banks and after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 it became clear that when the US economy ‘sneezed’ the world’s economies ‘caught a cold’. .