Download Lesson 20 - Steps to War (Part 2 of 2)

The Road to War
Germany
and the
main
events of
WWII
LO: To understand the key events of WWII, and
the reasons for Germany’s defeat
Why Appease?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qsLoZQIQhY 19:25
Homework due this lesson!
1) As you watch the 20 minute video above, list reasons you can think of for
Britain and France allowing Hitler to clearly destroy the Treaty of Versailles
2) Write the answers to the following 3 questions (tips and ideas are
included to get you thinking)
• 1) Is it possible to argue that Hitler initially tried to achieve his aims
peacefully? (Consider the Rhineland / Anschluss / Sudentenland in your
response)
• 2) How did Hitler’s policy become more aggressive and expansionist?
(Consider the invasion of all of Czechoslovakia / the signing of the Nazi
Soviet pact / invasion of Poland)
• 3) Was his Foreign Policy both aggressive and expansionist from the start?
(Consider Hitler’s aims / Nazi Party Programme of 1920 / Mein Kampf both
of which discussed ideas of lebensraum and eastern expansion)
What does this cartoon
suggest about Hitler’s actions
in 1936?
What own knowledge can
you use to annotate it?
What is the meaning
behind this cartoon?
What is the meaning
behind this cartoon?
Task:
Complete the map box sheet using pages 224-225 of
the orange WJEC book
Note: textbook error – Hitler’s new offensive with the
Battle of the Bulge took place in December 1944,
not December 1942!
BATTLE OF BRITAIN (1940)
When?
INVASION OF RUSSIA (1941)
When?
What Happened?
What Happened?
How did it affect the German War Effort?
EL ALAMEIN (October 1942)
When?
How did it affect the German War Effort?
What Happened?
D-DAY LANDINGS (June 6, 1944)
When?
How did it affect the German War Effort?
What Happened?
GERMANY TAKES FRANCE (May 1940)
When?
How did it affect the German War Effort?
What Happened?
How did it affect the German War Effort?
Success
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Overview of Germany’s war effort
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Using Your worksheet:
• Create a graph representing
Germany’s successes and failures in
WWII.
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Failure
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Success
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1939:
August –
Nazi – Soviet
Pact. Poland
was invaded
and quickly
conquered.
Declarations
of war from
France and
GB – did not
concern H.
1940: By
end of year –
most of main
land Europe
was under
Nazi control Blitzkreig;
TofV
avenged;
new land
gained.
Although
Battle of
Britain has
seen defeat
of Luftwaffe.
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0
Failure
1939
1940
1941Operation
Barbarossa –
by November
– Leningrad
and Moscow
were under
siege and 3
million Soviet
had been
taken
prisoner.
Rommel
making
advances in
North Africa
Poor
infrastructure,
scorch earth
policy and
freezing
temps (Gr
troops poorly
equipped)
brought Nazis
to a standstill
by Dec.
Russian
counter attack
begins
6/12/41.
7/12/41 –
Pearl Harbor.
1941
What do you think are the most
significant turning points of the
war that
would:
1944: Rome
captured by
• Damage morale
on the Home
the Allies.
Operation
1942: Battle
Front.
Overlord –
for
Stalingrad.
• Increase the Eisenhower
possibility
of
and
Monty.
Brutal and
Paris
vicious.opposition to
the 24regime from
liberated
N. Africa –
August,
British led
by
some
army officers
Brussels and
Monty defeat
Rommel at El
Alamein.
Nov 1942 –
AngloAmerican
force led by
Eisenhower
landed
behind
Rommel in
Morocco.
1942
1943: Germans
defeated at
Stalingrad –
Germans
surrender
31/1/43.
Russians win
tank battle at
Kursk in July
1943.
N. Africa – May
Axis powers
surrender.
Sept. – Musso
forced to flee
Italy.
1943
Antwerp in
Sept. Battle
of the Bulge
failed to stop
allies
attacking
German soil.
Russia now
liberated and
German
allies
Bulgaria and
Romania
surrendered
1944
1945: Battle
for Berlin –
brutal and
vicious.
Admiral
Donitz, the
new Head of
the Reich,
surrendered
to the Allies
8 May.
1945
Define the following key words
Blitzkrieg
Maginot Line
Luftwaffe
Miracle of Dunkirk
The Blitz
Operation Barbarossa
Scorched earth policy
Battle of Stalingrad
Suez Canal
Battle of the Bulge
Reasons for the defeat of Germany
Read the handout and create a spider diagram to show a
range of reasons why Germany was defeated in the war.
Reasons for
Germany’s defeat
in the war
Britain
Bombing
Look at your sheet (VLE)
Put these reasons in order
of importance and explain
your decisions.
USA
USSR
Nazi
Rule/Hitler
Plenary
• 1. What events led to the German defeat in 1945?
• 2. Why did Hitler’s ‘war on all fronts’ fail?
Homework due next lesson
• 1) Complete all work from today’s lesson.
• 2) Watch the following documentary – World War 2 From Space
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEXZ1sUO5gs
• American documentary about WW2. Can skip the parts about Japan and the War in Asia. Remember
your focus is on Germany!
• Complete the handout while you are watching the video. Warning if this is not completed for
Monday’s lesson!
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Pay attention to the necessary times to watch!
Begin video at 10 minute mark – play until 20:00.
Play from 28:00 – 49:30
Play from 1:03:30 – 1:15:10
Play from 1:26:20 – End