D World WWII Part 1

WWII (1939-1945)

Part 1

Big Question: How did WWII start in
Europe? Why was Blitzkrieg so effective?

Main Idea

▪ Western appeasement of Hitler and

the German-Soviet non-aggression
pact allowed Germany to invade the
rest of Europe

Open Ended

What does the word appeasement mean? Why were countries willing to "appease" Hitler?

Multiple Select

Which words help explain the idea of appeasement? (pick 2)

• disagree & contest

• pacify & satisfy

• argue & fight

• placate & submit

Main Idea

▪ Appeasement: policy of

conceding to aggression

▪ Concede: surrender

▪ Surrender: submit, yield, succumb

(tapout)

▪ pacify, satisfy, placate

▪ placate: calm, soothe

Multiple Select

Which words help explain the idea of appeasement? (pick 2)

• disagree & contest

• pacify & satisfy

• argue & fight

• placate & submit

Germany’s invasion of Poland

▪ September 1, 1939

- Hitler invades
Poland

▪ September 3, 1939

- Britain and France
declare war on
Germany

What was the Hitler-Stalin
non-aggression pact?

▪ Germany and the

Soviet Union (USSR)
agree not to fight a
war.

▪ They will divide Poland
▪ Soviet Union can have

Finland and the Baltic
states

Multiple Choice

True or False: On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded Poland?

• True

• False

• Don't Click This One

Multiple Choice

True or False: Poland, Britain and France were allies?

• True

• False

• Don't Click This One

Multiple Choice

True or False: Allies are like friendships?

• True

• False

• Don't Click This One

Multiple Choice

True or False: After Germany invades Poland, France and Britain did not intervene because they wanted appease Hitler?

• True

• False

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Germany’s invasion of Poland

• Poland is located

between Soviet Union &
Germany

• Germans & Soviets lost

land after WWI

• Natural resources

• Coal

Germany’s invasion of Poland

• Poland’s population

consisted of 3,000,000
Jews before WWII.

• The worldwide Jewish

population count before
1940 was 17 million

Germany’s invasion of Poland

▪ Blitzkrieg 🡪

▪ Fast moving airplanes and

tanks

▪ Millions of ground troops
▪ Fast and overwhelming

attack

▪ Strategy worked –Germany

wins within 1 month

Multiple Choice

Which country invaded Poland and France with their blitzkrieg?

• Spain

• Soviet Union

• Italy

• Germany

Multiple Choice

World War 2 officially began with Germany's invasion of:

• Czechosolvakia

• Austria

• Poland

• France

Multiple Choice

"Blitzkrieg" was - 

• Germany's offensive strategy to quickly overwhelm their enemies

• Germany's plan to retreat following the Battle of the Bulge

• Japan's plans to quickly bomb Pearl harbor

• The USA's strategy of attacking land from the ocean

Multiple Choice

How long did it take from Germany to take control of Poland?

• 1 month

• 2 months

• 3 months

• 4 months

The “Phony War”?

▪ After Germany’s successful

invasion of Poland, both
sides stop their offensives

▪ “Sitzkrieg” – sitting war
▪ French and British

line=Maginot

▪ German line=Siegfried