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WWII Begins in Poland
WWII Begins in Poland
Blitzkrieg
Meaning: Lighting War
Cost of Polish Campaign
German Polish
Prisoner 0 420000
Civilian 0 26000
Tanks 89
Hitler launches a
surprise invasion of
Denmark and Norway.
• Charles de Gaulle
established a
government in exile.
The Battle of Britain
• Hitler plans to begin operation Sea Lion – the
invasion of Great Britain
• German Navy smaller than British Navy
• Must establish air superiority
The Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain
• England survives The
Blitz - 57 days and
nights of continual air
attack by the Germans.
– 43,000 civilians died
• Radar – new
technology that could
detect incoming
airplanes.
German Persecution of Jews
• Long history of Anti-Semitism in Germany
• Hitler blamed the Jews for Germany’s failure
in WWI and its economic problems following
the war.
German Persecution of Jews
• Nuremberg Laws –
stripped Jews of their
civil rights and
property if they tried
to leave Germany.
• Jews over the age of 6
had to wear the Star
of David on their arms During the April 1933 boycott, two SA
members guard the entrance to a Jewish-
for easy identification. owned leather-goods shop.
The sign reads "No respectable German
shops here!"
German Persecution of Jews
"Attention Germans. These Jews (Five and Dime Stores) are the
parasites and gravediggers of German craftsmen. They pay
starvation wages to German workers. The chief owner is the Jew,
Nathan Schmidt."
German Persecution of Jews