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1. Recap: The War from Poland to Paris 2. Collaboration in Europe: The Birth of Vichy France - - - Marshal Philippe Ptain Patriot or Traitor? - - - Ptains National Revolution - - - The Jewish Statutes (October 1940) - - - Vichy and the War Effort 3. The British Empire Stands Alone - - - The Plan: Operation Eagle and Operation Sea Lion - - - The Battle of Britain and the Blitz - - - The Civilian Experience - - - The Survival of Great Britain and its Implications 4. Hitler and his Ideological goals in the East
Hitler enters the same train car in which Germany had accepted defeat in 1918, in order to present the French with an armistice.
General (and future President) Charles de Gaulle fled to Great Britain, to lead the Free French Forces against the Germans
Members of the Vichy Militia (the Milice) arrest members of the resistance
Plans for Operation Sea Lion, the amphibious invasion of Britain, to be undertaken once the Luftwaffe had control of the skies
Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie during the war with Italy, 1935
Mussolini and Hitlers emerging alliance: The Rome-Berlin Axis in November 1936; and The Pact of Steel, May 22, 1939
The Italians attack British-held Egypt from neighboring Libya, September 9, 1940, hoping to capture the Suez Canal
Italian forces move only 80 km into Egypt, and stop at Sidi Barrani
British forces pound the Italians at Sidi Barrani during Operation Compass, December 1940
The British push the Italian troops off of Egyptian soil, from Sidi Barrani all the way back to El Agheila (far left)
Field Marshall Erwin Rommel, known as the Desert Fox, is sent by Hitler to lead the Afrika Corps and bail out the Italians
A British tank approaches a burning German tank during Operation Crusader, 1941/42
Hitler didnt want trouble in the Balkan region (south-eastern Europe) before launching his attack on the Soviet Union
The Italian invasion of Greece from Albania, to begin October 28, 1940
Hitler moves to secure Crete in Operation Mercury, beginning May 20, 1941