This presentation summarizes the outbreak of war and the early stages up until Hitler's advances are finally slowed by the Soviets.

1. World War II
Part 2:
WAR BEGINS

2. Summer 1939
Hitler Prepares to
Invade Poland

3. August 1939 Hitler and Stalin
sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact

4. They Agree to Split
Poland

5. September 1, 1939
Hitler Invades Poland

6. Britain Keeps its Word

7. September 3, 1939
Britain and France Declare War
on Germany

8. April 1940 German Forces Move
West
Down goes Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands
and Belgium
Next,
Germans
Smash
Through
French
defenses

9. June 22, 1940
France
Surrenders to
Germany

10. June 1940, Italy Declares War
on Britain and France

11. Hitler Expects a British
Plea for Peace

12. British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill: “We
shall never surrender!!!”

13. Battle of Britain
• August
1940:
German
Air Forces
begin
attacking
British
cities

14. Britain’s Major Cities
are Heavily Bombed

15. Few Buildings are
Left Standing

16. The Royal Air Force
Comes to the Rescue

17. With the help of radar Britain’s
Air Force fights Germany in the
air with success.

18. October 12, 1940, Hitler
cancels his plan to
invade Britain

19. Hitler Breaks the Nazi – Soviet
Pact by Invading the Soviet Union
in June 1941

20. Stalin Orders a Scorched-Earth
Policy
• Burn cities, destroy crops, blow up dams
so the Nazis can’t use them.

21. The Nazis are Unable to
Defeat the Soviets

22. Hitler Fails to Defeat Britain and
the Soviets
• What will happen next?
Will the Soviets and British team up against
Hitler?
Will Hitler decide to attack the USA?
Will the French rally to defeat the Germans?
OR
Will Hitler’s head explode from the pressure?

23. To Be
Continued…