3.2 Europe at War (lesson II)

3.2 Europe at war (lesson II)


The Second World War
Time of World Wars 1900-1950
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3.2 Europe at war (lesson II)


The Second World War
Time of World Wars 1900-1950

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Lesson goals
- To gain insight in the middle and second part of World War II
- To be able to draw conclusions from the overview of the war

Slide 2 - Slide

what part of the assignment was hard to do/ section hard to study?

Slide 3 - Mind map

Homework
Study 64-65
Do 3 and 6

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In the last lesson we discussed what a Dutch Jew or German mother might think about the situation around Christmas 1940. What is your opinion? (discuss first with your neighbour and both send in a different answer)

Slide 5 - Mind map


Operation Barbarossa
June - December 1941






  • Disregarding the Nonagression Pact signed in 1939, the Nazi's attack the Soviet Union
  • At first, it seems to be great success

Slide 6 - Slide

  • The Germans treat the population of the Soviet Union with great disrespect. They consider them Untermensch, hardly worthy of living. 
  • In WWII, more than 20 million (!) will die (military and civilian deaths)

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If you base your opinion solely on the map, how would you descripe the German war effort?

Slide 9 - Mind map


Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
7 December 1941





  • Japan attacks the American marine base of Pearl Harbor. 
  • The American fleet is largely destroyed: the Japanese have free range in Asia

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Slide 11 - Video

Together with your neighbour: (in one word) describe the Japanese plan

Slide 12 - Mind map











The Axis powers stick together: Germany also declares war on the US.

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Considering the map: why did the Germans/Japanese loose the war?

Slide 15 - Mind map


Japan occupies the Dutch East Indies 
March 1942


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Battle of Stalingrad
August 1942 - February 1943




  • The Germans loose. Hitler underestimated the climate, length of time it would take to beat the SU and the will power of Stalin and others.
  • This is the turning point in the war in Europe: the Soviet Union starts to push the German army back to the west.

Slide 17 - Slide

Lets say you would make a practical assignment about world war II. Which of the topics discussed so far would you like to work on? What question would you work on?

Slide 18 - Open question


D-Day
6 June 1944




  • With the landing of allied forces in Normandy (France), the Germans are attacked from the west as well as the east
  • D-Day means Decision Day.

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Slide 20 - Slide

Why is 'Stalingrad' more important in the defeat of the Nazi's than 'D-Day'?

Slide 21 - Open question


Market Garden/Battle of Arnhem
September 1944




  • The Allies want to cross the Rhine to liberate the rest of the Netherlands, but more importantly, to enter Germany (Ruhr area: industrial heart of Germany.
  • The attack fails: the Germans are stronger than expected. 
  • It was, literally, a Bridge to Far

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Slide 24 - Slide

Would you want to go and see this movie?
A
For sure
B
Absolutely not
C
I would definitely consider it
D
Probably not

Slide 25 - Quiz


Conference of Yalta
February 1945





  • The Allies meet in Yalta (Soviet Union) to discuss post-war issues concerning Europe: e.g. what to do with Germany. 
  • The Big Three present: Churchill (GB), Roosevelt (VS) and Stalin (Soviet Union). 

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
President of the United States
Joseph Stalin
Leader of the Soviet Union
Winston Churchill
Prime Minister of Great Brittain

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Hitler defeated 
April 1945




  • In April the Red Army (of the Soviet Union) attacks Berlin, Hitler's capital.
  • Hitler commits suicide

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If you were a German in May 1945, how would you look at the future?

Slide 30 - Mind map

Homework
study 3.2, do 8 + 9

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