Blitzkrieg: Invasion of Poland
Blitzkrieg: Invasion of Poland
Blitzkrieg: Invasion of Poland
Blitzkrieg: Invasion of Poland
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Associated Press Wire Services.
London England July 10 1940.
This evening the German Luftwaffe began
unrestrained bombing of civilian disticts in
London.
Citizens flooded the subway stations to wait
out the raid.
Sirens wailed as anti aircraft guns awakened
to the defense of the realm.
Squadrons of RAF fighters were at once
dispatched from undisclosed locations on the
Isle.
By dawn the German bombers had devastated
several London districts including Knight’s
Bridge, Hyde Park and Chelsea.
Winston Churchill has inaugurated the
Battle of Britain and morale is high.
The people are eager to dig in and face the
worst that Germany has to offer.
As Hitler’s storm troopers have overrun
every corner of the Continent, England alone
stands as a bulwark against Nazi aggression
in Europe.
Our hearts and thoughts go out to these
brave cousins across the sea.
By dawn the German bombers had devastated
several London districts including Knight’s
Bridge, Hyde Park and Chelsea.
Winston Churchill has inaugurated the
Battle of Britain and morale is high.
The people are eager to dig in and face the
worst that Germany has to offer.
As Hitler’s storm troopers have overrun
every corner of the Continent, England alone
stands as a bulwark against Nazi aggression
in Europe.
Our hearts and thoughts go out to these
brave cousins across the sea.
The
Battle
for
Britain
VERSUS
Imagine that you are a member of Congress. You
have been a strong supporter of U.S. isolationism
up to now. It is now June 1940, and France has
fallen to the Nazis. President Roosevelt is
interested in gauging congressional support for
taking steps to help Britain, the last country
standing in Hitler’s way.
Using your phones, you will vote on whether you
believe the U.S. should change course and help
Britain, or remain neutral and isolated.
Do Nothing: England falls,
U.S. invaded
Declare War: Isolationist Americans
are not ready to support war. Civil
unrest breaks out following the
declaration of war against Germany,
allowing demagogue Huey Long to seize
power and establish a dictatorship in
the United States.
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
Provide material
support: Lend-Lease Act
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
After the Fall of France in 1940, with
England standing alone against
Germany in Europe, Hitler began a daily
bombing blitz of England.
• Desperate for supplies to protect England,
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
implored Roosevelt for assistance to fight
off Germany’s expected invasion.
Winston Churchill
http://www.rainbowkids.de/projekte_und_infos/schuelerseite/Referate/NGemmerich/winston_churchill.htm
• By the end of 1940, President Franklin
Roosevelt had no doubt that the U.S.
needed to throw its support behind
England.
http://www.clockworkquiz.be/online/page.cfm?cat=5§ionorder=0
• Even though sympathies were starting to
sway, their was still a strong isolationist
sentiment in the United States.
• Congress had passed the Neutrality Acts
to keep America neutral during the WWII
conflict.
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
• Roosevelt had to find a way to provide
supplies to Churchill and still skirt the
objections of isolationists.
http://www.classbrain.com/artteenst/publish/article_83.shtml
• Roosevelt came up with the Lend-Lease
Program. In exchange for the lease of some
British islands in the Caribbean Sea, the
U.S. provided England with ships and
munitions.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=769
• Technically skirting the Neutrality laws,
Congress passed the Lend-Lease Act in
March 1941 after a bitter debate.
http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm
• Roosevelt had found a way to assist the
English people. The Lend-Lease Act
provided crucial military supplies for Great
Britain’s fight against Nazi Germany.
http://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc?dod-date=311