Panay Incident 1937
- boat that was sunk because people bombed it with planes or whatever.
-The Japanese didn't know it was an American ship (do we believe them? idk. but we excepted it.)
-it was their first aggressive act towards us.
Anschiuss with Austria 1938
-Austrians are ethnic Germans
ex. of Appeasment: (to please) Let Hitler take Austria.
-Germany is biting the kneck off of Chzeslosovakia/
Sudentenland/Munich Conference - 1938
-Chamberlin - GB
-Hitler - Germany
-Mussolini - Italy
-Daladier - France
appeasment ex: germany was given the Sudentanland of Czechoslovakia. Czech had the option to accept Pact or deal with Germany itself - so they had to accept.
-Czech lost it's defensible borders and fortifications.
-Wanted to "reunite the German speaking peoples."
-was a vital lost - lost iron, electrical power, and 3.5 million citizens.
Winston Churchhill
Chamberlin: "Peace for our Time"
In March 1939 , Hitler takes rest of Czecholovakia.
-British Prime Minister NEville Chamberlain started taking Nazi Germany and Hitler much more seriously after this.
-winston Churchhill had warned about this happenig (Hitler taking rest of Czech.)
-Great Britain and France started mobolizing(preparing) for war.
Nazi Soviet Non - Agression Pact 1939
- Russia gave reaw materials to Germany in exchange for money and weapons
-Both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war.
-Secretly agreed to invade and slpit Poland. Germany would get the western half and USSR would get eastern half.
-Russia would get Finland, Estonia and Latvia and Germany would get Lithuania.
How did the world react to this pact?
-shock
-Poland was in a very tough spot
-Hitler thought it would force GB and France to back out of their promise to help poland if attacked.
Blitzkreig - Lightening War.
-Goal was to win as fast as possible.
1st step is to attack with planes, and to take out other planes.
-Go from behind and circle them so they surrender.
-Dive bombers - made shreaking noises. They were made to terrorize people.
SITZKRIEG - THE PHONY WAR ( THE SITTING WAR)
tRIPARTITE pACT IS SIGNED.
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