Appeasement:
-A diplomatic policy aimed at avoiding war by making concessions to an aggressor
-Great Britain and France used this policy throughout the 1930's
-Helped give Japan,Italy,and Germany confidence that they would face no consequences for their actions
-considered to be a huge mistake by historians
Panay Incident 1937:
-first step of pushing U.S and Japan apart
Anschluss wit Austria 1938:
-Austria asked to be apart of Germany
Sudetenland/Munich Confernece-1938:
-Hitler was keen on this area
-Area on very western border of Chek
-Hitlers biggest goal wa to reunite German speaking people
-They met in Munich Germany to meet with Hitler
-Great Britain, France, Germnay,Italy
Munich Pact-Appeasement:
-Gave Hitler Sudentenland of Czechoslavakia
-Czech had the option to accept Pact or deal with Germany itself
-Lost it's defensible borders and fortifications
Czech also lost 70% of its iron/steel, 70% of its electrical power and 3.5 million citizens to Germany as a result of the settlement
-Hitler takes the rest of Czechsolvakia-March 1939
-British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain started taking Nazi Germany and Hitler much more seriously after this
-Winston Churchill had warned about this happening(Hitler taking the rest of Czechoslovakia)
-Great Britain and France started mobilizing for war
Nazi-Soviet Non-aggression Pact-1939:
-German ambassador von Ribbentrop and Soviet dictator Stalin laugh as Molotove signs the Nazi Soviet Non-Aggression Pact on August 23,1939
-Russia gave raw 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 split Poland, Germany would get the western half and USSR the 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 Great Britian and France to back out of their promise to help Poland if attacked
Blitkgrieg-Lightening War:
-Lighting war
-Most countries focused on defensive attacks
-Germany focused on offensive tactics
-goal was to acheive victory as quickly as possible
-His German tanks and army was unbeatable
-Terrorizing the enemy:
-they bombed airfields,communication lines, transportation lines,ect.
-mechanized groups go deeper into the enemy territory outflanking the enemy positiots and preventing withdrawing troops and defenders from establishing effective defensive positions
-Main force links up with other units encircling and cutting off the enemy
-Goal was to achieve victory as quickly as possible
-Sitzkrieg-The Phont War:
-Germany called war on Poland but nothing happened
-It was winter in Germany so they were getting ready
Tripartite Pact is signed- Axis Powers;
-Axis Powers-
Main:
-Germany,Italy,Japan
Allied Powers:
Main:
-Great Britain,Soviet Union,United States,Chind, France,Australia,and Canada
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