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Sudetenland/ Munich Conference- 1938
-Hitler wanted Sudetenland to keep all Germans in one place.
- They had a conference with Neville Chamberlain GB, Adolf Hitler Germany, Benito Mussolini Italy, Edouard Daladier France.
Munich Pact- Appeasement
- Germany was given the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia
-Czechoslovakia had the option to accept the Pact or deal with Germany itself
-Czechoslovakia lost its defensible borders and fortifications
-Czechoslovakia 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 told them he wouldn't invade them, or anywhere else.
Munich conference- Chamberlain: "Peace for our time"
- Chamber 'kept WWII from taking place' he went back to GB a "HERO"
-Winston Churchill was given credit, and they find out they should have listened to him.
Hitler takes the rest of Czechoslovakia in 1939
-British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain started taking Nazi Germany and Hitler much more seriously after this.
-Winston Churchill had warned about this happening
- GB and France started mobilizing for war.
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact 1939
German ambassador Von Ribbentrop and Soviet dictator Stalin laugh as Molotov signs the NAzi soviet Non-Aggression Pact on August 23,1939
-Hitler and Stalin WERE NOT FRIENDS.
-Russia gave raw materials to Germant in exchange for money and weapons
- both agreed to stay nuetral if the other entered the war
-Secretly agreed to invade and split Poland. Germany would get the western half and the USSR the eastern half
-Russia would get Finland, Estonia, and Latvia and Germant would get Lithuania
How did the workd react to this?
-they were shocked
-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
German Invasion of Poland
Blitzkrieg- Lightning War:
1. air force attacks enemy front line and rear positions, main roads, airfields and communication centers. at the same time, infantry attacks on the entire frontline and engages enemy.
2. Tank units break through main lines of defense and advance deeper into enemy territory. While following, machanized units pursue and engage defenders preventing them from establishing defensive positions.
3. Infantry continues to engage for the same reason
4. mechanized groups go deeper into territory outflanking the enemy positions and preventing withdrawing troops and defenders from establishing effectine defensive positions.
5. Main force li9nks up with other units encircling and cutting off the enemy.
6. Goal was to win as quickly as possible.
Blitzkriegs scared people because of how fast and powerful Germany was.
Sitzkrieg- The Phony War
-Hitler waited for the spring.
Tripartite Pact is Signed Axis Pwers
-Main: Germany, Italy, Japan
Other: Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Thailand, Hungary
Allied Powers
Main: Great Britain, SOviet uninon, US, CHina and France
Latin America: Argentina Boliva, Paraguay,
Europe: Belgium, Czech Denmark, Greece Norway
Africa: Egypt South Africa
Asia/Other: China, India, Australia, and Canada
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