hitler wanted the sudetenland part of chekolsivakia
Munich conference- decided what was going to be done to the sudetenland
-neville chamberlain-great britain
-adolf hitler -germany
-benito mussolini -italy
-edouard daladier -france
munich pact- appeasement
germany was given sudentenland of chekolsivakia
chekolsivakia had the option to accept pact or deal with germany
chekolsivakia lost its defensible borders and fortifications
chekolsivakia lost 70% of iron/steel and electerical power...3.5 million people went to germany
chamberline believed that the munich conference prevented war
hitler takes over the rest of chekolsivakia 6 months before the war began
great britain and france realized that they need to take hitler seriously
they started mobilizing for war
nazi-soviet non-aggression pact: trade agreement
russia gave raw materials to germany in exchange for mony and weapons
both agreed to stay neutral if the other entered the war.
both secretly agreed to invade and split poland. germany =western half.... USSR =eastern half
russia would get finland, estonia, and latvia and germany would get lithuania.
world reacted:
-shocked
-poland was in a very tought spot
-hitler thought it would force great britain and france to back out of their promis to help poland if attacked
german invades poland
Blitzkreig: lightening war (look on powerpoint for better notes on this war)
- goal was to achieve victory as quickly as possible
-airplane attacks (1st step)
-tanks and troops would be invading form germany into poland
-mechagnized unit (trucks with troops). dropped troops off and go flank(around) attck from the front then circle around the enemy
- main force links up with other units encircling and cutting off the enemy
sitzkreig- the phony war- ??
tripartite pact is signed by the axis powers (germany, italy and japan(main) others (finland, romania, thailand, hungary, etc)
allied powers: great britain, soviet, union, US, china and france, canada and australia(main) others ( mexico, cuba, costa rica, etc. )
why did we win world war two? more powers
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