munich conference:
hitler wanted to take sudetenland from czechoslovakia
neville chamberlain- great britain
adolf hitler- germany
benito mussolini- italy
edouard daladier- france
they agreed that germany could have the sudetenland as long as he didn't take over anymore land
policy of appeasment was what this decision was called
winston churchill disagreed with the policy of appeasment
hitler takes the rest of czechoslovakia later on
great britain and france decide that the next time germany does something like this they will declare war
soviet-german non-aggression pact:
they would not fight each other
they would trade with each other
secretly agreed to invade and spilt poland
russia would get finland, estonia and latvia and germany would get lithuania
german invasion of poland:
blitzkreig: start with airplane attacks and take out any way for the country to communicate, take out their transportation, and it all happens very fast
want to overwhelm the victim
goal was to achieve victory as quickly as possible
september 1, 1939
was the beginning of ww2
great britain and france declare war
sitzkrieg- the phony war
after great britain and france declare war, nothing happens for months
6 month period of nonwar is known as sitzkrieg
tripartite pact is signed axis powers
axis powers:
germany, italy, japan, albania, bulgaria, finland, romania, thailand, hungary
allied powers:
great britain, soviet union, united states, china, france, canada, australia and many others
one of the reasons we won is because we had so many countries and people
german invasion of denmark and norway:
hitler does blitzkrieg on denmark and norway
french and german plans for battle of france:
germany went around the maginot line in franch
france surrendered
germany thought that they were unbeatable
france lost a lot of respect
miracle of dunkirk:
all british and french troops get pushed to dunkirk
hitler tells his troops to stop and not attack the city
hundreds of thousands escaped and were free
vichy gov't:
led by marshal petain
france is not proud of this
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