Munich Conference/Sudetenland- 1938
policy of appeasment
hitler wanted to take teh sudetenland of Czechslovakia
Germany looks like a wolf cutting Czechslovakia in half
German speaking people that were living in the land they wanted to take over
Neville Chamberlin- Great Britain
Adolf Hitler- Germany
Benito Mussolini- Italy
Edouard Daladier- France
said they would give it to hilter as long as he wouldnt take any more land
hitler lied and said yes im done taking over land
Chamberlain: "Peace for our time"
Winston churchill was criticized- said he was right they should have stepped up to hitler
Soviet-German Non-aggression Pact
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
Germany had to fight on both sides- hitler knew he couldnt afford to fight both countries at once.
just because they signed this didnt mean they liked eachother and trusted eachother
German Invasion of Poland
germany and soviet union invaded poland
germans come for west, germans from east
blitzcrege- first start with airplane attacks and take out transpotration, and communication systems. then you try and take as many airplanes and troops down. (quick strike) first time in world history they used these types of planes. poland was done within a week or so. - Lightening war.
bring tanks and tropps in and you have these mechanized units that are basically troops on trucks. They go as far into poland as they can get drop the troops off and then travel back. basically its to trap the polish people in a place. You wanted to overwhelm the enemy as fast as you can. goal was to achieve victory as quickly as possible.
September 1, 1939 germany invades poland
the beginning of WWII
Later in 1938 he took the rest of Czechslovakia. Broke his promise of not taking any more land. great britan and france met and said the next thing he does they will have to declare war. For once great britain and france step up after hitler takes over poland.
Sitzkrieg- The Phony War
great britain and france dont actually go over to poland and help
everyone declared war but nothing was happenening
winter had just set in and they were preparing for war and waiting for winter to get over
April, May, June it would really start picking up
Tripartite Pact is signed
Japan joins the axis powers.
germany, italy, japan
Axis:
Germany, Italy, Japan, Albania, Bulgaria, Finland, Romania, Thailand, Hungary
Allied:
Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, China, France, Canada, Australlia
allied powers had a lot more people. More resources and more people involved.
German Invasion of Denmark and Norway
Spring 1940- Hitler inmades Denmark Norway
ended up being pretty easy for Hitler
French and German Plans for the Battle of France- 1940
June 1940- france surrendered
France didnt put up much of a fight
only lasted a month
people were beginning to believe that germany was unbeatable
they had been beat before the war even started
lost respect within the US
Maginot line- concrete barrier that france had built. They focused more on defensive tactics and didnt think about planes flying over and being able to bomb them.
Miracle of Dunkirk
push all the french people to dunkirk
hitler told them to stop so they could get the tanks caught up
by delaying the orders to attack the city there were lots of people that got rescued and got out of there
it allwowed us to get out of there
some say that hitler did it on purpose to get graet britain to sign something
graet britain didnt actually sign it though
German advances until the Armistice-Battle of France: june 4-22 1940
Hitler always tours places once he takes them over.
Couldnt wait to parade down the street of Paris
VIchy Government- led by Marshal Henri Petain
not a favorite part of france history
he helped round up french jews for deportation.
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