Munich (located in Germany) Conference
Between Germany, Britain, France and Italy
September 29/30, 1938
Western leaders agreed to divide Czech with the promise that Hitler would take no more land
It promised the Czech army would get away from the “German areas” of Czech
Hitler ended up taking a lot more land, the agreement failed, a few years later WWII started.
Invasion of China
Japs launched an invasion of China in 1937, called the Second Sino-Japanese War
Japs claimed to have been attacked at Marco Polo Bridge, which began the war
Within 5 months, 1,000,000 Chinese were under Jap control
All major cities in China were captured by the end of 1937
Chinese forces were unable to effectively resist the Japs
Japs had a modern army, unlike China
China had not industrialized like Japan
End: US and Soviet Union put an end to the war
US/Soviets attacked the Japanese by dropping the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima
The dropping put an end to WWII
Jap troops in China formally surrendered on September 9, 1945
Chinese casualties were 20 million | Wounded 15 million
Japs 1.05 million dead | 1.17 million wounded
1937 to 1945, 8 years, 1 month, and 3 days
German Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
A pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
Wanted peace with Germany
Agreed not to take any military action for the next 10 years
Kept a secret agreement in which Germany and soviets agreed that later they would divide up Eastern Europe
Hitler didn’t want the two front split to happen again, the same thing happened in WWI
Greatly affected Eastern Europe
In exchange for the Soviets not to join the future was, Germany gave then Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
When WWII started the Soviets did not join the fight against Germany
The Nazis and the Soviets kept the terms of the pact and the protocol until Germany’s surprise attack and invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941
Hitler used the pact to make sure Germany was able to invade Poland unopposed
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