The Lines are Drawn Europe Moves Towards War

Objectives 134. Identify the nations aligned in the Axis Powers Describe the results of the Munich Conference in Describe the appeasement strategy of dealing with Germany Explain the nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union Identify the event that sparked the Second World War Identify nations that were part of the Allied Powers.

German Expansion: After taking the office of chancellor, Hitler quickly moved to occupy several regions between 1936 and 1939, including: The Rhineland Austria The Sudetenland

Objective 134: Identify the nations aligned in the Axis Powers. ❖ In 1936, Italy and Germany formed the Axis Powers. They were later joined by Japan.

Objective 135: Describe the results of the Munich Conference in September 1938 In an attempt to solve conflicts peacefully, Hitler and Mussolini met with Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier to discuss the Sudetenland. These four leaders met in Munich, Germany. To avoid a large scale military conflict, Chamberlain and Daladier allowed Germany to occupy the Sudetenland.

HitlerHitler had only reluctantly agreed to the Munich Conference, and he regarded the agreement signed there as a setback. His goal was war, not compromise. His negotiating partners, however, hoped to prevent a European conflict through a policy of appeasement. The photograph shows (front, from left to right) the British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier, Hitler, Mussolini, and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano.ent signe

Objective 136. Describe the appeasement strategy of dealing with Germany. ❖ Chamberlain and Daladier adopted the policy of appeasement - giving into Hitler’s demands to avoid a larger conflict. ❖ However, while this plan was praised as a solution that did not result in warfare, a precedent was set: by British and French leaders appeasing the Axis leaders, they encouraged Hitler to expand further...after all, who would oppose him?

Objective 137. Explain the nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union. As Germany became an increasing threat to Europe, Great Britain and France vowed to declare war if Germany moved to occupy Poland. The sought support from the U.S.S.R. However, what these nations didn’t know was that the Soviet Union had signed a nonaggression pact with Germany. In this pact: Germany and the U.S.S.R. agreed not to attack one another. The two nations agreed to divide Poland between them.

Objective 138: Identify the event that sparked the Second World War. ❖ On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. ❖ Two days later, Britain and France lived up to their words by declaring war on Germany.

Objective 139: Identify nations that were part of the Allied Powers. ❖ Britain and France joined together as the Allied Powers to fight Germany. ❖ Unlike in World War I, the Soviet Union (Russia) was not part of the Allied Powers. As we’ve seen through the nonaggression pact they signed, the Soviets were concerned with their own welfare.

Objective 139: Identify nations that were part of the Allied Powers. As Germany invaded Poland in the east, the Soviet Union invaded Poland in the west, taking Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania along the way, followed by an invasion of Finland.

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