February 1938 HITLER GIVES ULTIMATUM TO AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR
Use of Propaganda Ex. Germans being persecuted in Austria
"NO MATTER HOW BIG THE LIE, IF IT IS REPEATED OFTEN ENOUGH, PEOPLE WILL BELIEVE IT." ADOLPH HITLER
March 12, 1938 Germans "forced" to take Austria
Adolph Hitler’s actions
CONTRIBUTED TO U.S. DEVELOPING A 2 OCEAN NAVY
CZECHOSLOVAKIA GERMANS LIVING IN SUDETENLAND
GERMAN BUILDUP OF TROOPS ALONG CZECH BORDER IN '38
Hitler THREATENS CZECH PRESIDENT UNLESS HE AGREES TO GERMAN MILITARY OCCUPATION
HE AGREES (CZECH PRESIDENT)
BOTH FRANCE & G. B. HAD PROMISED TO PROTECT CZECH... FROM GERMAN TAKEOVER
SEPTEMBER 1938 MUNICH CONFERENCE
HITLER & MUSSOLINI
CHAMBERLAIN (G.B.), & DALADIER (France) Russians & Czechs NOT THERE!!
HITLER "PROMISES" THAT SUDETENLAND WILL BE HIS LAST TERRITORIAL DEMAND
THEY ALL AGREE TO IT!!!!
MUNICH AGREEMENT Signed on September 30, 1938
GERMAN TROOPS Immediately Cross Czech BORDER (into Sudetenland)
"BRITAIN AND FRANCE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WAR AND DISHONOR "BRITAIN AND FRANCE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WAR AND DISHONOR. THEY CHOSE DISHONOR. THEY WILL HAVE WAR."
Winston Churchill
LESS THAN 6 MONTHS LATER, HITLER BROKE MUNICH PACT AND TOOK REST OF CZECH.
HITLER'S DOMESTIC PERSECUTION OF JEWS
TOOK AWAY POLITICAL RIGHTS NUREMBERG LAWS TOOK AWAY POLITICAL RIGHTS
LOST CITIZENSHIP EXPELLED FROM SCHOOLS DENIED MEDICAL CARE CURFEW FORBID INTERMARRIAGE
"KRISTALLNACHT" THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS Nov. 8, 1938 RESULTED FROM 17 YR. OLD JEWISH REFUGEE WHO MURDERED A GERMAN DIPLOMAT IN PARIS
"KRISTALLNACHT" THE NIGHT OF BROKEN GLASS GANGS BURN SYNAGOGUES LOOTINGS BEATINGS "WORK" CAMPS
U.S. DOESN'T DO MUCH TO HELP JEWISH REFUGEES Why? LOTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN U.S.
SUMMER OF 1939 POLISH CORRIDOR
PROPAGANDA USED AGAIN
WOULD HELP POLAND IF THEY WERE ATTACKED GREAT BRITAIN SAID... WOULD HELP POLAND IF THEY WERE ATTACKED
WOULD THREATEN SOVIET UNION effect... WOULD THREATEN SOVIET UNION
STALIN TRIED TO ALLY U. S. S. R STALIN TRIED TO ALLY U.S.S.R. WITH GREAT BRITAIN IN APRIL BUT CHAMBERLAIN SAID "NO"
Non-Aggression Pact signed AUGUST 23, 1939 Non-Aggression Pact signed
SECRET AGREEMENT: HITLER WOULD TAKE ONLY PART OF POLAND Germany & U.S.S.R. Also includes SECRET AGREEMENT: HITLER WOULD TAKE ONLY PART OF POLAND
SOVIETS COULD HAVE THE OTHER HALF
"BLITZKRIEG" LIGHTNING WAR SEPTEMBER 1, 1939 Germany Invades Poland
GREAT BRITAIN AND FRANCE DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY SEPTEMBER 3, 1939
World War II in Europe Begins