1. + WWII Begins US History B Chapter 16.2

2. + Lebensraum Austria: Anschluss Sudetenland: Munich Agreement

3. + Appeasement Giving up principles to pacify an aggressor Neville Chamberlain: “Peace in our time”

4. + Appeasement "An appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile hoping it will eat him last.” -Winston Churchill

5. + Czechoslovakia March 1938 Hitler invades Czechoslovakia Is Poland next?

6. + The Line in the Sand Hitler would never invade Poland Provoke France and Britain Provoke the USSR Two front war? Hitler Stalin Pact Nonaggression Pact (August 23, 1939)

7. + Nazis and Soviets Invade Poland Soviets Grab the Baltic States Soviets later invade Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia (secreted promised in the Hitler- Stalin Pact), and eventually Finland Who got the best deal in this agreement?

8. + Blitzkrieg Germany invades Poland September 1, 1939 Blitzkrieg = lightning war Step One: Luftwaffe Step Two: Tanks Step Three: Army Surprise and crush Poland falls to Germany in under three weeks

9. + Lend Lease Program – Neutrality Act amended ‘39

10. + Arsenal of Democracy – Detroit Willow Run B 24’s Rosie the Riveter

11. + Convoys and Wolf Packs The Hunted and the Hunters

12. + Anti War Sentiments in USA 1930-40

13. + Early WWII Maginot Line “sitzkrieg” Stalin annexes Baltic States & invades Finland Hitler invades Denmark & Norway

14. + Maginot Line

15. + The Fall of France – Nazis invade through Belgium (again) avoid Maginot Germany invades through Ardennes Italy invades France from the south France surrenders June 22, 1940 Germany occupies northern France Vichy France in the south Nazi puppet state

16. + Invasion of France – North conquered and Occupied – South Vichy Government formed (pro-Nazi)

17. + Battle of Britain 1940-41 Britain strong naval power Germany seeks control of air Germany attacks with Luftwaffe Two months of solid bombing Goal: destroy the Royal Air Force (RAF) German invasion cancelled RAF use radar

18. + Axis Formed September 1940

19. + Atlantic Charter - 1940 Britain desperately Needed help faced Germany alone Agreement Includes U.S. and G.B. “Allies” Collective security Self determination of peoples (even those colonized) Economic cooperation and eventual open trade Freedom of the seas

20. + Japan Invades Southeast Asia – Imperial Designs – Rising Sun – “Asia for Asians”

21. + Japanese Atrocities Fuel anti-Jap Sentiments – Rape of Nanking

22. + America Tries to Punish and Stop Japan Oil and scrap metal embargo 1939-41 Japan’s economy harmed Japan views the USA as its chief rival in Pacific Rim

23. + Pearl Harbor Attack – December 7, 1941