1. World War II

2. Appeasement
What was the part of Czechoslovakia where most German speakers lived called?
Sudentenland
Which four countries were at the Munich conference?
Britain, France, Germany and Italy
Which other countries should have been invited?

3. Appeasement What was agreed to at the Munich Conference
Germany would occupy the Sudetenland
Other parts of Czechoslovakia would go to Poland and Hungary
Czechoslovakia had to agree or face Germany alone
Hitler promised to take no more land
Why did many people feel giving into Germany at Munich was a good idea?
It would avoid war

4. Appeasement Why were the countries of Europe so keen to avoid war?
Because of the horrors of World War I
They were not ready to fight another war
What did Hitler claim when he united the countries of Austria and Germany?
He was uniting German speaking people into a greater Germany

5. Why were the early months of World War II referred to as the “phony war”?
Hitler attacks Poland on September 1, 1939 – Blitzkrieg
France and Britain have promised to defend Poland (no more appeasement)
Britain and France declare war on Sept 3
Both countries mobilize their armies along the Maginot Line – Germany along the Siegfried Line
Nothing happened – Phony war

6. Maginot Line

7. Siegfried Line

8. 4. Why was Egypt of strategic importance in WWII?
The Suez Canal was the route to the oil of the Middle East.
It would also allow the Axis Powers to link up

9. Why did President Roosevelt want to offer help to the Allies?
He feared an Allied defeat would pull the United States into the War.
He did not want a world in which Nazi Germany dominated Europe

10. Why did Stalin want the US and Britain to launch a second front in the west?
To relieve pressure on the Soviets.
Until the second front, Germany could focus its forces on the east

11. How did the Allies try to conceal the true location of the D-Day Landings?
Operation Fortitude
Prepared a dummy army to attack Calais
This would lead the Germans to believe the attack would come at a different location