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Do Now: What areas did Hitler decide to invade before WWII officially started? Think about why those areas. Homework: Research Outline due Friday WWII & rise of dictators quiz Wednesday
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Hitler’s aggression Lebensraum- German “living space” Military rebuilt Resist the spread of communism 1936 Anti-comintern Pact Japan Italy (1937) and Germany 1936 military occupied Rhineland
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Austria then Czechoslovakia Hitler born in Austria- native Germans 1938 Hitler demanded Austrian officials except annexation Anschluss March 1938 German forces went in Czechoslovakia= Sudetenland German population Czech mobilized with support of France Daladier Prime Minister of France
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Sept 1938 Munich Conference Chamberlain- G.B. Prime Minister & Daladier- France Prime Minister= appeasement Czech had to fight alone March 1939 total conquest Churchill outraged
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Soviet Union Communism feared Stalin feared growing German expansion Summer 1939 Britain and & France though about Russian alliance August 1939 Nonaggression Pact Back each other up Agreed to invade Poland, each country taking a side
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G.B. & France would get into War if Poland was invaded Sept. 1 1939 WWII Began
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Blitzkrieg Used against Poland Lightening war- speed supply coordination Air attacks, the tanks & ground troops September 3 G.B. & France declare war on Germany But take weeks to assist Poland militarily Phony war 1939-1940 Germany mobilized to the West
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Western Domination Spring 1940 move to Denmark, Norway French start to defend western front Netherlands & Belgium Ardennes forest region between France & Belgium Defended lightly
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