Chapter 16 Section 2 War in Europe

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Chapter 16 Section 2War in Europe
Look at map on page 538 while reviewing each
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Austria and Czechoslovakia FallGermany needs
land to expand we must use force and take the
risk

• (1938) Union with Austria
• Paris Peace Conf. after WWI carved A-H empire
• 6 million German speaking Austrians favor German
  unification
• The rest of the world did nothing

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Austria and Czechoslovakia FallGermany needs
land to expand we must use force and take the
risk

• Bargaining for the Sudetenland
• 3 million German speaking Czechs living in
  Sudetenland
• filled with natural resources
• Hitler claimed Czechs were abusing German
  speakers so he amassed troops at border
  (propaganda)

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• (1938) Munich Agreement Daladier (France)
  Chamberlain (GB) promised by Hitler that this
  would be his last territorial demand
• Chamberlain returned home claiming peace honor
• Churchill Chamberlain political opponent /
  shameful appeasement or giving in to an aggressor
  / war or dishonor

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The German Offensive BeginsMarch 15, 1939 Hitler
takes remaining Czechoslovakia looks at Poland

• (1939) The Soviet Union Declares Neutrality
• Germany moving eastwardly toward Poland / Soviet
  Union signs nonaggression pact to avoid invasion
  gain 1/3 Poland
• Germany avoids two front war

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The German Offensive BeginsMarch 15, 1939 Hitler
takes remaining Czechoslovakia looks at Poland

• Blitzkrieg in Poland (lightening war)
• Poland is abusing German speaking Poles
• 1939 Luftwaffe bombs Poland tanks rush in
• September 3, 1939 G.B. France declare war on
  Germany
• Germany conquers Poland in less than 3 weeks

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The German Offensive BeginsMarch 15, 1939 Hitler
takes remaining Czechoslovakia looks at Poland

• The Phony War
• British French sit wait for Germans at
  Maginot Line in Eastern France
• Soviets take Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia,
  Lithuania and Finland
• Germany takes Denmark Norway, Netherlands,
  Belgium Luxembourg

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France Britain Fight OnGermans avoid Maginot
Line go through Ardennes toward Paris

• The Fall of France
• 330,000British, French Belgian troops evacuate
  at Dunkirk
• Italy joins the war attacks France from the
  South
• German government in N. France
• German puppet Petain rules in Southern Vichy
  France
• General de Gaulle fled to England (LBNTW)

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France Britain Fight OnGermans avoid Maginot
Line go through Ardennes toward Paris

• The Battle of Britain
• German goal was to use the Luftwaffe to destroy
  RAF
• Every night for 2 solid months
• British use radar
• Germany stops the Battle