Six Steps To War

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Six Steps To War
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Re-Armament

• Hitler violated the Versailles Treaty and started
  to build up the army
• What was Britain and Frances response?
• What is conscription?

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Rhineland

• German Generals suggested not invading because it
  would engage the French in a war.
• Broke the treaty of Versailles
• What was Britain and Frances Reaction?

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Austria

• What was the Union of Germany and Russia called?
• Anschluss
• What did Great Britain and France do?

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Sudetenland
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Sudentenland

• Hitler encouraged Sudenten Nazis to demand union
  with Germany
• Hitler makes plans to invade
• Munich conference
• Neville Chamberlain appeases Hitler
• Says it is Peace in our time

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Czechoslovakia

• Hitler wipes out Czechoslovakia as an independent
  country
• Great Britain and France announce they will
  defend Poland
• Most people begin to realize the only thing that
  will stop Hitler is a war.

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Poland

• Germans in Danzig demand union with Germany
• Aug. 1939-Hitler makes a secret treaty with
  Russia- called the Nazi-Soviet Pact
• Avoid a two front war
• Stop Britain and France from helping Poland
• Sept. 1, 1939- Hitler invades Poland
• Sept. 3, 1939- Chamberlain declares war on Germany

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Appeasement

• What does appeasement mean?
• Giving in to a bully
• Have you ever appeased someone?

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Appeasement

• Winston Churchill opposed this policy
• Most British agreed with Chamberlain and praised
  appeasement
• Why would Great Britain choose appeasement?

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Why Appeasement?

• Some British approved of Hitlers policies
• British hoped a strong Germany would stop the
  growth of Communist Russia
• Many felt events in Europe were not Britains
  business
• British wanted peace
• Many British agreed with Hitler that the Treaty
  of Versailles was unfair.