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Neville Chamberlain
A British prime minister that met with Adolf Hitler and agreed to his plans of annexation of the Sudetenland. -
Winston Churchill
Churchill warned Chamberlain of his actions and stated, "Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war." -
Appeasement
Giving up principles to pacify a aggressor. Chamberlain adopted a shameful policy of appeasement. -
Nonaggression Pact
Germany and Russia created a nonaggression pact that committed them to never attack each other. -
Blitzkrieg
It was the first invasion test of Germany's new military strategy called the "lightening war". -
Charles de Gaulle
A French general that fled to England where he set up a government-in-exile.