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German Expansion
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Expansion Meeting
Hitler meets secretly with advisors to discuss plan -
Sudetenland
Sudetenland - the German name for the areas of Czechoslovakia that were inhabited by Sudenten Germans: northern, southern, western -
Anschluss
Germany marches into Austria -
Austria Allies
Austria allies with Germany -
Munich Agreement
An agreement signed by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, the French Third Republic and the Kingdom of Italy, granted Czechoslovakia's division to Germany of the Sudeten German territory
Famous Quote: ¨Peace for our time” -
Vocabulary
Non-aggression pact - an agreement between two countries that they will not use military forces against one another
Luftwaffe - the German´s term for air force
Blitzkrieg - a war tactic where a side goes ham on a certain area -
Winning Czechoslovakia
Germany marches into Czechoslovakia and takes them -
The Phony War
A period of time with no war or attacks at the start of WW2 -
Germany Invades Again
Germany invades Denmark and Norway; Denmark surrenders immediately -
Battle of Dunkirk
A battle the Allies lost and withdrew to Britain -
Franco-German Armistice
Divided France into 2 sections; half German led, half France led -
Battle of Britain
Large scale fight where the RAF (Royal Air Force - Britain) defended the Luftwaffe; British win