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Germany's Anschluss With Austria
-Hitler wanted Austria
-A lot like Germany
-Marched his troops into Austria with no opposition from any other country -
Munich Pact
-Hitler demanded he got Sudetenland
-okayed by Britain and France
-Neville Chamberlain thought he was preventing war -
Germany's annexation of Sudetenland
-mountains formed main defense
-wanted land's natural resources -
Hitler's annexation of Czechoslovakia
-wanted Czechoslovakia in order to give German's more space to live in
-originally a part of germany, so he thought he should get his rightful land back -
Nazi-Soviet Union Non-Aggression Pact
-Between Stalin and Hitler
-Germany and Russia committed to never attack each other
-signed another secret pact agreeing to split Poland between each other -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
German airforce/tanks took over in the morning
-Used "blitzkrieg" war style
-lightening war
-quick surprises and crushed the opposing forces with overwhelming them -
The Phony War
-Britain and France watched Germany to see what would happen
-Called the "sitting war"
-Phony War because no one was fighting, just staring at each other waiting for the other to make the first attack
-nothing ever happened -
The Miracle at Dunkirk
-Evacuation of allied soldiers from Dunkirk's beaches and harbors
-also known as evacuation -
Battle of Britain
-Germany's goal was to completely take control over the sky (with airforce)
-destroy Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF)
-Hitler had 2600 planes he was able to use
-2000 were used in one day
-RAF was able to fight back
-figured out germany's flight paths with radar
-shot down 185 German planes, Britain only lost 26 planes -
Fall of France
-Germans trapped 400,000 British and French soldiers
-Italy entered war on Germany's side
-Invaded France from south
-Germany invaded from north
-France surrendered
