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Hitler
In 1935 Hitler started to ignore the Treaty of Versailles. He build up the German Military even though he was not supposed to have a Military over a certain size, that was set by the Treaty of Versailles. -
Anschluss
b. Hitler called it unification. Hitler thought that Germany could expand its territory only by resorting to force with its attendant risks. The significance is Germany invaded Austria -
Czechoslovakia
Germany demanded control over the Sudetenland. France, Soviet Union, Neville Chamberlain, Britain all supported protecting Czechoslovakia -
Munich Conference
Britain, France, Italy, and Germany all meet in Munich, to figure out what they would do about Czechoslovakia. They agreed to Hitler’s demands, they thought that this way they could avoid a war. -
Danzig
Hitler demanded the city of Danzig need to be returned to German Control. Also demanded a highway and railroad across the polish corridor. Britain and France now know that war is inevitable. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
A way to protect the USSR would be to let the capitalist countries tear each other apart. It was a secret deal to divide Poland. -
Poland, Britain, France
The polish army resisted it was very outdated. Poland was defeated in a little over a month. Hitler gained more power by this. -
Blitzkrieg
Is a lightening war, there were massive tanks with overwhelmed Poland, Support provided by waves of aircrafts. -
Poland Fell
Poland was defeated in a little over one month. Germany gained control -
Phony War or Bore War
The name is making fun of a different war, and how slow it is. Westerner Europe remained quit, France and Britain remained on the Defensive. -
Invasion of France
France build a line of concrete bunkers and fortifications called Maginot Line. The Maginot line would have worked really well if Germany would have gone over them but Germany just went around the barricade. Hitler went through Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. This allowed Germany to concentrate on Poland. -
Invasion Of France
It made a 3 day delay. There were 850 ships that sailed from Britain to rescue 338,000 troops. Almost all equipment had to be abandoned -
French Surrender
France was divided. Hitler gained more land. -
Battle of Britain
Luftwaffe bombed non-military targets, killing civilians. They terrorized people into submission. The British Royal Air Force used Radar.
