Transcript Chapter 24 Section 2x

Chapter 24 Section 2
Austria and
Czechoslovakia Fall…
 Austria was Hitler’s first target
 Majority of people German’s,
many of whom favored
unification with Germany
 Troops marched into Austria
unopposed
 Next up is Czechoslovakia,
German’s living in an area called
the Sudetenland along the
boarder
 Wanted for living space and
natural resources
 Britain and France promise to
protect Czechoslovakia
 Neville Chamberlain signs Munich
Agreement
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SU Declares Neutrality
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 Germany now wants Poland
 Hitler uses propaganda to persuade German
people that the Poles are mistreating Germans
 Invading Poland could make Russia mad and it
would most likely cause Britain and France to
declare war against Germany
 Plot twist- Stalin signs a non-aggression pact with
Hitler… second secret pact to divide Poland
Blitzkrieg
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 September 1,1939 German Air Force
bomb over Poland – target military
bases, cities, railroads
 While this was happening German
tanks were rolling across the country
causing their own set of problems
 Invasion first appearance of the new
German tactic of Blitzkrieg or
lightning war
 Made use of advances in technology
(faster better planes and tanks),
completely crushed opposition
 Poland, Britain, and France declare
war on Germany
 Soviet Union also attacks and grabs
some territory. Within the month
Poland no longer existed and WWII
had begun…
France and Britain are
ready to go
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 Phony War (after attack on Poland and troops gear
up, stalemate)
 April 9, 1940 Hitler invades Denmark and Norway, next
Belgium and Luxembourg
 Stalin occupies eastern Poland, annexes Estonia,
Latvia, and Lithuania
 Allies vs Axis (Italy, Germany, Japan)
 Germany works toward taking over France
 Is able to occupy the North of France, now only Great
Britain is free from German control
 Summer of 1940, bombing of Britain
 Britain remains free, US realizes it must
soon help its friend
US Gears Up
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 Lend-Lease Plan, designed with GB in mind, we will
lend you weapons (replaces Cash and Carry policy)
 Want to help GB fight off the Germans
 Also give some weapons to USSR
 1940’s German U-boats are back again
 1941, German U-boats attacking US ships, US sailors
given permission to fight back
FDR Prepares For War…
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 Atlantic Charter: meeting
between Winston Churchill and
FDR about post war plans. US
not even in war at this point.
Both countries pledge to work
for disarmament, selfdetermination, economic
cooperation, and freedom of
the seas. Also, calls for a United
Nations
 Allies are formed, 26 nations
fighting against the Axis Powers
Pear Harbor
 US military base at
 Dec 7, 1941, Japan attacks
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
 US taken by surprise
 “Date which will live in infamy”
 US declares war on Japan
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