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WWII Begins

WWII Begins. Ch. 19.2. Objectives. Explain why Hitler was able to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia. Describe the early events of the war and why Great Britain was able to resist the Nazi’s. Militarism in Japan. Continued U.S. Isolationism. I. Continued U.S. Isolationism

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WWII Begins

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  1. WWII Begins Ch. 19.2

  2. Objectives • Explain why Hitler was able to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia. • Describe the early events of the war and why Great Britain was able to resist the Nazi’s.

  3. Militarism in Japan

  4. Continued U.S. Isolationism I. Continued U.S. Isolationism A. Neutrality Act of 1935 B. Axis Powers Forming 1. Spanish Civil War – Francisco Franco a. Rome-Berlin Axis (Germany & Italy) b. Anti-Comintern Pact (+Japan)

  5. Peace in Our Time

  6. Paragraph Response • Prior to WWII former allies from WWI were extremely lenient in allowing Hitler to gain new territories such as Austria and the Sudetenland. Why were these allies such as Britain so willing to appease Hitler, and why were they unable to prevent his militant actions?

  7. Anschluss and Lebensraum II. German Territorial Growth A. Austrian Anschluss 1. Feb. 1938 – threatens attack a. declares Anschluss 2. Sudetenland = Czechoslovakia a. Czechs: -Democracy -Allied to France & Soviets b. Munich Conference -Appeasement *Neville Chamberlain

  8. Danzig & East Prussia B. Danzig & E. Prussia 1. German Speaking C. Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact 1. Stalin = -turn capitalist nations against each other. -Dividing of Poland

  9. War Begins III. War Begins A. Sept. 1939 – Blitzkreig (Lightning War) -Poland surrenders Oct.5th B. Fall of France 1. Sitzkreig – Winter 1939 a. Maginot Line -Miracle at Dunkirk 2. British Defiant a. Spared by English Channel -Battle of Britain begins

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