• Chronicle the acts of aggression that pushed Europe toward the start of WWII

• Analyze the causes of WWII

Acts of Aggression that start WW2

• 1933, What does Germany do?

• 1935, What does Germany do? – What

does it violate?

– What does the LON do?

• 1936, what does Germany do next?– Retakes

Rhineland– Hitler breaks

what again?– Hitler is

fulfilling what part of his vision for Germany?• Lebensraum

• What does the LON do?

6. 1936. What happens next?• Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis Pact• Germany, Italy and Japan won’t interfere in

their expansions• What does the LON do?

• Details?• Outcome?• What is this?

7. Spanish Civil War

4. Hitler will now gobble up 4 pieces of land, & spark the start of WWII

• Austria 1938• Anschluss =

unification• Breaks what?• What happened

here?

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1. Austria… March 1938

2. What is next? (Sept 1938?)– What is

it?– Why

does AH want it?

• Munich Conf… Sept 1938

• What happens?– Germany gets

Sudetenland– Hitler makes a

promise…– GB’s PM

Neville Chamberlain calls the Munich Pact “peace for our time”

• French PM Edouard Daladier… “the fools, why are they cheering?”

• Winston Churchill said, “they had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor; they will have war.”

• Churchill also said, “an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” (Manno)

• Sept 1938 is Munich Pact

• March 1939, what does Hitler do?– takes all of

Czechoslovakia• Western powers

– Realize…– Promise…

• Line in the sand moment

• August 1939, Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact…says?– USSR and

Germany will not fight each other if there was war

– Split up Poland

• Sept 1, 1939, Germany takes Poland– Uses

Blitzkrieg tactic

– Tanks vs horses!

• France & GB do what on Sept 3?– Declare War

on Germany

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rFx6OFooCs

• Lightning war…FAST ATTACK• What is used in it?

– Air attack 1st

– Tanks (Panzer units)– Soldiers

• Goal = loop around enemy. Many casualties and POWs• Poland and Czech 3 and 3