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World War Looms1931-1941

Section 2War in EuropePages 536-541

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Section 2: War in EuropeA Sequence of Events

March 1938

Germany invadesAustria.

September 1938

Munich Pact is signedby Germany, France,and Britain.

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Section 2: War in EuropeA Sequence of Events

March 1939

Germany invadesCzechoslovakia.

August 1939

Germany and USSRsign nonaggressionpact and secret

agreement.

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? What did Germany

and the USSR

agree to in their

accords?

Not to fight each other

To divide Poland

between them

September 1939

Germany invadesPoland.

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? What happened toPoland as a result of

the invasion?

Poland was divided between

Germany and the USSR

The country ceased to exist

? How did Britainand France

respond to it?

Britain and France

declared war Germany

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June 1940

France surrenders toGermany.

? What were the

surrender terms

offered to

France?Germany occupied the

northern part of France

A Nazi-controlled

puppet government wasset up at Vichy in

Southern France.

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Summer 1940

USSR overruns Balticstates.

Summer 1940

Battle of Britain begins.

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? What type of battle

was the Battle of

Britain?

Air war

? Why was Englands

victory so

important?

A British victory forced

Hitler to call off theinvasion of Britain

indefinitely.

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? Who was

Charles de

Gaulle?

? Define thefollowing-

nonaggression

pactblitzkrieg

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Define thefollowing-

appeasement

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Section 2: War in EuropeA Sequence of EventsPeace For Our Time http://library.byu.edu/ ~rdh/ eurodocs/ uk/ peace.html

Text of Neville Chamberlain's historic statement after the Munich conference in September1938

Chronology of International Events, March 1938 to December 1941http://metalab.unc.edu/ pub/ academic/ history/ marshall/ military/ wwii/ chrono_1938-41.txtDetailed time line of events preceding the U.S. entry into World War II, issued by the U.S.Department of State in 1941

Winston Churchillhttp://www.winstonchurchill.org/Account of Churchill's life, with links to his most famous speeches and quotations.

The Allies at War: Three Titans http://www.bbc.co.uk/ history/ war/ wwtwo/allies_at_war_01.shtmlChronicles the tense relationship between the World War II leader of the Frenchgovernment in exile, Charles de Gaulle, and the allied leaders who helped bring him topower in France, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The Munich Crisis http://www.otr.com/ munich.htmlAccount of the German provocations that led to talks in Munich, Germany, among the majorEuropean powers, and the eventual German occupation of Czechoslovakia.

Neville Chamberlain http://www.bbc.co.uk/ history/ historic_figures/chamberlain_arthur_neville.shtmlBrief biography of the British prime minister who first negotiated with Adolf Hitler and laterdeclared war on Germany, only to be driven from power at home. Includes links to analysisof Chamberlain's policy of appeasement and the start of World War II.

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