WWII

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WWII

• Europe Goes to War

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• Hitler demanded the Sudetenland
• Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler to discuss
  this demand
• Great Britain was not prepared for war so they
  appeased Hitler
• Gave into his demands
• Hitler said it was all he wanted but 6 months
  later divided Czechoslovakia Between his allies

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• Great Britain and France lost hope of settling
  peacefully
• Great Britain and France prepare for war
• Great Britain and France said if Hitler continued
  to expand they would go to war
• Hitler and Stalin Sign a nonaggression pact
• Eliminates a Soviet attack from the East
• Divided Eastern Europe between the two nations

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• Hitler invaded Poland on Sept 1, 1939
• Great Britain, France, Poland- Allied powers
• Hitler used Blitzkrieg- lighting war
• Fast concentrated air strikes
• Allowed Hitler to take Poland in a month

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• After Hitler takes Poland war slows down
• United States calls this a phony war
• France begins to set up defense on the Maginot
  Line- fortification along French and German
  border
• Provided housing for troops, recreation areas,
  underground rail lines, concrete walls with
  artillery

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• Hitler attacks Denmark, Norway, Netherlands,
  Belgium, and Luxembourg
• Takes less than 3 weeks
• Use this area to attack France

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• By June 10 1940 Hitler took over France
• Italy declares war on France and Great Britain
• Hitler controlled Northern 3/5th and Southern
  coast
• Vichy France- under General Henry Philippe Petain
• Free France- Led by Charles DeGaullle
• Formed bases in Britain and led underground
  resistance

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• Hitler turns to Great Britain- Battle of Britain
• Massive air raids on Britain- Luftwaffe
• Britain responds by bombing Berlin- Royal Air
  Force, RAF
• Major losses on both sides
• Germany lost more