World War II

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World War II
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Appeasement

• What was the part of Czechoslovakia where most
  German speakers lived called?
• Sudentenland
• Which four countries were at the Munich
  conference?
• Britain, France, Germany and Italy
• Which other countries should have been invited?

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Appeasement

• What was agreed to at the Munich Conference
• Germany would occupy the Sudetenland
• Other parts of Czechoslovakia would go to Poland
  and Hungary
• Czechoslovakia had to agree or face Germany alone
• Hitler promised to take no more land
• Why did many people feel giving into Germany at
  Munich was a good idea?
• It would avoid war

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Appeasement

• Why were the countries of Europe so keen to avoid
  war?
• Because of the horrors of World War I
• They were not ready to fight another war
• What did Hitler claim when he united the
  countries of Austria and Germany?
• He was uniting German speaking people into a
  greater Germany

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Why were the early months of World War II
referred to as the phony war?

• Hitler attacks Poland on September 1, 1939
  Blitzkrieg
• France and Britain have promised to defend Poland
  (no more appeasement)
• Britain and France declare war on Sept 3
• Both countries mobilize their armies along the
  Maginot Line Germany along the Siegfried Line
• Nothing happened Phony war

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Maginot Line
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Siegfried Line
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4. Why was Egypt of strategic importance in WWII?

• The Suez Canal was the route to the oil of the
  Middle East.
• It would also allow the Axis Powers to link up

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Why did President Roosevelt want to offer help to
the Allies?

• He feared an Allied defeat would pull the United
  States into the War.
• He did not want a world in which Nazi Germany
  dominated Europe

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Why did Stalin want the US and Britain to launch
a second front in the west?

• To relieve pressure on the Soviets.
• Until the second front, Germany could focus its
  forces on the east

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How did the Allies try to conceal the true
location of the D-Day Landings?

• Operation Fortitude
• Prepared a dummy army to attack Calais
• This would lead the Germans to believe the attack
  would come at a different location