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The War in Europe
Lebensraum
• Third Reich’s future depended on Lebensraum
• Set sights on Austria and Czechoslovakia
Union with Austria
• Hitler meets with Austrian Chancellor-Kurt von Schushnigg
• Hitler is demanding and angry with him
• Demands Schushnigg appoint Nazis to Austrian govmt
• Schushnigg eventually agrees
Union with Austria
• On return home-Schuschnigg changes his mind
• Informed Hitler
Union with Austria
• Schuschnigg forced to resign
• Germany announced Anschluss or union with Austria was complete
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
• Hitler then turns to Czechoslovakia
• Sudetenland-northern Czech. Along German border
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
• Hitler said Czechs were abusing Sudeten Germans
• Began massing troops on Czech border
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
• Hitler invites French Prime Minister and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain to Munich Germany
• Hitler promised Sudetenland would be his last territorial demand
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
• French and British PMs believe Hitler
• Sept. 30, 1938 sign Munich Pact
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
• “My friends…there has come back from Germany peace with honor. I believe it is peace in our time.”
– Neville Chamberlain
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
• Winston Churchill-
Soviets Declare Neutrality
• An attack on Poland would also provoke a declaration of war from France and Britain-both promised military aid to Poland
Soviets Declare Neutrality
• Stalin decides that he has more to lose than to gain in a war against Germany
Soviets Declare Neutrality
• Nonaggression Pact- Soviet Union and Germany would not fight each other
Blitzkrieg in Poland
• September 1, 1939-Germany invades Poland
• 1st test of new Germany military strategy-Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg in Poland
• Britain and France declare war on Germany on Sept. 3
• Blitzkrieg worked
Blitzkrieg in Poland
• During the last week of fighting-the Soviet Union attacks Poland from the east
The Phony War
• Quiet for the next few months
• French and British stayed behind Maginot Line
The Phony War
• Germans stayed in Germany
• Quiet broken by Soviets
The Phony War
• April 9, 1940 Germany invades Denmark and Norway
• Then Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg-overrun by May
Fall of France
• Allied British and French forces outnumbered and outgunned
Fall of France
• Italy enters war on side of Germans and invades southern France
Fall of France
• Nazis occupy northern 2/3 of France
Fall of France
• French general Charles de Gaulle flees to Britain
Battle of Britain
• Nazis assemble an invasion fleet along the French coast in preparation for invasion of Britain
Battle of Britain
• German Luftewaffe begins bombing British cities
Battle of Britain
• British Royal Air Force(RAF) fight excellently