Unit+VIII+Notes

=World War II Begins=

Germany

 * Adolf Hitler believed that Germany could build a great civilization
 * Lebensraum - More living space
 * Hitler proposed that Germany be able to revise the unfair provisions of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I
 * Problems at home caused by the Great Depression, however, they were not prepared to take action.
 * March of 1936, Hitler sent German troops into the Rhineland, which was supposed to be a demilitarized area.

Appeasement

 * Gave allies a little, hoping Hitler would not take a lot

Italy

 * Benito Mussolini invaded Ethiopia in 1935 with the support of German troops
 * Later, Hitler and Mussolini formed the Rome-Berlin Axis.

Czechoslovakia

 * Hitler demanded that the Sudetenland in northwestern Czechoslovakia be given to Germany.
 * German troops were allowed in Czechoslovakia
 * After the Munich Conference, the British prime minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced that the settlement meant "peace for our time."

Anschluss

 * Anschluss - The merger or annexation of Austria by Germany

Chamberlain and Hitler

 * He believed Hitler's promises that Germany would make no more demands.
 * On September 1, 1939: Germany invaded Poland.
 * Great Britain and france declared war on Germany.

= Assignment 8.4- World War II in HD part 1 = (9:20) 1. What five countries were the first to be invaded by the Germans in World War 2? 2. In what year was Poland invaded? In what year did France surrender? 3. In the year that France fell, who was the only democracy in Europe left to fight the Nazis? 4. How did Hitler try to conquer Great Britain? 5. In 1940, even though there is a draft, what was the only case in which Americans could fight at this time? 6. How would you describe the preparation level of the Americans for battle early on in the war? 7. In what year did the Nazis invade the Soviet Union? 1941 8. What did the secret Nazi map intercepted by Americans reveal about Hitler's plans?
 * Pearl Harbor 1941