Chapter 16World War Looms1931-1941

Section 2 Section 2 War in EuropeWar in EuropePages 536-541

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March 1938March 1938Germany invades

Austria.

September September 19381938

Munich Pact is signed by Germany, France, and Britain.

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? Why did Neville Chamberlain sign the Munich Pact?To avoid war.

Why did Winston Churchill oppose the pact?

• The pact was dishonorable and wouldn’t prevent war.

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March 1939March 1939Germany invades

Czechoslovakia.

August 1939August 1939Germany and USSR

sign nonaggression pact 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 1939September 1939

Germany invades Poland.

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as a result of the invasion?Poland was divided between Germany and the USSR

The country ceased to exist

? How did Britain and France respond to it?Britain and France declared war Germany

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November 1939November 1939USSR invades

Finland.

Spring 1940Spring 1940Germany invades Norway,

Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

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June 1940June 1940France surrenders to

Germany.

? What were the surrender terms offered to France?

Germany occupied the northern part of France

A Nazi-controlled puppet government was set up at Vichy in Southern France.

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Summer 1940Summer 1940USSR overruns

Baltic states.

Summer 1940Summer 1940

Battle of Britain begins.

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? What type of battle was the Battle of Britain?Air war

? Why was England’s victory so important?A British victory forced Hitler to call off the invasion of Britain indefinitely.

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? Who was Charles de Gaulle?

? Define the following-nonaggression pactblitzkrieg

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following-appeasement

Section 2: War in Europe – A Sequence of EventsSection 2: War in Europe – A 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 September 1938

Chronology of International Events, March 1938 to December 1941 http://metalab.unc.edu/ pub/ academic/ history/ marshall/ military/ wwii

/ chrono_1938-41.txt Detailed 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.shtml Chronicles the tense relationship between the World War II leader of the French government in exile, Charles de Gaulle, and the allied leaders who helped bring him to power in France, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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

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

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