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1) What is a dictator?2) How was Hitler able to get
into power?
Reminders
• Friday is the last Day of Term III- all make-ups must be completed BEFORE FRIDAY!
9.2- German Aggression
• March 1938- Hitler announced the Anshluss, or unification, of Austria and Germany.
• Hitler claimed the Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia with a large German-speaking population.
• Czechs strongly resisted Germany’s demands.
Appeasement
• France, the Soviet Union, and Britain threatened to fight Germany if they attacked Czechoslovakia.
• September 29, 1938- Munich Conference- Britain and France agreed to Hitler’s demands in a policy known as appeasement.
• March 1939- Germany sent troops into Czechoslovakia and controlled their lands.
German Aggression
• Hitler then demanded the return of Poland’s Baltic Sea port.
• He also demanded a highway and railroad across Poland.
• The demands convinced the British and French that appeasement had failed.
Germany invaded Poland
• May 1939- Hitler ordered the invasion of Poland.• August 23, 1939- Germany and the USSR signed a
nonaggression treaty- secretly dividing Poland• September 1, 1939- Germany and the USSR
invaded Poland.• September 3, 1939- Britain and France declared
war on Germany- starting World War II.
Guided Practice
• Effects of German Aggression
Guided Practice
• 1) Complete the mapping activity.• 2) Mini-Paragraph
Mini-Paragraph
• What surprised you most about German aggression in Europe?
• I was surprised by…• I learned that…• I did not expect…• Lastly…
Homework
• All make-up work must be completed by FRIDAY!
• Friday is the last day of Term III.
Exit Ticket
• 1) Why did Germany expand its’ territory?• 2) Do you think appeasement
was a good strategy?