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WWII in Europe (Aggression in Europe (Germany remilitarizes and sends…
WWII in Europe
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Invasion of Poland
German’s use war tactic of Blitzkrieg, “lightening war” that takes enemy by surprise
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“Phony War”: after invasion of Poland, troops on both sides sit idle for a few months before fighting really begins
Allied Powers: Great Britain and France (later the Soviet Union and USA will join)
Axis Powers: Germany, Italy and Japan
Battle of Britain
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RAF fought back with new technology called radar—which accurately plotted the flight paths of German plans
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Munich Pact
British Prime Minister and the French Premier agree to turn the Sudetenland over to Germany as long as Hitler promises that it is his last act of aggression
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“Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war.”– Winston Churchill
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France Falls
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Germans would occupy the northern part of France and a Nazi-controlled puppet government would be set up in Vichy in southern France
After France falls, a French general named Charles de Gaulle fled to England to set up a “government-in-exile”
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Non-aggression Pact
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On August 23, 1939 the Soviet Union and Germany sign a non-aggression pact agreeing not to fight with each other
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