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World war 2 - Coggle Diagram
World war 2
Adolf Hitler In Power 1933 Dictator
To conquer other countries in Europe
Create a German Empire
To make Germans most powerful
no place for Jews, Gypsies, Communists
Made life hard for them/ wore a star
Background
Hitler promised better conditions
Conquering neighbouring countries to take resources
German economy was poor
40 Concentration Camps
Auschwitz
Dachau
Belsen
Sept 1 1939 Invasion of Poland
Britian and France declared war
Blitzkrieg..ligtning strikes from the air, followed by ground invasion.
1938/ Invasion of Austria
Most supported Hitler
1939 Invasion of Czechoslovakia and Poland
other countries alarmed: France/ England
Axis Powers: Countries that sided with Germany (Italy, Japan)
Allies: fought against Germany (50 other countries)
By 1940, most of western Europe was captured by Germany (occupied)