1. Have you ever engaged in
appeasement?

2.  March 1936
 Hitler militarizes
Rhineland, the
demilitarized buffer
zone bordering
both France and
Germany

3.  March 1938 – Hitler
annexes Austria
(Anschluss)
 Anschluss = Union
(Germany & Austria)
quot;Do you agree with the reunification of Austria with the
German Empire that was enacted on 13 March 1938, and
do you vote for the party of our leader Adolf Hitler?quot;

4.  September 1938 –
Hitler demanded
Sudetenland (a
mostly German area
in Czechoslovakia) be
given to Germany.
 He says that’s all he
wants… No more
expansion… Honest.

5. Germany has violated the terms of the
Versailles agreement by building up
Germany’s military and expanding its
territory.
Is anyone concerned about this?

6. Munich Conference - September 29, 1938
 Great Britain,
German, Italy,
France agree
Germany can
have Sudeten.
 Germany will
respect new
Czech borders

7. Why Appeasement?
Why would England and France let Hitler get
away with remilitarizing and expanding
Germany’s territory?
• Fear of war
• Military unprepared for war
• Guilt over Versailles Treaty
• Trust in Hitler
• Other reasons?

9. •Militarizes
Rhineland, 1936
•Anschluss with
Austria, March
1938
•Annexes
Sudetenland,
Sept 1938
•Invades
Czechoslovakia,
March 1939

11.  Rome-Berlin Axis
October 1936
• “The axis around which
Europe rotates”
 Steel Pact, May 1939
 Formalized Rome-Berlin
Axis with military
agreement

12. •August 1939
•Hitler and
Stalin pledged
not to attack one
another
•Secret pact to
divide Poland

13.  September 27, 1940
 Japan, Germany, Italy
 Agreed to provide military
assistance to one another.
 Recognized spheres of
influence.
 Gives Germany and Italy
control of Europe
 Gives Japan control of Asia

14.  Neutrality Acts of
1935
 Prohibits export of
arms to “belligerent
countries”
 Pursued policy of
Isolationism

15.  Germany – We know about
 Italy
 Invades Ethiopia, 1935
 Invades Albania, April 1939
 Japan
 Invades Manchuria, 1931
 Invades mainland China, 1937
 Soviet Union
 Invades Eastern Poland, 1939
 Invades Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Finland 1939

16.  Sept. 1, 1939 –
Hitler invades
Poland
 Sept 3, 1939 –
France and Great
Britain declare
war on Germany

17. Germany’s Battle Tactic
Blitzkrieg – “lightning war”
• Overwhelming offensive force
 Fast-moving aircraft –
 Luftwaffe – German Airforce
 Armored tanks –
 Panzer tank
 Surprise
•Very successful – Poland was defeated
within one month

18.  British and French
station troops along the
Maginot Line.
 German troops waited on
the other side.
….. And everybody
waited
…. And waited
Phony War
(Sitzkrieg)

19.  Write what you think are TWO causes of World
War 2.
 After the Phony War, World War 2 will begin in
earnest.
 Battle Projects
 Name 4 or 5 people you would like to work with in a
group.