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Agree or Disagree?
1. Involvement in a foreign war changes the way a government treats it’s citizens.
(Discrimination/Draft) 2. Fighting a war hurts a nation’s
economy. (Too many resources toward the war/ Employs
people) 3. Conflicts between nations affect
neutral parties. (Able to appease both/ often forced to choose
sides)
Hitler’s attempt to restore Germany to a world power:
http://ww2history.com/videos/Western/Hitler_s_War
Gaining Territory:
1938: Hitler forced the country of Austria to unite with Germany
Forced Czechoslovakia to turn over the Sudetenland (area rich in ethnic Germans)
At the Munich Conference: Great Britain/ France/ Czechoslovakia gave the Sudetenland to Germany
Appeasement – Giving into an aggressor to keep peace
Nonaggression Pact:
Secret pact between the Soviet Union and Germany to not attack one another and divide Poland in two.
What started WWII?
Germany’s invasion of Poland on Sept. 1st 1939.
Their invasion was called a Blitzkreig – lightening war.
Germany attacked from the west, USSR attacked from the east
They occupied Poland in less than month As a result GB and France declare war
and mobilize their troops for war
Maginot Line
France gathered their troops on the French/Germany border to prepare for a German invasion.
Maginot Line – fortified line of defense at the French/German border
By May 1940, Hitler occupied…
DenmarkNorwayNetherlandsBelgiumLuxembourg
This enabled Hitler to conqueror Paris without going through the Maginot Line…1 month later Germany captured Paris
The Battle of Britain
Germany next set it’s sights on Great Britain…
British Air Force – British Royal Air Force (RAF)
German Air Force – Luftwaffe
What was the U.S. response at this point?
To remain neutral. However, In 1939 Congress passed the Cash –n- Carry
System – allowed the U.S. to sell supplies (non war items) to European countries
Countries had to pick up the supplies themselves The U.S. knew that Germany wouldn’t be able to
navigate through the British controlled Atlantic ocean so it benefited our greatest ally (Britain) and boosted our much needed economy.
1941 – The U.S. adopted the Lend Lease Act - The U.S. supplied France, Great Britain, China, and U.S.S.R with food, oil, and war materials (U.S would profit $7.8Billion)