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Assignment 8
- 1. World War II 1939-1945
- 2. Hitlers Beginning • Lebensraum- the territory that a state or nation believes is needed for its natural development, • Anschluss- Hitler forced the chancellor of Austria to resign. the new chancellor was pro-Nazi • The main causes of World War II were nationalistic tensions, unresolved issues, and resentments resulting from the World War I and the interwar period in Europe, plus the effects of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
- 3. Hitler-Stalin Pact •Signed in 1939 • They secretly made a pact that they would invade poland and split it. Hitler invaded Russia against the agreements, thus causing a war.
- 4. Appeasement • “Pacify or placate (someone) by acceding to their demands” • Britain and France gave in to Hitler's demands for the Sudetenland. Czechoslovakia was not present at this conference, and it should be noted that this land contained key heavy industries, as well as 3 million Germans • "We have peace in our time" -Neville Chamberlain
- 5. The Axis Powers •Germany • Japan • Italy • Hungary