1. World War II Begins Do Now: 1) Take out chart from Friday for quiz 2)Take out What I Learned Letter Homework: Ch. 27 Section 3 & 4 vocabulary (Due Friday)

2. Japan Sparks War in Asia 1937 – Japan goes to war with China Japanese troops defeated China and took over northern and central China Americans angry…Why? –Threatened Philippines –Violated Open Door Policy (What did this do?) Promised equal trade in China

3. Germany Brings War to Europe Hitler continues to expand 1936 – occupies Rhineland 1938 – annexes Austria and Sudetenland –All VIOLATED the… The western portion of Czechoslovakia How will Britain and France react?????

4. Munich Conference September 1938 Munich, Germany Countries in attendance: Hitler promised that Germany would not conquer any more territories once it had Sudetenland. To PRESERVE the PEACE Britain and France agreed. What is this known as?

5. Giving in to aggression in order to avoid war Was this a success or failure? Why? –Germany ended up taking the rest of Czechoslovakia the following year. –Britain and France realized that had to do something about this Nazi aggression. What does Hitler do next?

7. Nazi-Soviet Pact Agreement between: Germany Soviet Union Agreement where Hitler and Stalin agreed NOT to attack each other. Secretly, they also agreed to divide Poland and other parts of Eastern Europe. So what does Hitler do next?

8. Aka: Against: Poland technology & weaponry doesn’t compare Forced to surrender to Germany

9. Soviet Union takes over: 1. Eastern Poland 2. Finland 3. Latvia 4. Estonia 5. Lithuania

10. Once Hitler invades Poland… Britain and France declare war on Germany + WAR World War II had officially begun…

11. Like World War I there were 2 sides: Japan Italy Germany Soviet Union France Great Britain China & 6 other nations…& 45 other nations…

12. Fall of France April 1940: Hitler goes through –Denmark and Norway May 1940: He goes through –Holland and Belgium and pushes into: FRANCE Italy also attacked France. Why? They were on Germany’s side.

13. So who is going to help France? However, the British and French were unable to fight off the Germans and Italians. June 22, 1940 – Germans marched on to Paris and 6 weeks later the French surrendered.

14. Britain stood alone… New Prime Minister =

15. Battle of Britain Germany began dropping bombs on London. The British fought back –Gunned down 2,000 German planes –Hitler eventually gave up his planned invasion of Britain How much longer can the U.S. stay out of war?