1. Do Now: What areas did Hitler decide to invade before WWII officially started? Think about why those areas. Homework: Research Outline due Friday WWII & rise of dictators quiz Wednesday

2. Hitler’s aggression  Lebensraum- German “living space”  Military rebuilt Resist the spread of communism 1936 Anti-comintern Pact  Japan Italy (1937) and Germany  1936 military occupied Rhineland

3. Austria then Czechoslovakia  Hitler born in Austria- native Germans 1938 Hitler demanded Austrian officials except annexation Anschluss March 1938 German forces went in  Czechoslovakia= Sudetenland German population Czech mobilized with support of France Daladier Prime Minister of France

4.  Sept 1938 Munich Conference  Chamberlain- G.B. Prime Minister & Daladier- France Prime Minister= appeasement  Czech had to fight alone  March 1939 total conquest  Churchill outraged

5. Soviet Union  Communism feared  Stalin feared growing German expansion  Summer 1939 Britain and & France though about Russian alliance  August 1939 Nonaggression Pact Back each other up Agreed to invade Poland, each country taking a side

6. G.B. & France would get into War if Poland was invaded Sept. 1 1939 WWII Began

7. Blitzkrieg  Used against Poland  Lightening war- speed supply coordination Air attacks, the tanks & ground troops  September 3 G.B. & France declare war on Germany But take weeks to assist Poland militarily Phony war 1939-1940  Germany mobilized to the West

8. Western Domination  Spring 1940 move to Denmark, Norway French start to defend western front  Netherlands & Belgium Ardennes forest region between France & Belgium  Defended lightly