Chapter 24 Section 2 and 3 US HIS Mr. Love

Peace in our Time  In February 1938, Adolf Hitler threatened to invade Austria unless Austrian Nazis were given important government posts. In March 1938, Hitler announced the __________, or unification, of Austria and Germany.  Anschluss  Hitler also claimed the _____________, an area of Czechoslovakia with a large German speaking population. The Czechs strongly resisted Germany’s demand for the same answer.  Sudetenland

Peace in our Time  France, __________, and Britain threatened to fight Germany if it attacked Czechoslovakia.  USSR  At the Munich Conference on September 29, 1938, Britain and France, hoping to prevent another world war, agreed to Hitler’s demands in a policy known as ______________.  Appeasement  In March 1939, _________ sent troops into Czechoslovakia, bringing the Czech lands under German control.  Germany

Peace in our Time  Hitler demanded the return of _________-Poland’s Baltic Seaport. He also wanted a highway and railroad across Poland. The demands convinced the British and the French that Appeasement had failed.  Danzig  In May of 1939, Hitler ordered the invasion of _________ by the German army.  Poland  On August 23, 1939, Germany and the USSR signed a ___________ treaty, with a secret agreement to divide Poland.  Nonaggression

The War Begins  On September 1, 1939, Germany and the USSR invaded Poland. Two days later ________ and ________ declared war on Germany- starting WWII.  France; Britain  The Germans used a __________, or lightening war, to attack Poland. The Polish army was defeated by October 5.  Blitzkrieg  On April 9, 1940 the German army attacked ________ and ________. Within a month, Germany overtook both countries.  Norway; Denmark  After WWI, the French built a line of concrete bunkers and fortifications called the _________ _________ along the German border.  Maginot Line

The War Begins  When Hitler decided to attack __________, he went around the Maginot Line by invading the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The British and French Forces went into Belgium, becoming trapped by German forces.  France  By June 4th, about 338,000 British and French troops had evacuated Belgium through the French port of __________ and across the English Channel, using ships of all sizes.  Dunkirk  On June 22, 1940, _________ surrendered to the Germans. Germany installed a puppet government in ____________.  France

Britain remains Defiant  Hitler thought that ________ would negotiate peace after France surrendered.  Britain  England’s prime minister, ________ __________ delivered a defiant speech that rallied the British people and alerted the United States to the Britain’s plight.  Winston Churchill  To invade Britain, Germany had to defeat the British Air Force. In the Battle of _________, the German air force, the Luftwaffe, launched an all out air battle to destroy the British Royal Air Force. The British responded by bombing Berlin in Germany.  Britain

Brtain Remains Defiant  The Royal Air Force was greatly outnumbered by the ___________, but the British had radar stations and were able to detect incoming German aircraft and intercept them.  Luftwaffe

Section 3

Nazi Persecution of the Jews  The Nazis killed nearly 6 million Jews and millions of other people during the __________.  Holocaust  In September 1935, the _________ _________took citizenship away from Jewish Germans and banned marriage between Jews and other Germans. Nearly half of all German Jews became jobless.  Nuremberg Laws  On November 9, 1938, anti- Jewish violence erupted throughout Germany and Austria known as _____________, or “night of broken glass”. Ninety Jews were killed and thousands of Jewish businesses were destroyed.  Kristallnacht

NAZI persecution of the Jews  Between 1933 and the beginning of WWII in 1939, about 350,000 Jews escaped Nazi- Controlled Germany. Many emigrated to ________. Millions of Jews; however, could not get visas to move from Nazi controlled Europe.  America

The Final Solution  In January of 1942, Nazi leaders met at the ___________ Conference to decide the “final solution” of the Jews and other “undesirables”.  Wannsee

The Final Solution  The plan was to take them to ___ ____ - detention centers where healthy individuals worked as slave laborers.  Concentration camps  The elderly, the sick and young children were sent to _____ ____ to be killed in large gas chambers.  Extermination camps  In only a few years the Nazis virtually obliterated ________ culture from all lands dominated by the Nazis.  Jewish

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