1. 16.2 War in Europe

2. Union with Austria  Hitler met Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg and demanded that Schuschnigg appoint Austrian Nazis to key government posts  Schuschnigg agreed, but then had second thoughts  March 12, 1938, German troops marched into Austria unopposed, forcing Schuschnigg to resign  The United States and the rest of the world did nothing

3. The Sudetenland 3 million German- speaking people, had been joined to Czechoslovakia  At the end of World War I, the Sudetenland, a mountainous region inhabited by 3 million German- speaking people, had been joined to Czechoslovakia  Hitler invited French premier Edouard Daladier and British prime minister Neville Chamberlain to meet with him in Munich  The Fuhrer declared that the Sudetenland would be his “last territorial demand”  September 30, 1938, they signed the Munich Pact, which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a shot being fired

4. Appeasement  Giving up crucial values or ideals to pacify an aggressor  Winston Churchill said, “Britain and France had to choose between war and dishonor. They chose dishonor. They will have war.”

5. The German Offensive Begins  March 15, 1939, German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia land- hungry gaze toward Germany’s eastern neighbor, Poland  After that, the German dictator turned his land- hungry gaze toward Germany’s eastern neighbor, Poland

6. Nonaggression Pact  Signed by the Soviet Union and Germany on August 23, 1939  They agreed not to fight each other  Also signed a second secret pact, agreeing to divide Poland between them

7. Blitzkrieg, or Lightning War  The use of tanks, airplanes, and infantrymen to quickly move across the land before opposing forces have a chance to respond.

8. The Fall of France  Italy entered the war on the side of Germany and invaded France from the south as the Germans closed in on Paris from the north  Terms of surrender  Germans would occupy the northern part of France  A Nazi-controlled puppet- government, headed by Marshal Petain, would be set up at Vichy, in southern France

9. Charles de Gaulle  Fled to England, where he set up a government in-exile  “France has lost the battle, but France has not lost the war”

10. The Battle of Britain  Germany launched an air war  Luftwaffe, or German air force, began making bombing runs over Britain  1,000 of German planes ranged over Britain, dropping thousands of bombs on the country.  On September 15, 1940, the RAF shot down 56 German planes. They lost only 26 aircrafts.  Hitler called off the invasion of Britain.