Six Steps To War
Re-Armament
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Hitler violated the Versailles Treaty and
started to build up the army
What was Britain and France’s response?
What is conscription?
Rhineland
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German Generals suggested not invading
because it would engage the French in a
war.
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Broke the treaty of Versailles
What was Britain and France’s Reaction?
Austria
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What was the Union of Germany and
Russia called?
Anschluss
What did Great Britain and France do?
Sudetenland
Sudentenland
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Hitler encouraged Sudenten Nazis to
demand union with Germany
Hitler makes plans to invade
Munich conference
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Neville Chamberlain appeases Hitler
Says it is “Peace in our time”
Czechoslovakia
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Hitler wipes out Czechoslovakia as an
independent country
Great Britain and France announce they
will defend Poland
Most people begin to realize the only thing
that will stop Hitler is a war.
Poland
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Germans in Danzig demand union with
Germany
Aug. 1939-Hitler makes a secret treaty with
Russia- called the Nazi-Soviet Pact
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Avoid a two front war
Stop Britain and France from helping Poland
Sept. 1, 1939- Hitler invades Poland
Sept. 3, 1939- Chamberlain declares war on
Germany
Appeasement
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What does appeasement mean?
Giving in to a bully
Have you ever appeased someone?
Appeasement
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Winston Churchill opposed this policy
Most British agreed with Chamberlain and
praised appeasement
Why would Great Britain choose
appeasement?
Why Appeasement?
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Some British approved of Hitler’s policies
British hoped a strong Germany would
stop the growth of Communist Russia
Many felt events in Europe were not
Britain’s business
British wanted peace
Many British agreed with Hitler that the
Treaty of Versailles was unfair.