events and immediate cause for WARRERR WARRRRR WARRRRRR Flashcards
further expansion of Germany and Italy and how britain and france reacted
MARCH 1939
GER OCCUPY WHOLE OF CZECH
APRIL 1939
ITALY OCCUPY ALBANIA
-> britain and france abandon appeasement policy
1) protect independence of poland + countries threatened by aggression
2) accelerated armaments programmes
why did hitler want to invade poland
since 1938:
hitler : give back our land from treaty of versailles
poland: no
hitler: fuck you
germany prepares to invade poland
why did hitler invade poland in the end
1) he thought britain and france would not go to war for poland
2) signing of the nazi soviet aggression lactic encouraged action (no fear of soviet intervention)
WW2
september 1 1939
germany attacked poland
britain and france: stop right there and withdraw
no response
war