Chapter 16 Flashcards
Hitler’s first target
Austria
What was Austria’s response to joining with Germany?
They wanted to unify with Germany
What is the name for union?
Anschuluss
What was the second country Hitler was going to take over?
Czechoslovakia
How many German speakers were in Austria?
6 million
How many German-speaking people are in Czechoslovakia?
3 million
What is the name of the western border regions of Czechoslovakia?
Sudetenland
What was Czechoslovakia is mean defense of Germany?
There mountainous region
Why did Hitler want to annex Czechoslovakia?
So you could provide more living space and control it’s important natural resources
What did Hitler do you when czechoslovakians were abusing Germans
He put troops on the border
What countries were going to protect Czechoslovakia
France and Britain
British Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain
The agreement that was signed to turn sudetenland over to Germany without shots being fired
Munich agreement
Chamberlains political rival in Great Britain
Winston Churchhill
This person believes that agreement adopted appeasement
Winston Churchhill
Giving up principles to pacify an aggressor
Appeasement
Example of appeasement
The Munich agreement
After Austria and Germany were expanded into, where did we want to expand next?
Poland
What was the way that Hitler expanded into other countries?
He said that they were being miss treated and that they needed protection from him
What did Stalin and Hitler sign that agreed to not attacking eachother again?
Nonaggression pact
What was the second secretive pack that Hitler and Stalin signed?
It said that they were splitting Poland between them
German Air Force
Luftwaffe
What did the German Air Force do over Poland?
They began raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities
Why did the German Air Force attack Poland?
It was their first in vision test for the new military strategy