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-In 1938 of November
-Hitler Youth, Gestapo, and SS killed hundreds and burned down, businesses and synagogues in response to an assassination of a Nazi official
-Hitler wanted to test how the public would react to the killings of Jews and was pleasantly surprised by the positive reaction |
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| Germany's Rejection of Versailles |
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-In 1935
-Testing Britain and France to see how they would react
-Britain and France did nothing
-Led Hitler to believe (correctly) that he could do anything and Britain and France wouldn't do anything |
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-French military lined up against the border between France and Germany to keep German troops out of France
-German troops went around the line through Belgium and The Netherlands
-The failure of the Maginot line led to the Nazi takeover of France |
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| Remilitarization of Rhineland |
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-Germany wanted to test the patience of France and Britain
-Hitler took the controversial move of putting troops in Rhineland
-France wanted to go to war but Britain didn't so they ignored it
-This shows how Britain and France were completely willing to ignore all of the rules Hitler was breaking
-Hitler pushed the envelope and was rewarded for it |
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-Germany wanted to test their new planes
-Russia wanted to help the republic
-Turned into a huge pointless bloodbath |
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| 1938 "Anschluss" with Austria |
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-Hitler wanted to unite all Germans
-Took over Austria
-Nazis spread rumors that Hitler had to 'protect' Austria
-France and Britain still didn't do anything
-This showed Hitler that he could even invade another country and France and Britain would still not take military action
-Made the Germans and the Nazi party even stronger and more united to the 'master race' cause |
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-Britain(Chamberlain) wanted to pacify Germany
-Give them just enough to keep them happy and to not start WWIII |
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-A part of Czechoslovakia that had a German majority
-Hitler wanted it to make unite the third reich and he thought the germans deserved it
-Britain was divided whether or not to go to war over Germany invading--ended up ignoring it
-This made Germany even stronger and let Hitler think he can walk all over Britain and France |
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-Czechoslovakia's army was ordered out of Sudetenland and Germany invaded without much conflict
-Conference was Germany, France and Britain |
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-Treaty between Russia and Germany that was a non-aggression
-Russia trusted Germany even though Germany had plans to take over Russia--made Russia vulnerable
-Secret part of the treaty that divided up Poland between the two countries |
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| Invasion of Norway and Denmark |
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-Hitler wanted to prevent an attack from the north
-Cut off supplies from reaching Russia or Britain
-Gets Iron Ore from Sweden |
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| Invasion of Norway and Denmark |
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-Hitler wanted to prevent an attack from the north
-Cut off supplies from reaching Russia or Britain
-Gets Iron Ore from Sweden |
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-The Miracle of Dunkirk
-British troops took everything that floated and took their equipment and floated across the channel between Britain and France
-The Germans were coming in (having gone around the Maginot line through Belgium and The Netherlands) and British troops thought the only thing they could do was flee |
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-Southern France was able to be controlled by having a 'Nazi Puppet' leader
-Germans were able to save troops by not putting any in southern France |
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-Germans wanted to scare Britain and send a message so Hitler sent plane after plane to bomb big cities, especially London
-Germans lost a lot of their planes because the Brits had radar technology so they could tell when German planes were coming
-Hitler eventually backed down |
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-December 7, 1941
-Japan Bombed Hawaii to keep them from attacking Japan and taking away of their monopilization of the waters
-The US was added to the war and began industrializing and creating weapons at a crazy fast rate |
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-Allies took N. Africa
-Were then able to attack the 'soft underbelly' of the Nazi Empire |
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| Allies' Invasion of Italy |
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-Mussolini was not able to hold back the Allies--Mussolini fell quickly because the Italians were so unhappy(some italians switched sides)
-Germany had to put troops in Italy which stretched them out even further |
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-6 June 1944
-Ants at a picnic
-threw enough soldiers at the coast of France that some troops would get through
-Allowed Allies to attack from the south and the west |
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-December 1944
-Despite how weak the Nazi empire was, Hitler ordered an attack
-The Allies' line was pushed back but didn't break (creating a literal bulge in the line) |
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| Yalta and Potsdam Conferences |
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-Britain, soviets and US
-Met to figure out what would happen to Germany and Japan
-Decided what the Soviets had already invaded would be watched over but then have free elections afterwards
-Germany would be separated into four parts and so would Berlin |
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| -US kept the taxes high and rebuilt of Germany |
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-(not literal)
-Separated communist countries and non-communist countries
-a new rivalry |
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| -Wanted to contain communism--not try and go into countries and stop it |
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-Between Russia and US
-Both had nuclear arms and they just threatened war--there was a threat that this would be the war to destroy the world |
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-France, Britain and the US soon unified their parts of Germany to create West germany
-Isolated East Germany because the Soviets felt betrayed by being left out in the alliance--separated the two countries even further |
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-1949
-Russia wanted all of Berlin
-Russia stopped anything from getting into Berlin (cut off railroads and roads) so the people would starve unless France, Britain and US gave up their parts of Berlin
-US airlifted supplies into Berlin and the Soviets eventually gave up |
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-Separated West and East Germany
-Wanted to keep Germans in the East from getting out to get to West Germany
-Made in 1961 wasn't taken down until late 1980s-1990s
-Showed the intense divide between Communists and the West |
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-Separated non-communist countries and communist countries
-A military alliance that said if any communist country makes military movement the people in the alliance will attack (no questions asked) |
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