American neutrality Flashcards
how did hitler start to defy the treaty of Versailles?
openly re-militarizing Germany sending troops into the Rhineland
why did hitler start to defy the treaty of versailles
he and many Germans felt deeply humiliated and resentful about its harsh terms
Austrian Anschluss
Nazi annexation of Austria into German Reich - 1938
Munich crisis
series of events in September 1938
led to the Munich Agreement between Germany, France, Britain, and Italy
allowed Germany to occupy the Sudetenland, the German-speaking part of Czechoslovakia
hitler demands danzig
demanded Free City of Danzig be annexed to Germany
Germany be granted extraterritorial access to East Prussia through Polish Corridor
Nazi Soviet pact
non-aggression treaty signed in 1939
fall of france
result of German assault on northwest Europe
took place from May 9 to June 22, 1940
miracle at dunkirk
evacuation of over 338,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk
battle of britain
a major World War II air campaign that took place from July 10 to October 31, 1940