American neutrality Flashcards

1
Q

how did hitler start to defy the treaty of Versailles?

A

openly re-militarizing Germany sending troops into the Rhineland

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why did hitler start to defy the treaty of versailles

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he and many Germans felt deeply humiliated and resentful about its harsh terms

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3
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Austrian Anschluss

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Nazi annexation of Austria into German Reich - 1938

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4
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Munich crisis

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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

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5
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hitler demands danzig

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demanded Free City of Danzig be annexed to Germany
Germany be granted extraterritorial access to East Prussia through Polish Corridor

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6
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Nazi Soviet pact

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non-aggression treaty signed in 1939

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7
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fall of france

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result of German assault on northwest Europe
took place from May 9 to June 22, 1940

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8
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miracle at dunkirk

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evacuation of over 338,000 Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk

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9
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battle of britain

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a major World War II air campaign that took place from July 10 to October 31, 1940

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