The Collapse Of Czechoslovakia, March 1939 Flashcards
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What happened 15th March 1939?
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Nazi’s marched into Prague, Czechoslovakian capital and took control. Czechoslovakia ceased to exist as an independent state
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How was Czechoslovakia weakened?
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Lost its strong defensive system
Lost key industrial areas
Lost territory to Poland in 1938 and to Hungary in November
The actions of the sudeten Germans stirred nationalities in Czechoslovakia to demand a return on their nation states
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What did this event mark?
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The end of appeasement
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Hitler broke his promise to chamberlain. What did this show hitler to be?
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An aggressor who would continue taking more and more territory until he was stopped.
