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maxush-WW II Begins
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| unification of Austria and Germany, forbidden by Treaty of Versailles | anschluss |
| German speaking region of Czechoslovakia, Hitler demanded | Sudetenland |
| giving aggressor nation something in return for peace | appeasement |
| agreement to give Hitler Sudetenland in return for a promise of peace, Czechs opposed | Munich Pact |
| occupied by Hitler in March 1939 | Czechoslovakia |
| Demanded by Hitler to unite all of Germany, proof that appeasement had failed | Danzig-Polish Corridor |
| agreement between Germany and USSR not attack each other, secretly agree to divide Poland | nonaggression pact |
| Germany invades Poland, World War Two Begins | Sept. 1, 1939 |
| Great Britain and France declare war on Germany | Sept. 3, 1939 |
| lightning war, tactic used by Germans, luftwaffe, panzers, then infantry | blitzkreig |
| period after the fall of Poland, no activity by Germans | sitzkreig |
| Germany attacks Denmark and Norway | April 1940 |
| line of fortifications built by France for protection from Germany, not used | Maginot Line |
| French port where Allies evacuate Europe from | Dunkirk |
| British Prime Minister, leads defiant British people against Germans | Winston Churchill |
| All out air attack on Britain to soften them up before invasion | Battle of Britain |
| German air force, first wave of blitzkreig, unsuccessful in defeating the British | Luftwaffe |
| Royal Air Force, successfully defend Britain from Luftwaffe even though outnumbered | RAF |
| technological development that allowed the British to "see" Luftwaffe shortly after take off | radar |