World War 2 PT 2

California Standard

10.8.2

• Understand the role of appeasement,

nonintervention (Isolationism), and the
domestic distractions in Europe and the
United States prior to the outbreak of World
War II.

Continued German

Expansion

German Reich Expands

• 1938 Hitler annexes Austria. France &

Great Britain do nothing.

• 1938 claims Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia

part of Germany.

Munich Conference= Appeasement

• Munich Conference(1938)- France and

Britain agree to Hitler’s claim of
Sudetenland.
• Avoids War.

• Hitler agrees to respect Czechoslovakian

borders.

• Hitler takes rest of Czechoslovakia within 6

months.

Tanks in Rhineland

French Primere- Daladier Munch Conf.

Neville
Chamberlin

French Prime Minister

Non-Aggression Pact

• Aug.1939 Soviet Union agrees to

non-aggression pact with Germany.

• Germany & Russia will divide Poland.

Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia goes to Russia.