Beacon History - WWII - Pts 1-7

He established a totalitarian state in Italy.

• Benito Mussolini

• Francisco Franco

On August 23rd, 1939 Germany signed a nonaggression pact with this nation promising to never attack each other and agreeing to split Poland between them. 

• The Soviet Union

• France

His name means “Man of Steel”, after V.I Lenin died, he took over the Soviet Union.

• Josef Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

Hitler believed Germany especially this group formed a master race and was destined to rule the world

• Jews

• Aryans

The ousted leader of Ethiopia he told the league of nations,  “It is us today, it will be you tomorrow”

• Eluid Kipchoge

• Haile Selassie

The border region of Czechoslovakia where about 3 million German speaking people lived.

• Austria

• The Sudetenland

This country saw nothing fair in a treaty that blamed them for starting WWI.

• Germany

• France

Loyalty to one’s country above all else and dreams of territorial expansion.

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

This turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. 

• The Munich Agreement

• The Warsaw Pact

Meaning lightning war. The idea was to take the enemy by surprise by rushing into a country to take the enemy by surprise and quickly crushing all opposition with overwhelming force.

• Blitzkrieg

• Luftwaffe