WWII

What was the Treaty of Versailles ? 

• An agreement that ended WWI. 

  Germany was required to: 

  Take responsibility for the entire war. 

  Pay for the damages of the war. 

  Dismantle their military. 

  Give up ownership of territories throughout Europe and the world to France and Germany. 

• no

When did Germans rearm themselves ? 

• An agreement that ended WWI. 

  Germany was required to: 

  Take responsibility for the entire war. 

  Pay for the damages of the war. 

  Dismantle their military. 

  Give up ownership of territories throughout Europe and the world to France and Germany. 

• no

What is appeasement ? 

• To make someone pleased or less angry by giving or saying something desired.

• m

How were the Germans Aggressive ? 

• Between 1936 and 1938, Germany took control of areas lost during WWI: 

  Remilitarized the Rhineland, 

  Annexed Austria

  Demanded that Czechoslovakia give Germany the Sudetenland, a region with a heavy ethnic-German population.

• m

What was the Munich Agreement ? 

• The British government took the role of negotiating with Germany to calm their aggression. 

  British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain met with Hitler in Munich to find a compromise over the Sudetenland. 

  The Munich Agreement  stated that Germany would receive the Sudetenland, and promised Germany would not to take further land from Czechoslovakia. 

• m

In what year did Japan invade Manchuria?

• 1931

• 1939

How did Germany Respond to the Agreement ?

• March 13-14, 1939, Germany violated the Munich Agreement by occupying Czechoslovakia.

  September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, which initiated World War II in Europe. 

  September 3, 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany.

• k

What battle of World War II was one of the bloodiest in history and left more than 2 million dead?

• The Battle of Stalingrad

• The Battle of Britain

What style of combat was characterized by quick movement of troops, and use of trucks, tanks, and planes?

• Blitzkrieg

• Trench warfare

In the Battle of Britain, what was bombed in the blitz?

• London

• Berlin