World War II appeasement What was the part of Czechoslovakia where most German speakers lived called?

World War II

Appeasement

• What was the part of Czechoslovakia where most German speakers lived called?

• Sudentenland

• Which four countries were at the Munich conference?

• Britain, France, Germany and Italy
• Which other countries should have been invited?

Appeasement

• What was agreed to at the Munich Conference

• Germany would occupy the Sudetenland
• Other parts of Czechoslovakia would go to Poland and Hungary
• Czechoslovakia had to agree or face Germany alone
• Hitler promised to take no more land

• Why did many people feel giving into Germany at Munich was a good idea?

• It would avoid war

Appeasement

• Why were the countries of Europe so keen to avoid war?

• Because of the horrors of World War I
• They were not ready to fight another war

• What did Hitler claim when he united the countries of Austria and Germany?

• He was uniting German speaking people into a greater Germany

Why were the early months of World War II referred to as the “phony war”?

• Hitler attacks Poland on September 1, 1939 – Blitzkrieg

• France and Britain have promised to defend Poland (no more appeasement)

• Britain and France declare war on Sept 3

• Both countries mobilize their armies along the Maginot Line – Germany along the Siegfried Line

• Nothing happened – Phony war

Maginot Line

Siegfried Line

4. Why was Egypt of strategic importance in WWII?

• The Suez Canal was the route to the oil of the Middle East.

• It would also allow the Axis Powers to link up

Why did President Roosevelt want to offer help to the Allies?

• He feared an Allied defeat would pull the United States into the War.

• He did not want a world in which Nazi Germany dominated Europe

Why did Stalin want the US and Britain to launch a second front in the west?

• To relieve pressure on the Soviets.

• Until the second front, Germany could focus its forces on the east

How did the Allies try to conceal the true location of the D-Day Landings?

• Operation Fortitude

• Prepared a dummy army to attack Calais
• This would lead the Germans to believe the attack would come at a different location