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World War II Begins
B. What was Hitler’s motivation for German expansion and what was the outcome?
Motivation:
To seek out more land to support the growing Aryan race .
Hitler believed this land would be in the
. The Slavic people of the U.S.S.R. would then be used as
labor so that
could dominate Europe for “
”.
B. What was Hitler’s motivation for German expansion and what was the outcome?
In order to accomplish his goal, Hitler must first do what?
In order to militarize, Hitler must break what treaty?
 The
 Notes: In 1935, Hitler announced establishment of a
and begins
Military size increases to
.
.
B. What was Hitler’s motivation for German expansion and what was the outcome?
Outcome:
 Hitler poses as a man of
, only fighting to reverse “
” and for “Germany’s
”.

and
condemned Germany’s actions, but were distracted by their
own internal problems caused by the
.
 Hitler,
, occupied the Rhineland (demilitarized zone).
 Great Britain begins practice of
.
B. What was Hitler’s motivation for German expansion and what was the outcome?
Appeasement:
had the right to use force against Germany, but would not do so without the
Since the
was territory of Germany, the British didn’t view the mobilization as
London Times: The Germans “
”.
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C. Describe why Germany and Italy formed an alliance.
After taking power, Mussolini
.
In 1935, Mussolini invaded
. Mussolini became
invasion and welcomed Hitler’s
. In 1936, both sent troops to aid the
This alliance became known as the
.
by French and British opposition to the
in their civil war.
Miscellaneous
In 1936, Germany also formed an alliance with
called the
. Both sought to
fight against
ideas. In 1938, Hitler threatened to invade
if they did not allow the
Nazi party to have control of the government (
). In return, Hitler would send German troops to “help”
put down any revolt. One day later,
.
D. After forming the initial alliances, how did Hitler further expand German control?
Hitler’s next goal was
, an area in Czechoslovakia
.
Hitler was willing to
to obtain this land.
: the West gave in and met all of Hitler’s demands, allowing him to occupy
Sudetenland. Hitler now felt more than ever, that the
D. After forming the initial alliances, how did Hitler further expand German control?
The
was the high point of Western Appeasement of Hitler (September 1938).
Hitler promised no more
.
Chamberlain: “
”
Churchill: “
”
Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia
, and then turned his attention to
.
F. How did Hitler’s threat against Poland immediately spark WWII?
Upon hearing the news,
immediately offers to aid
However,
know that the
contain
, and the three begin
Still sure that the West would not use force, but fearful of an alliance (
to sign the
.
G. Identify the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact.
The pact stated that
he was simply trying to
. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded
declared war against Germany.
in the event of war.
is the only nation powerful enough to
negotiations.
), Hitler coerces Stalin
. However, Hitler new that war with the
. In return, Hitler promised Stalin
. Two days later,