WWII: European Theater

Annexation of the Sudetenland

Allowed after the Munich conference. Hitler promised to only annex it, but then later annexed all of Czechoslovakia

Nazi-Sovet Nonaggression Pact

USSR and Germany decided to not attack each other but instead both invade Poland

Appeasement

Giving someone what thye want in order to avoid conflict

Axis Powers

Japan, Germany, Italy

Maginot Line

French line of defense against the German border

Big Three Leaders

Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill

Blitzkrieg

“lightning war” Quick way of attacking, used by Germany of Poland and Britain

Radar uses

Allowed Britain to see Luftwaffe before they attacked

Operation Barbarossa

German invasion of USSR, failed for multiple reasons

Phony War

German troops were set up for an attack on France, but didn’t do anything since the main objective was Norway and Denmark

Why Norway and Denmark?

To protect trade routes for Swedish ore

Rhineland controversy of 1936

Hitler went against the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations by occupying the Rhineland, but nothing was done abou it, leading to his later campaigns

Operation Overlord

D-Day. Allied invasion of Europe through the beaches at Normandy

Countries that occupied Germany post WWII

U.S., Britain, France (West Germany+West Berlin) and USSR (East Germany and East Berlin)