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Anschluss
German: “Union”, political union of Austria with Germany, achieved through annexation by Adolf Hitler in 1938. Mooted in 1919 by Austria, Anschluss with Germany remained a hope, during 1919–33, after which Hitler’s rise to power made it less attractive. -
Munich Pact
An agreement between Britain and Germany in 1938, under which Germany was allowed to extend its territory into parts of Czechoslovakia in which German-speaking peoples lived. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain negotiated on behalf of Britain, and Chancellor Adolf Hitler on behalf of Germany. -
Appeasement
A political policy of conceding to aggression by a warlike nation. Note: A classic example of appeasement is the Munich Pact of 1938, negotiated between Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler. Chamberlain, the prime minister of Britain, allowed Hitler to annex part of Czechoslovakia to Germany. -
Hitler
Hitler, Adolf definition. A German political leader of the twentieth century, born in Austria. Hitler's early program for Germany is contained in his book .He dreamed of creating a master race of pure Aryans, who would rule for a thousand years as the third German Empire, or Third Reich. -
non-aggression pact
A treaty made by Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939 that opened the way for both nations to invade Poland. -
Blitzkrieg
A German term for “lightning war,” blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower. -
Sudentenland
is the German name (used in English in the first half of the 20th century to refer to those northern, southwest, and western areas of Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by ethnic German speakers, specifically the border districts of Bohemia. -
Neville Chamberlain
Neville Chamberlain was the British prime minister as Great Britain entered World War II. He is known for his policy of "appeasement" toward Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany. -
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin. ... Definitions of Joseph Stalin. n Russian leader who succeeded Lenin as head of the Communist Party and created a totalitarian state by purging all opposition (1879-1953) Stalin Example of: commie, communist. a socialist who advocates communism. -
Daladier
Edouard Daladier 18 June 1884 – 10 October 1970) was a French "radical" politician and the Prime Minister of France at the start of the Second World War.
Édouard Daladier - Wikipedia