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Germany's Anschluss with Austria
-Majority of German speaking people living in Austria wanted to join the New German Republic
-Austria was renamed Ostmark -
The Munich Pact
-Agreement permitting the Nazi's to take arms against Czechoslovakia
-Agreement was negotiated at a conference in Munich, Germany -
Germany's Annexation of the Sudetenland
-Jews widely persecuted that lived in the Sudetenland
-Sudetenland consisted of three political districts: Eger, Aussig, and Troppau -
Hitler's Annexation of Czechoslovakia
-Nazi's controled Sudetenland, (Northern/Western border regions) under terms of the Munich Agreement
-Munich Agreement: permitted the Nazi German annexation of Sudetenland -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
-Also known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
-Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland without worry Soviet-Union interaction -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
-Destroyed Poland within weeks
-Attacked Poland with more than 2,000 tanks and 1,000 airplans -
The Phony War
-Lack of military operations by the Western Allies
-British liner SS Athenia was torpedoed -
The Fall of France
-Ended the Phoney War
-Battle Consisted of: Fall Gelb (Case Yellow) and Fall Rot (Case Red) -
The Miracle at Dunkirk
-British code-named Operation Dynamo
-Winston Churchhill ordered that men be evacuated from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France -
The Battle of Britain
-First major compaign fought by mainly airforces
-Main Targets: Shipping Centres and Coastal shipping convoys
