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Causes of WWII
AP world vocab
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History
12th Grade
04/27/2011

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Munich Conference / Agreement
Definition
 an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia. Today, it is widely regarded as a failed act of appeasement toward Nazi Germany
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Nazi-Soviet Pact
Definition
 Non aggression act that was signed between the Nazis and Soviet Union. 
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1939
Definition
 year the Nazi-Soviet pact was formed. He didn’t want to split the German troops into a two-front war (again) so he made a non-aggression pact with the Soviets to gain their trust and keep the Germans strong on one front.
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Appeasement
Definition
 The diplomatic policy to give in to whatever a country (Germany) wants in order to escape the conflict of war.
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
 “Lightning War”. German tactic to quickly attack and conquer all allied powers and territories to easily win the war. 
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Poland
Definition
was invaded in 1939 by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a smaller country. This is the start of WWII.
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1939
Definition
 Invasion of Poland, start of WWII
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Anschluss with Austria
Definition
 The want for Austria and Germany to unite and become one nation, though this was forbidden due to the Treaty of Versailles. This want increased when Hitler came to power, and it occurred on March 13, 1938.
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“Peace in our Time”
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a famous quote given during a speech of Neville Chamberlain’s. It was his reasoning for appeasement with Germany, he wanted there to be peace, especially after that long WWI. 
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Sudentenland
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Land that was given to Germany in attempts to appease them.
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Neville Chamberlain
Definition
 British Prime Minister that tried to appease Germany by giving them Sudentenland. He delivered the speech about “peace in our time”
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Economic Depression
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Germany was in such a depression due to all their reparations due to England and France, and all the debt that they were borrowing loans from the US, that the German people felt that they didn’t really have anything to lose by attempting to become the world power.
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Fear of Communism
Definition
 All western countries were afraid of communism taking over their country, and they wanted to fight it and make sure that it could never spread to them or any other nation. They wanted to contain the Soviet Union’s communism. Hitler used this fear to motivate people to join the Nazi party. 
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