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Unit IV Part B: World War II Begins
New Alliance
Hitler and Soviets
o Hitler gained a new ally in
Benito Mussolini
o Hitler supported Italy when
they invaded Ethiopia, and then both supported a side in the Spanish civil war.
o In 1936, they announced the
Rome-Berlin Axis, as well as Germany and Japan singing a pact to fight communism.
o Hitler, believing the West would not
fight him, turned his sights on the Soviets
o By August of 39 Hitler and Stalin sign
the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
To get this promise, Hitler promised
the soviets Eastern Poland.
Although it mattered not, as Hitler
expected to fight the Soviets anyway, as he was used to breaking promises.
o On September 1st German forces
invaded Poland, two days later, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany.
Hitler Violates Treaty
Demands and Appeasement
o On March 9th 1935 Hitler announces the
creation of a new air force.
o A week later he began a military draft
that would expand the military from 100,000 to 550,000 troops
o Hitler, convinced the Western States
wouldn’t use force to enforce the treaty, sent troops into the Rhineland
France, although authorized to use
force, would not act without British approval.
Great Britain began the practice of
appeasement: satisfying reasonable demands of unsatisfied countries to maintain peace.
o Following an easy annexation of Austria, Hitler
set his sights on conquering Czechoslovakia.
o At a conference in Munich, Germany, England,
Italy, and France all agreed to allow Germany to take parts of northern Czech.
o Believing the West would do nothing to stop
him, Hitler began taking more and more land.
o By March of 1939 Hitler declared himself the
greatest German of all time, in reference for breaking promises every time he told western powers he wouldn’t take more land.
o When Germany demands the Poland port of
Danzig, England promises to protect Poland, and together with France they begin to work towards getting the USSR’s help to defeat Germany.