Chapter 13 Section 2 – World War II Begins
(p. 460-465)
MAIN IDEAS
Germany Builds up a
Military
(p. 460)
NOTES
 See “The Cause of WW II in Europe, 1935-1939” map on p. 461
1.) 1935 = Hitler ______________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _______________________________________________________________________________________
b.) _______________________________________________________________________________________
2.) ________________________________________________________________________________ with Hitler
a.) _______________________________________________________________________________________
The Austrian Anschluss
(p. 460)
1.) Hitler wanted to ___________________________________________________________________________
 Including those in Austria and Czechoslovakia
2.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) Announced the ___________________________________________________________________________
 Anschluss = unification
“The Munich Crisis”
Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia
(p. 461)
1.) Hitler wanted _____________________________________________________________________________
 Sudetenland = area of Czechoslovakia with German-speaking population
 Czechs, France, USSR and Britain threatened to fight Germany if they invaded Sudetenland
2.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
 Britain, France, Italy and Germany
a.) _______________________________________________________________________________________
 Appeasement = made concessions in exchange for peace
 Felt by giving Hitler a few limited demands it would avoid war
b.) Czechoslovakia had to _____________________________________________________________________
 Britain sped up rearmament in case appeasement failed
3.) March 1939 = _____________________________________________________________________________
 Divided it into two sections – Czech and Slovakia
 Slovakia was independent but actually controlled by the Germans and Czech was a German protectorate
German Invasion of
Poland
(p. 462)
1.) Oct. 1938 = Hitler demanded _________________________________________________________________
 The port city of Danzig had been given to Poland after WW I
 90% of its population was German
2.) Hitler wanted to build a _____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________
 to connect western Germany and the German state of East Prussia
 March 31, 1938 = Britain and France said they would support Poland if it went to war
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
4.) May 1939 = Hitler prepared to ________________________________________________________________
 Hitler began negotiations with USSR to avoid a war with them if he ended up fighting Britain and France
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The Nazi-Soviet Pact
August 23, 1939
(p. 462)
1.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
 Shocked the world because Communism and Nazism were opposed to each other
 Stalin wanted capitalist nations to turn against each other
2.) Contained a secret deal to ____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
World War II Begins
(p. 462)
1.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
2.) Sept. 3 = _______________________________________________________________________on Germany
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
 Horses and lances
4.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
 Blitzkrieg = “lightening war”
 Tanks broke the lines and encircled the enemy while airplanes bombed the enemy and drooped paratroopers to
cut supply lines
5.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
6.) Oct. 5, 1939 = _____________________________________________________________________________
German Invasion of
France
(p. 462-463)
1.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _______________________________________________________________________________________
 Britain called it the “Bore War” and the US called it the “Phony War”
 Britain sent troops to France and waited for the Germans to attack
b.) The ______________________________________________________________________ for the Germans
to attack
 Maginot Line = concrete bunkers built by the French along German border
 Built after WW I
 This allowed Germany to attack Poland without opposition from Britain and France
2.) May 10, 1940 = Hitler invaded the _____________________________________________________________
a.) Hitler __________________________________________________________________________________
 Britain and France thought that the Germans would cross the central plains of Belgium
b.) Germans sent ____________________________________________________________________________
 Ardennes Mts. are in Luxembourg and eastern Belgium
3.) Germans turned west across northern France to the ________________________________________________
4.) British and French forces were ________________________________________________________________
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The Miracle at Dunkirk
(p. 463-464)
1.) Germans drove British and French toward _______________________________________________________
 Dunkirk was in northern France near the Belgian border
 It was by the English Channel and was the only port not captured
2.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) _______________________________________________________________________________________
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) 850 _______________________________________________________________ French and British troops
 “Miracle at Dunkirk” = Britain had hoped to rescue 45,000 troops but ended up saving 338,000 troops
4.) _______________________________________________________________________________ to Germany
Battle of Britain
(p. 465)
 Hitler expected Britain to negotiate peace after France surrendered
 June 4, 1940 = Prime Minister Winston Churchill vowed Britain would never surrender
1.) Hitler ordered _____________________________________________________________________________
 Germany had few transport troops and British air force would sink them
2.) June 1940 – the ____________________________________________________________ in English Channel
 Luftwaffe = German air force
3.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
a.) German Luftwaffe attacked the ______________________________________________________________
4.) Aug. 23 = Germany ________________________________________________________________________
5.) Aug. 24 = ________________________________________________________________________________
 Luftwaffe was ordered to stop their attack on military targets and concentrate on bombing London
 British hid in cellars and subway stations
6.) British developed a _________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
 Detected German aircraft and British fighters could intercept them
 Germany lost 1733 planes and the British lost 915 planes and 449 pilots
 Pilots flew 5 times per day
 2000 British pilots, including 500 foreign pilots (Poles, Canadians, French, and Americans)
 “Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” – W. Churchill
7.) _________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________
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