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324456045League Of NationsIn Geneva Switzerland, Because Its A Neutral Territory0
3244560461 of 3 things that can happen...- They Could Have A Peaceful Talk1
3244560471 of the 3 Big Nations NOT In League Of NationsGermany (Losers)2
324456048Best Thing From League Of Nations.Best Thing that Comes Out Of League Of Nations Is Social Policy, They Tackle Issues To Aid An Everyday Person.3
324456049CausesThere Are 4 major Ones ...4
324456050Treaty Of VersaillesU.S Wants If Off The 14 Points. France Wants Revenge. Great Britain Prime Minister Want The 14 Point While The People Wanted Revenge. Germany Is VERY Surprised, They Thought Because The Untied States Was More Powerful They Thought They Would Be Based Of The 14 Points.5
324456051Germany...- Germany Takes Blame For Starting The War.6
324456052Hitler's Actions1933 Becomes Chancellor. He Secretly Makes Military Forces, And Weapons. France And Great Britain Are Aware.7
324456053The land that Hitler wants ..- In 1936 Hitler Ordered Military To Enter Rhineland. Could Have Been Stopped, But They Don't.8
324456054Failure Of AppeasementGiving Into Someone Provided That Their Demands Seem Reasonable. Chamberlain Has A Policy, But It Was Also A Appeasement, Chamberlain Also Become The Worst Minister EVER. His Goals Were To Not Have Another War. A Couple Of Days After The War They Invade The Rest Of Czechoslovakia. A Lot Of People Told Hitler,That If He Invaded Poland He Was Declaring War. - It Gives Them More Time to Prepare For War.9
324456055Failure Of League Of NationsThey Had 4 Major Causes Which Made The League Of Nations Fail, and What They Were Made To Do.10
324456056Cause 1 (League Of Nations Causes)To Many People That Aren't Into The League Of Nations; Big Three That WEREN'T There Germany, Russia, And The United States. As Nations Leave It Makes it Look Like A Backyard Agreement11
324456057Cause 2 (League Of Nations Causes)It Didn't Have Much Power; But They Had 3 Things That They Didn't But They Weren't Very Effective, So That's Why They Weren't Very Powerful.12
324456058Cause 3 (League Of Nation CausesNo Army13
324456059Cause 4 (League Of Nations Causes)They Weren't Able To Act Quickly; They Only Meet 4 Times A Year So If There Was A Emergency They Really Couldn't Take Care Of It.14
334256195January 1934Germany signs a non-aggression pack. Germany signs with Poland. Germans feel that a chunk of Poland is still theirs. It also gave Hitler a lot of time15
3342561961939 - No Month ExactlyGerman/Soviet pack. Agreement that Germany and Russia won't attack each other. Secretly includes a line of demarcation (a mark of the boundaries).16
334256197September 1, 1939Germany rolls into Poland, they have about 2000 tanks, 1000 airplanes. And they operate under blitzkrieg. Which means lightning war.17
334256198September 3Britain and France declare war.18
334256199September 27Poland surrenders. Last city to surrender was Warsaw. Germany takes back or annexes cities that they thought was theirs. Some of the other cities like Warsaw, and Krakow. And a general government. In places like that it going to be very ghetto(section of the city, were all Jews were REQUIRED to live).19
334256200November 30 1939 - March 12 1940Germany invaded Finland. The war was called the winter war.20
334256201April 9 - June 9Germany invades Denmark, and Norway. Denmark invades that day. Norway can hold them off, even thought none of there fighting is successful.21
334256202may 10 - June 22 1940Germany invades France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Belgium. France holds up until June 22nd. Also on June 22nd there is an armistice. What happens is that Germany is given France and the Atlantic coast. On June 10th Italy enters the war and invades Southern France.22
334256203June 14 - August 6They occupy the Baltic states. Coup d'etat sudden over through of a government by a small usually armed force, and that its is replaced by the small existing government. And they annex it (to attach or add something to something larger or important).23
339938033European Theaterlarge areas where fighting occurred. Included all fighting in Europe. Sometimes they separate it but they eventually includes the continent. Its always the Germans.24
339938035Pacific Theaterlarge area were fighting occurred. Usually japan and U.S25
339938037Totalitarianismabsolute control by state or government.26
339938039DemocracyGovernment in which the supreme power is vested in the people.27
339938041D-DayHappened on June 6th 1944 in Normandy, France28
339938042Utah24,000 casualties people arrived. U.S planned for a plane attack.29
339938043OmahaThe United States vs. Germany 2,200 casualties. Most intense.30
339938044GoldBritish was in charge 400 casualties31
339938045JunoIt was the 2nd beach of the 5 that were invaded. It was 6 miles wide, and because there were so many rocks it was hard for the troops to get to shore. 3rd Canadian division. 400 Germans people attacked by 2,400 Canadians. 341 Canadians died, and 574 injured. The victory was a turning point in WWII and to the liberation in Europe and the defeat of Nazi Germany.32
339938046SwordIt was France and Britain Vs. Germany. It took 45 minutes to take over the beach.33
339938047VE DayMay 8th 1945; Called "Victory in Europe"34
339938048Hitler commits suicide on what dayApril 30th 194535
339938049VE Dayinitial agreement is hammered out in France on May 7th, and ratified in Berlin on May 8th .36
339938050VE DayPresident Donitz ratifies treaty.37
3399449802 of 3 things that can happen...- Enforce Economic Sanction ;;Embargo; Is Enforced By Not Buying Their A Stuff, The United States Has And Embargo With Cuba.38
3399449813 of 3 things that can happen...- Physical Sanction Which Means Fighting39
339944982What Germnay has to do ...- Germany Has To Pay Massively For The War.40
339944983What Germnay can't have...- Germany Is Disarmed, Means That Military Is Taken Away. They Get To Keep A Very Small Army. Rhineland Couldn't Have ANYTHING.41
339944984Germany wants land..- Land Was Taken Away. Germany Wanted Anschluss. It Forbidden According To The Treaty Of Versailles.42
339944985Germnay makes friends.- 1936 Makes Alliances With Italy And Japan43
339944986Germany invades..- In 1938, Germany Invades Austria.44
339944987Hitler demands- He Demands That He Wants The Sudetenland, He Goes In And Takes It. And This Is In 1938. Great Britain Has BIG Problems This Time. Chamberlain (Great Britain Minister), Munich Agreement, Say "Okay, Germany Can Have The Sudetenland, But Than He Is Done."45
339944988Hitler invades ..- March Of 1939 He Invades The Rest Of Czechoslovakia.46
339944989Poland ..- They Know That Poland is Next.47
3399449902 of the 3 big nations NOT in league of nationsUnited States (Isolationism - Policy Of A Country To Not Enter Alliances, To Not Have Financial Commitment, And To Avoid International Agreement.),48
3399449913 of the 3 big nations NOT in league of nationsRussia (Revolution, Royal Family Killed)49

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