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Start of World War II

-March 1939, Hitler broke the ____ ___ by seizing the rest of Czechoslovakia. -Sept. 1, 1939: Hitler launched a ____ against Poland. -Germany & ____ split Poland. -____ &____ declared war against Germany. (WW2 began). Start of World War II. War In Europe. -Germany acted quickly.

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Start of World War II

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  1. -March 1939, Hitler broke the ____ ___ by seizing the rest of Czechoslovakia. -Sept. 1, 1939: Hitler launched a ____ against Poland. -Germany & ____ split Poland. -____ &____ declared war against Germany. (WW2 began) Start of World War II

  2. War In Europe -Germany acted quickly. -April 1940 launched a blitzkrieg against ____ & ____. -In May, Nazis attacked ___, ____, & _____. -France surrendered to Germany. *French Gen. Charles de Gaulle moved gov’t to London to lead the ____ ____ movement. -Hitler ordered the air force to bomb ____ into _____. -PM ____ ____ ordered the ______ to strike back. -The Battle of Britain was won by ____. -Churchill vowed “___ ___ ___ ___!” Battle of Britain photos

  3. -Hitler then attacked ____ & ____. -In June 1941, Hitler attacked ___ ___. *Broke the “Non-Aggression Pact” *Hitler believed no country would be left to ____ the ____.

  4. Nazis vs. Soviets Soviet troops on the move. Nazis Surrender

  5. Meanwhile in Poland… • Jewish people were being forced in to “ghettos” • Hitler’s secret police, the GUSTAPO, or “SS,” would round them up and move the Jews to camps.

  6. Anne Frank Jewish girl who hid in a Netherlands ghetto so she wouldn’t be sent to a camp. She kept a diary outlining her family’s struggles.

  7. Assignment http://www.annefrank.org/en/Subsites/Home/Virtueel-huis/#/map/

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