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1. Why did Great Britain practice appeasement?

1. Why did Great Britain practice appeasement?. 2. What was Isolationism?. 3. What happened at the Munich Conference? Parties involved? Success or failure?. World War II. Chapter 32. Axis Powers. Germany and Italy signed the Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936 Japan joined their side a month later.

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1. Why did Great Britain practice appeasement?

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  1. 1. Why did Great Britain practice appeasement?

  2. 2. What was Isolationism?

  3. 3. What happened at the Munich Conference? Parties involved? Success or failure?

  4. World War II Chapter 32

  5. Axis Powers • Germany and Italy signed the Rome-Berlin Axis, 1936 • Japan joined their side a month later

  6. Blitzkrieg • Lightning warfare • Invade and defeat enemy quickly • Planes, tanks, and infantry

  7. Germany Invades Poland

  8. Germany takes France, June 1940

  9. Germany vs. Britain • Luftwaffe- German fighter planes • RAF- British fighter planes • Battle of Britain (Summer of 1940 until May 10, 1941)

  10. The United States • Practiced isolationism • Neutrality Acts Passed • March of 1941: Lend-Lease Act • Atlantic Charter between Roosevelt and Churchill

  11. Pearl Harbor • December 7, 1941 • “a date which will live in infamy.” • Japanese damaged or sunk 19 ships, including 8 battleships • 2,300 Americans were killed

  12. Battle of Midway (June, 1942) • 1,500 miles west of Hawaii • Key American airfield • Destroyed 332 Japanese planes and all four aircraft carriers

  13. Battle of Stalingrad • August 1942 to February of 1943 • The Soviet Union defending off German attacks • Soviets were able to defeat the Germans Red Flag

  14. D-Day • June 6, 1944 • Allies looked to take back France from Germany • By September the Allies had liberated France • Turned their sights on Germany

  15. Battle of the Bulge • December 16, 1944 • Germans pushed into Allied lines • Allies regrouped and pushed the Germans back

  16. Germany Dwindling • By April 1945 Berlin was surrounded by Allied troops • Hitler committed suicide on April 29

  17. Victory in Europe Day (V-E Day)May 9, 1945

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