the third reich attacks
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The Third Reich Attacks
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At first: Axis: Germany, Italy, Japan and UrssAllies: France and Britain
+ British Commonwealth Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa
In the End:Axis: Germany, Italy and Japan Allies: France, Britain, USA, Brazil and 53 more
countries
Axis x Allies
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German Living SpaceThe Aryans, as a superior race, would be entitled to a larger territory
Annexation of AustriaCzechoslovakia
Munich AgreementFrance and England
conceded this territory to Germany, against the wishes of the Czechoslovak government, in exchange for a promise of no further territorial demands
HungaryPoland
Lebensraun
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Nonagression PactAugust 1939Germany + Soviet RussiaSecret articles
Spheres of influenceSplit PolandURSS: Finland, Lithuania,
Latvia and Estonia
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
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Germany invades Poland+ Slovakia1939Surprise attack
Warfare taticsBlitzkriegLuftwaffe
Poland
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France and Britain declare War on Germany
But provide no help for PolandNaval Blockade!
French!September 3, 1939
War!
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Italy conquered Albania in April 1939
The Pact of SteelItaly + GermanyVs France + BritainJapan isn’t happy
Wanted the focus on URSS
Italy
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Pacts of "mutual assistance” Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia
Invasion of FinlandWinterSki soldiers!
USSR's eviction from the Leagueof Nations
URSS
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The Maginot Line
Sitzkrieg
8 months
The Phony War
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Germany attacks Denmark
4 hoursHoland
7 daysBelgium
18 daysFrance
1 month and 12 days
Norway 2 months
Strategic Wars
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NetherlandsBelgiunLuxemburg
Strategic Wars
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Ardennes
Strategic War
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June of 1940Italy InvadesFrance cut in 3 piecesVicky republic
France Surrenders
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Dunkirk Evacuation338,226 soldiers recued40,000 French soldiers of the rearguard
remained to be captured Between 31 May and 4 June Losses
A total of 89 merchantmen were lost; the Royal Navy lost 29 of its 40 destroyers sunk or seriously damaged.
The Germans lost around 100 aircraft confirmed destroyed, and the RAF 106 fighters
Britains Heroic Rescue
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The Résistance was many small groups of armed men and women
Guerrilla warfare Underground newspapersSpies
Providers of first-hand intelligence informationMaintainers of escape networks that helped Allied soldiers and airmen trapped behind enemy lines.
Sabotages
French Resistance
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The cemetery and memorial in Vassieux-en-Vercors where, in July 1944, GermanWehrmacht forces executed more than 200, including women and children, in reprisal for the Maquis's armed resistance.[The town was later awarded the Ordre de la Libération
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De GaulleRejected the unconstitutional, repressive and
racist laws instituted by Vichy RégimeEstablished his own bona fides
Himself as the major defender of republican values.
Appeal of 18 June 1940 That every patriot who could reach British territory should do so and join the Free French Army to fight in company with the Allies.
Jean Moulin National Council of Resistance
de Gaulle's formal link to the irregulars throughout occupied France.
French Resistance
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