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Chapter 16 Section 2: War in Europe

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First two areas annexed by Germany

Austria & Czechoslovakia

Neville Chamberlain

British prime minister during 1938.

Munich Agreement (1938)

Turned Czechoslovakia, at the time called Sudetenland, over to Germany.

Winston Churchill

Chamberlain's political rival.

Appeasement

Giving up principles to pacify an aggressor.

Nonaggression Pact (1939)

Signed so Germany and Russia would not attack each other.

Blitzkrieg

German for "Lightning War"

September 1, 1939

German air forces bombed military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities in Poland.

Charles de Gaulle

French General that fled to England and started a government-in-exile.

Battle of Britain

German bombers pounded Britain with bombs every night for 2 sold months.

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