4. German Annexation of Austria January 1938 Hitler forces Austria to give more power to Nazis by threatening military action March 12, 1938 German troops enter Austria and are greeted enthusiastically The Anschluss was a clear violation of the Treaty of Versailles
5. Appeasement World leaders eager to avoid war met with Hitler at Munich Believed Germans demands were reasonable and could be satisfied Hitler saw the appeasement as a sign of weakness
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Editor's Notes
Brownshirts = storm troopers Lots of colonial uniforms available cheap after WW1 ‘ Night of long knives’ – blood purge, Hitler had them killed (political adversaries) and replaced them with the SS
Anschluss –union of Germany and austria
France, Britain, Italy, Germany
Surprise attacks using a lot of force and executed as fast as possible to keep the enemy off guard, continuously moving Very effective France- often frustrated because they would go to reform their lines only to find the germans already there and pushing through
Phony War- period of a few months when war had been declared but there was no real fighting going on der Sitzkrieg – play on blitzkrieg meaning the sitting war
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