3VWO-BRICKS-H3.2-EUROPEATWAR

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Conference of Munich
(page 63)

3.2: Europe at War

First phase of WW2

• Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact: Hitler and Stalin decide to divide Eastern Europe between them
  
  
• Germany invades Poland > England and France declare war

Molotov-Ribbentroppact

Poland divided

Het Molotov-Ribbentroppact

Do you think the alliance between Hitler and Stalin lasted long?

First phase of WW2

• Blitzkrieg: quick and powerful surprised attacks Germany used to defeat France
  
  
• Maginot Line: 'super-trench' used by France to defend itself

Which countries were invaded by Germany during the blitzkrieg?

England

• Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime minister
  
  
• Battle of Britain: fighting between British air force and Germany

Blitzkrieg

 Germany defeated and occupied Poland (attacked in September 1939), 

Denmark (April 1940), Norway (April 1940), Belgium (May 1940), the Netherlands (May 1940), Luxembourg (May 1940), France (May 1940), Yugoslavia (April 1941), and Greece (April 1941). 

Der Anschluss

Oostenrijk wordt deel van Duitsland

1938 - Heim in Reich

Why was British air space so important for Germany?

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