3.2 The Second World War

Chapter 3
3.2 The Second World War

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Chapter 3
3.2 The Second World War

Welcome!

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At the end of this lesson...
  • You can explain what Hitler’s motives were for his plans to conquer countries.
  • You can explain how Germany and Japan started the Second World War.

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Today
  • What do you know already? (+- 10 min) 

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Homework check

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The Second
World War

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No more Treaty of Versailles

  • Militarising the Rhineland in 1936 (an area of Germany on the border with France and Belgium). 
  • Hitler made the German army much stronger than was allowed. 

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Der Anschluß
March 1938




  • Hitler wants all Germans in one Great German Empire (Heim ins Reich). 
  • He cleverly takes advantage of the political chaos in Austria and plays on the feelings of the Austrian people.
  • He takes Austria and declares it part of the German Empire

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The ballot paper with which Austrians can indicate whether they want to belong to Germany...

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Munich Conference
September 1938




  • France and England were shocked by the Anschluß.
  • Hitler promises that there will be no war if he gets  Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia.
  • Germany, England, France and Italy reach an agreement.
Appeasement: The approach to foreign policy adopted by France and Britain in the 1930s, aiming to avoid war with Germany by acceding to Hitler’s wishes rather than antagonizing him.

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Just like Austria, Sudetenland falls under the Heim ins Reich policy, whereby all areas with Germans must become part of Germany again. After the First World War,  Sudetenland became part of the new state of Czechoslovakia.

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Hitler had alliance with Mussolini since 1936. They formed an ''Axis'' in Europe: the Axis Powers

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Hitler occupies Czechoslovakia
March 1939




  • Although Hitler had said in Munich that he would be satisfied with  Sudetenland, he occupied the whole of Czechoslovakia six months later.
  • England and France condemn the occupation, but do nothing.

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Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
August 1939




  • Hitler and Stalin are each other's political enemies
  • However, Hitler wants to be sure that the Soviet Union will not start a war against him if Germany attacks Poland.
  • They sign a non-aggression pact.

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Germany attacks Poland
September 1st 1939






Hitler indicates that he must respond to a Polish attack on a German radio station. The Germans staged this attack

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Start of the Second World War
September 3rd 1939





After the German attack on Poland, England and France can only do one thing:

Declare war on Germany...

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Homework
3.2 exercise 1, 2, 3 and 4

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