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What is Appeasement?
•Appeasement is to pacify, soothe, or satisfy
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Hitler and the “Greater Germany”
- In 1938, Germany and Austria joined together.
- Hitler claimed that he was uniting all of the German speaking people into one “Greater Germany”
- German speaking people in Czechoslovakia began to demand that they become a part of Germany, too.
- But, Hitler couldn’t just waltz in and take Czechoslovakia…
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Hitler and Czechoslovakia
• Czechoslovakia was a POWERFUL new country that had the support of the Soviet Union.
• In September 1938, Hitler demanded German speakers in Czech. to be allowed to join his “greater Germany”.
• WAR between Germany and Czechoslovakia seemed likely.
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Munich Conference• In order to decrease the tension between
Germany and Czechoslovakia, Chamberlain (Britain PM), Hitler, Daladier (French PM), and Mussolini met.
• It was decided that Germany would occupy Sudetenland and other parts of Czechoslovakia were given to Poland and Hungary.
• The Czechoslovakia government was told to agree or face Germany alone.
• This was an attempt to prevent war! • The leaders were congratulated for avoiding
war!
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Promises, Promises. • Hitler agreed that he wouldn’t
take over any more land in exchange for the Czechoslovakian land.
• However, Hitler ordered his troops to “smash the remainder of the Czech state”. On March 15, 1939, Germany invaded the remaining part of Czechoslovakia.