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World War II
Transcript of World War IImrfarshtey.net/classes/WWII-Seuss.pdf · 2009-01-26 · Non-Aggression Pact •...
World War II
Non-Aggression Pact
• Nazi-Soviet Pact
• August 1939
• Not to fight each other• Not to fight each other
Russia not ready
Germany one-front war
• Divide up Poland and Eastern Europe
Invasion of Poland
• France & Great Britain declare war
• Blitzkrieg—”lightning war”
• “phony war”—French hung out behind the Maginot LineMaginot Line
Allies go on the Offensive