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The beginning of world war two |
The Nazis aggressive expansionist foreign policy for lebensraum -The Nazis wanted to enlarge Germany within Europe -needed more lebensraum (living space) -Hitler's aims could not be reached without strong armed forces -building a strong armed forces would break Germany's agreement of the treaty of Versailles -in a meeting in 1933,the Nazi leaders decided that Germany would secretly re-arm -Nazi army annexed Austria in 1938 -in early 1939,part of Czechoslovakia was added to the German riech -Britain and France did nothing .Hitlar assured them he would go no further in expanding Germany's borders -Britian and France thought that Poland was the next step for Germany ,they promised to help Poland I'd Germany invaded it |
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Lebensraum |
A German word meaning space to live in |
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Mien Kampf |
Book by Hitler explaining his political views |
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Outbreak of World War two:Axis vs. Allies |
-September 1 1939,Hitlers armies invaded Poland war on Germany -September 3 Britian and France declared war on Germany -Mussolinis fascist Italy joined the war on Germany's side Russia remained neutral at beginning of the war,but joined in on the Allies when Germany attacked it in 1941 declared war on Germany -Mussolinis fascist Italy joined the war on Germany's side Russia remained neutral at beginning of the war,but joined in on the Allies when Germany attacked it in 1941 -Mussolinis fascist Italy joined the war on Germany's side Russia remained neutral at beginning of the war,but joined in on the Allies when Germany attacked it in 1941 |
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Allied powers |
-Britain -France -Russia -USA |
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Axis Powers |
-Germany -Italy -Japan |
