A History of Modern Europe - From the Renaissance to the Present

1052 Ch. 26 • World War 11 he viewed German ambitions toward the German-speaking parts of Austria and Czechoslovakia, as well as ...

The Coming of World War II 1053 attack. But the Soviets refused to act unless joined by France, and France refused to act withou ...

1054 Ch. 26 • World War 11 Map 26.1 German and Italian Expansion, 1935-1939 Aggression by Germany and Italy against their neighb ...

The Coming of World War II^1055 Neville Chamberlain promises “peace in our time” after his return from Munich in September 1938. ...

1056 Ch. 26 • World War II Looking east, the euphoric Hitler now demanded that Lithuania relin­ quish the Baltic port of Memel, ...

The War in Europe Begins 1057 unprepared for war, and now tied by a formal alliance to Hitler, the Duce had painted his country ...

1058 Ch. 26 • World War II Norway. Hitler next turned his attention to the west, invading France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, ...

The War in Europe Begins 1059 From the east, Soviet armies invaded Poland on September 17. They did so with Hitler’s blessing, u ...

1060 Ch. 26 • World War II Map 26.2 The German and Italian Advance, 1939-1942 The opening of the war included advances by the Ge ...

The War in Europe Begins 1061 Army invaded. Badly outnumbered Finnish soldiers fought bravely in sub­ zero temperatures, sometim ...

1062 Ch. 26 • World War II of their forces and—at least some—in the Third Republic itself. French tanks were as good as those of ...

The War in Europe Begins 1063 Hitler takes a triumphant stroll through Paris in June 1940. army occupied the capital on June 14. ...

1064 Ch. 26 • World War 11 Fearing a German attack, the British government interned German sub­ jects, including some of the 50, ...

A Global War 1065 A Global War World War II rapidly spread to almost all corners of the globe. Total war absorbed national resou ...

1066 Ch. 26 • World War II Pants came without cuffs or zippers; a suspicious gray “utility loaf” replaced white bread. British f ...

A Global War 1067 bia, which had once been part of the Russian Empire. Bulgaria also helped itself to Romanian territory. As a r ...

1068 Ch. 26 • World War 11 Molotov replied, “Then whose bombers are those overhead, and why are we in this bomb shelter?” Hitler ...

A Global War 1069 Peasants watching the effects of the German invasion of Ukraine, August 1941. The German advance left Russian ...

1070 Ch. 26 • World War II Japans Attack on the United States Four years of aggression in Asia brought Japan to the point of con ...

A Global War 1071 pact with the Soviet Union, signed in April 1941, two months before the German invasion of Russia, bolstered J ...