HIST 0200 Lecture 8: WW2 and the Holocaust
Document Summary
The origins and epicenter of the second world war. Direct result of political consequences of ww1 and treaty of versailles. More casualties and deaths in eastern europe than any other theater of the war. Memory of the war remains powerful across the region. Anschluss with austria (march 1938): austria joins with germany and is annexed. Munich agreement (september 1938): allies appease hitler, let him take. Invasion of czechoslovakia (march 1939): bohemia and moravia became protectorates of germany, slovakia becomes a puppet state for nazis. Nazi-soviet pact (august 23, 1939) and they also divide up poland, germany evacuated baltic germans (fall 1939) Initially by germans, then the soviets attack from east (september 17) and poland is overwhelmed in five weeks. Britain and france declare war within days, sitzkrieg ensues. Polish territory divided between germany and ussr: annexed into reich, incorporated into ussr, nazi general government. Ussr annexed the baltic states (summer 1940)
