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Pre- and Post War Europe

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Pre- and Post War Europe

What changes in the map of Europe were made after WWI?

March 1938 Germany conquers

Austria

September 1938

Munich Agreement

Germany takes the Sudetenland

1936

Hitler sends troops into the

Rhineland

March 1939 Germany invades Czechoslovakia

August 1939 Germany & Soviet Union sign the non-aggression

pact

September 1939 Germany invades Western Poland

November 1939 Soviet Union

invades Eastern Poland

Germany will not attack the

Soviet Union

Soviet

Union will not

attack

Germany

Spring 1940 Germany attacks Denmark & Norway

June 1940 France surrenders to

Germany

Summer 1940 Germany begins air invasion of Great Britain (Battle of Britain)

Potsdam Conference

Should Truman use the atomic bomb against Japan?

REASONS FOR…• Save American lives• Quickly end the war• Show the power of the

US to future enemies

REASONS AGAINST…• Cause massive

destruction• Once it’s used, it will be

used again• It would release deadly

radio-activityTruman makes the decision to drop the bomb

Results:• More than 110,000 die• Japan surrenders

Hiroshima & Nagasaki