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)
Pearl Harbor
The US Gets involved in both
Theaters of the war
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
