HIST 1088 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Southeast Asia, Cryptanalysis, Italian Peninsula
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Sudetenland & munich nazi regime takes the old german populations, which are in a variety of states, particularly in austria and check, demand they be reuni ed in a single german state. Molotov-ribbentrop pact - 1939 nazis sign a shocking deal, predominantly anti-communist nazi germany, strong german state would stop communist in ltration from the bolsheviks soviets and germans agree a nonaggression pact dividing up eastern europe. Eastern front (exam) traced to 1941 and th german invasion of soviet union, think more expansively war in eastern europe in balkans, begins with patrician of poland continues in the winter war. Nland defeated russian attacks this is catastrophic for all involved. Nland loses valuable territories, casualties worst for the soviets - weakness of soviet military, vulnerability is publicized germans seen an opportunity. Yugoslavia and greece are knocked out of the war in a few months on short term basis, this is another catastrophe for the allies.
