Western Civilization II / Unit 16 WC2 1528 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Czechoslovakia Occupied, and the Nazi-Soviet Pact, 1939
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The idea
In March nineteen thirty-nine Germany occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia, the Czech lands a protectorate, Slovakia a puppet. In May the Pact of Steel bound Italy to Germany. In August the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact, with a secret protocol dividing Poland, freed Hitler's eastern flank; Stalin expected a capitalist squabble.
In practice
The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the witness's name.
Where people slip
Appeasement ended with Prague, not Munich.
Your place on the trail
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