2-WWII+Czechoslovakia+OT

German implemented certain policies against Czechoslovakia because of the large population of Germans that lived in Czechoslovakia. Although many of the territories which Germany absorbed into their rule were not truly majority German, this was the reasoning behind the invasion and control of Greater Germany. The Germans which lived in Czechoslovakia were demanded to be allowed to be ruled under German control. Germany did leave some of the Czech people to govern themselves, but the country was split and left in shambles economically. The Munich Crisis-as it became known-was the key factor in how Germany took control of the different parts of Czechoslovakia. During this time, the Czech people felt betrayed by the agreements made against them to divide the territory amongst Germany. Germany claimed at Munich that they were only interested in Greater Germany, but in fact this was not true. Clearly they had wanted to overtake some area to the east of Germany and this included overtaking Czechoslovakia and later Poland. In Czechoslovakia, Germany gained a lot of territory as well as population. Czechoslovakia estimated a loss of 40% of the tax base after the invasion of Germany. Also, key connecting railroads in Czechoslovakia were useless after the overtaking by Germany. Specifically, Czechoslovakian banks had also frozen as a result of the German occupation. France and Britain had initially been two very strong forces against the German invasion, particularly after the Treaty of Versailles in 1919. By 1938, though, that had not been on the top priority list of the British and the French. Instead, they appeased German wished in the hopes to avoid total war. More than half of Czechoslovakia's coal and iron and steel was taken over by Germany and the Nazis. Some of the deterrent of Germany’s invasion of Czechoslovakia was the support of France and Britain in the case of Germany’s possible expansion. Over time, that support did in fact change, leaving Czechoslovakia vulnerable to an invasion. The Czech also tried to appease Germany through a number of offers for peace, including suspending Jewish teachers. The rejection of a Plebiscite was the main retaliation of the Czechs. They were worried that the Germans living in Czech would vote for the takeover. Over 1,250,000 men were organized into the Czechoslovak resistance force. This included 1200 aircrafts as well. The defense of the Czechoslovak country was also taken very seriously by the Germans, who rereouted some of their attack plans as a result.
 * What were the circumstances in the Occupied Territory that compelled the policies implemented **
 * by the occupying power there? How was policy shaped to address these circumstances? **
 * What were the effects of the occupation of your territory on the occupying power's war effort? **
 * This should include basic data such as numbers of troops diverted to the occupation and so forth, **
 * but should also take into account less logistical factors such as the psychological effect of **
 * occupation on the occupying power, issues of morale, attitudes of occupation forces toward the **
 * local population (and vice versa) and the degree to which that sharpened or dulled the occupiers' **
 * resolve, etc. **
 * What were the motivations/methods/outcomes of resistance and collaboration? How did this **
 * affect the Occupied Territory after the war? Use case studies to illustrate. **
 * What were the effects of occupation on women & youth in the Occupied Territory? Use case **
 * studies to illustrate. **

Germany suppressed each of it's occupied nations. Particularly, the effects on Czechoslovakia included the first torments of Germany's rule. There was blackmailing by Hitler and the Nazis in regards to their political demands. Women and Children were displace by the Nazis, and the troops invaded and overtook Czechoslovakia en route to invade other parts of Europe.

-Mikki

P.S. When you are studying this I would highly recommend you try to read the source itself as it has a lot of the details that I didn't include.... but this is a brief summary.

Burian, Jarka M. "Post-War Drama in Czechoslovakia." Educational Theatre Journal (n.d.): n. pag. JSTOR. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.

"End of Appeasement." //BBC News //. BBC, n.d. Web. 21 Nov. 2013.

Vital, David. "Czechoslovakia and the Powers, September 1938." JSTOR. Sage Publications, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2013.