Appendix German Words: Ostkrieg – Eastern war, a concept that had been driving Germany strategy for decades Lebensraum – literally ‘living space’, the desire for it drove Nazi expansionism towards the east Wehrmacht – The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany, consisting of three branches: The Luftwaffe – the air force The Heer – the land forces The Kriegsmarine – the navy Anschluss – the ‘union’ between Austria and Germany achieved through annexation in 1938. Westwall – the German defensive line that covered the Franco- German border. Codenames: Case White – the German invasion of Poland for September 1939 Events: The Munich Agreement – the meeting at Munich between the leaders of Italy, Germany, France and Great Britain at which it was agreed that the ethnically Germany Sudetenland would be ceded from Czechoslovakia to the Reich. Places: Bessarabia – a region of eastern Romania – today Moldova – that was claimed by the Soviet Union
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