Appeasement

Germany annexes Austria

Mar 13, 1938

German troops marched into Austria to annex to the German speaking nation for the Third Reich

Chamberlain meets with Hitler in Godesberg, Germany.

Period: Sep 22, 1938 to Sep 24, 1938

Hitler claims Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia would be final German demand for territory. Concerning the Sudetenland and amounting to an ultimatum address to the government of Czechoslovakia

Germany breaks the Munich Agreement

Period: Mar 14, 1939 to Mar 15, 1939

Hitler was contemplating the invasion which subsequently took place of the Sudetenland, part of Czechoslovakia, a country which Britian and France were treaty bound to defend in case of invasion.

France and Great Britain agree to support Poland against Nazi aggression.

Mar 31, 1939

France and Great Britian agreed to help Poland with any Nazi problems that Poland has.

Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact,

Aug 23, 1939

The Germans and the Soviet Union signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact which divided the Eastern Europe into the speres of influence

Germany invades Poland

Sep 1, 1939

German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland

Honoring their support of Poland,

Sep 3, 1939

France and Great Britian declare war on Germany

Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement.

Sep 29, 1939

Permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia. After his success in absorbing Austria into Germany proper in March 1938, Adolf Hitler looked covetously at Czechoslovakia