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Hitler met secretly with his top military advisers.
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Planned to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into the third Reich.
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The german soldiers marched into Austria opposed.
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Early in the crises, both France and Great Britain promised to protect Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler chargered that the czechs were abusing the Sudeten Germans, and he began massing troops on the Czech border.
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Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement, which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired.
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German troops went into the remains of Czechoslovakia.
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Hitler stated that Czechoslovakia had no longer existed.
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Hitler charged his troops into Poland just as he did with Czechoslovakia.
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Stalin surprised everyone by signing a nonaggression pact with hitler.
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The German Luftwaffe, or German air force, roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities.
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The terror in Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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Major fighting was over in three weeks , long before France, Britain and their allies could mont a defense.
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In the last week of fighting , the Soviet Union attacked Poland from the east, grabbing some of its territory.
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Poland had ceased to exist and WWll had began.
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Hitler turned against the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, which were overrun by the end of May.
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Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order "to protect those countries freedom and independence."
