Early WWII Events

  • The Austrian Anschluss

    Hitler wanted all possible threats to come as one. He drafted all German speaking people from Austria and Czechoslovakia. Hitler forced Austria to unify.
  • The Munich Crisis

    France threatened to attack Germany if they attacked Czechoslovakia. Representatives that were involved agreed to meet in Munich to decide Czechoslovakia's fate. They all agreed to give Hitler what they wanted because they felt like that would keep them out of war.
  • Hitler Demands Danzig

    A month after the Munich Conference Hitler demanded that Danzig be returned to German control. This made clear that war was inevitable between Germany and France/Britain. Britain announced that if Poland was invaded, Britain and France would fight with them.
  • The Fall of France

    The start of the war was very lackadaisical. Both British and France were waiting on defense. A Maginot line was created in the middle by The French it was a bunch of concrete borders. In order for the Germans to get around this barrier they would need to invade Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. So thats exactly what they did.
  • The Nazi Soviet Party

    Stalin believed that the best way to protect the USSR is to turn the capitalist nations against each other. If the treaty worked, Germany would go to war against Britain and france
  • The Invasion of Poland

    Germany invaded poland, two days later war was declared. Poland was very outdated. They rode horses to the faces of German tanks.
  • The Evacuation of Dunkirk

    After trapping all the allied forces in Belgium The Germans began to drive them toward the English channel. Leaving the Britain's only choice to evacuate. As the Germans were closing on Dunkirk Hitler stopped orders. No one really knows why. Hitler accepted the French surrender.
  • The Battle at Britain

    The battle at Britain was most known for the fight in air German Bombers accidentally bombed London. The British Capital, British civilians were outraged. The following night the first bombs were dropped in berlin.