Events of WWII

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  • Germany's Anschluss with Austria

    Germany's Anschluss with Austria
    • The majority of Austria's 6 million people were Germans who favored unification with Germany.
    • German troops marched in to Austria unopposed.
    • The U.S. and the rest of the world did nothing.

  • Germany's Annexation of the Sudetenland

    Germany's Annexation of the Sudetenland
    • Germany needed more land for resources
    • Hitler invited French premier and British prime minister Neville Chamberlain to meet with him in Munich.

  • The Munich Pact

    The Munich Pact
    • Hitler said that the annextion of the Sudetenland would be his "last territorial demand."
    • Daladier adn Chamberlain believed Hitler and signed the pact, which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany.

  • Hitler's Annexation of Czechoslovakia

    Hitler's Annexation of Czechoslovakia
    • Hitler was not finished expanding the Third Reich.
    • German troops poured into what remained of Czecholslovakia.
    • "Czechoslovachia has ceased to exist." - Hilter

  • The Miracle at Dunkerk

    The Miracle at Dunkerk
    -German offensive trapped almost 400,000 British and French soldiers as they fled to the beaches at Dunkerk.
    - In less than a week, ferried about 330,000 British, French, and Belgian troops to safety across the Channel.

  • The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

    The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
    • Tensions rose over Poland
    • Stalin signed pact which agreed that Russia and Germany would never attack on eachother.
    • Pact also stated that Germany and the Soviet Union would divide Poland between them.

  • Germany's Invasion of Poland

    Germany's Invasion of Poland
    • The German Luftwaffe, German airforce, roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railrods, and cities.
    • This invasion was the first test of Germany's new military strategy: Blitzkrieg.
      • Lightening War

  • The Phony War

    The Phony War
    • For the next several months, French and British troops sat staring at Germany waiting for something to happen, but nothing did.
    • Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway, planning to strike at Great Britain.

  • The Fall of France

    The Fall of France
    • Italy joined the war on the side of Germany and invaded France from the south as Germany invaded Paris from the North.
    • Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender.
    • "France has lost a battle, but France has not lost the war" - Charles De Gaulle

  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    • Germans began to assemble an invasion fleet along the French coast.
    • Germany launched air war as well.