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Hitler secretly meets with military advisors to invade Austria and Czechoslovakia. Key Players: Hitler, Top Military Generals.
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Germany marches into Austria with no opposition. The rest of the world does nothing. Winston Chruchill says that Hitler willnot stop there. Key Players: Germany and Austria.
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Germany announced that its union with Austria, or anschluss, is created.
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Daladier and Chamberlain sign the Munich Agreement. This permitted the annexation of Czechoslovakia along the border where German speaking people live.
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Germany sends soldiers into Czechoslovakia. The rest of the world remains silent.
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On this date, Hitler and the leader of Russia, Josef Stalin, meet and sign a non-aggression pact. A second secret pactis signed to split Poland between the two countries.
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German Luftwaffe (Air Force) rains bombs on Poland while tanks advance through the countryside causing mass terror and confusion. Blitzkreig (Lightening War) is proved to be effective.
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Britain, France, and Poland declare war on Germany. This marks the start of the most brutal war in the history of mankind.
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Hitler launches a surprise assault on Denmark and Norway.
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Hitler hands French military officers his terms of surrender. This established German control in North and West France. This encompassed all ports around the English Channel and the Atlantic. The rest of the country is left to be governed by the French government. These conditions are accepted.
