German Expansion

Hitler's plan

Nov 5, 1937

Hilter met secretly with his top military services to planned to takeover Austria; Hilter's first target. He planned to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich. Hitler used force.

Overtaking Austria

Mar 12, 1938

German troops marched into Austria unopposed. Germany announced that it's union with austria was complete.

Munich Agreement

Sep 30, 1938

Hilter had the French premier Edouard Daladier and the British prime minister Neville Chamberlian meet him in Munich. They signed the Munich agreement, which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a shot being fired.

Germany and Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

German troops poured into the remains of Czechoslovakia.German dictator turned his land-hungry gaze torward Germanys neighbor poland

Germany and Russia

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and communistb Russia noew comitted never to attack each other. Germany and Soviet Union also signed a second, secret pact, agreeing to didvide Poland between them.

Attack

Sep 1, 1939

The German Luftwaffe or German air force roared over Poland. Raining bombs on military bases, airfeilds, railroads, and cities.

Germany got attacked

Sep 3, 1939

Britian and France declare war on Germany

Italy entered war

Jun 9, 1940

Italy entered war on the side of Germany and invaded France from the South as Germans closed in on Paris from the north.

German offensive

Jun 14, 1940

German offensive trapped almost 400,000 British and French soliders they fled to the beaches of Dunkirk on the French side of the English Channel. It took less than a week for 800 vessels in all ferried about 330,000 British,French,and Belgian troops to safety across the channel.

France fell

Jun 15, 1940

After France fell French general Charles de Gaulle fled to England to set up a government-in-exile.

Hitler surrendered

Jun 22, 1940

World watched Hitler hand French officers his terms of surrender.

German invasion

Jul 1, 1940

In the Summer of 1940 Germans began to assembke an invasion fleet along theb French Coast.

Germans attack

Aug 15, 1940

Approximately 2,000 German Planes ranged over Britain. The Ball of Britain raged on through the summer.

RAF

Sep 1, 1940

The RAF shot down over 185 German planes; at the same time,they lost only 26 aircrafts.

Hitler called it off

Oct 4, 1940

Hitler called off the invasion of Britain indefinitely.