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Hitler's Secret Meeting
Hitler meets secretly with his top military advisors, he declared that in order to become greater Germany will need to overpower and take the land of its neighbors. -
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German Expansion
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The First March
German Troops marched into Austria unopposed. Germany makes a 'Anschluss' (union) with Austria. Austria was a federal state of Germany until the end of World War II. -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was signed by Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and Italy. This Agreement turned over Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. -
Czech government resigns
Gernman troops ocupy the studentland. 3 million germans lived in sudenten. Many of them became nazis and supported Adolph Hitler. -
Kristallnact ( the night of broken glass)
Mob violence broke out, Nazi troopers beat and murdered jews, they broke into home, churches, and stores. This particular attack is one of the most famous attacks on Jewish people. This attack was the start of the "extermination" of Jewish people. -
threatning speech
Hitler made a speech that made a public threat against jews. "Annihilation of the jewish race in europe"- Adolf Hitler This was part of his Reichstag speech -
German Troops on the move
German Troops were sent into what was left of Czechoslovakia. Hitler threatened a bombing raid against the Czech capital, unless he recieved free passage for German troops into Czech borders. German troops then poured into Bohemia and Moravia. -
Spring of 1939
Hitler said that Germans were being mistreated by the Poles in Poland and needed his protection. -
Non-Agression Pact
Facist Germany and Communist Russia commited to never attack one another. This agreement was the Non-Agression Pact. Hitler believed that the Soviet Union was the only power that could take him down so he found a common intrest with the Soviet Union and together they made the Non-Agression Pact. -
German Airforce
The German airforce flew over Poland and droped bombs on millitary, airfields, railroads, and cities. -
War on Germany
Britain and France declare war on germany. These countries declared war because of Hitlers invasion of Poland. Hitler did not expect Britian or France to react to the invasion of Poland but they did. The United States remained neutral. -
Late 1939
Joseph Stalin sent his soviet army into Finland after three months the Finns were forced to surrender because they were outnumbered. -
Overrun
Hitler Launched a suprise invasion of Denmark and Norway. Hitler wanted to build bases along the coast so that they could strike Great Britian. Next Hitler turned against the Netherlands,Belgim, and Luxemburg. They were overrun by the end of May -
Nazi invasion
Nazis invade France, Belgium, Luxembourg and the netherlands. Winston Churchill becomes british prime minister. -
Roosevelt
Roosevelt was re elected as the united states president. -
Air raid on London
Massive German air raid on London. German fire- bombing caused mass destruction and ruined the landscape.
