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Adolf Hitler met secretly with his top military advisers
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German troops marched into Austria and later took it over
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The Munich agreement was signed. Which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany
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German troops take over Czechoslovakia
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Hitler began saying that Germans were mistreated in Poland
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Stalin and Hitler signed the Nonaggression pact which means they will never attack each other
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A 2nd secret pact was signed between Germany and the Soviet Union that divided Poland between them
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The German troops invaded Poland with their new military strategy the "blitzkrieg" where they do surprise attacks using new military technology
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Britain and France declare war on Germany
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Several months after the fall of Poland, French and British troops sat on their Maginot Line and Germans sat on their Siegfried Line. This was called sitzkrieg, sitting war, or Phony war
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Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway
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Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender
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By the end of May Hitler overran the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
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Around 2000 German planes ranged over Britain, every night for 2 months the bombers pounded London
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The RAF shot down over 185 German planes
