German Expansion

By Sarah bethie

  • November 5, 1937

    -Hitler met with his strong military leaders
    -Said that he wanted land of their neighbors
    -Wanted Austria and Czechoslovakia
    -Said that Germany needed to take risks

  • march 12, 1938

    • German troops march into Austria -Next day they were united with Austria -Us and the rest of the world did nothing about it

  • September 30, 1938

    -To avoid war, The Munich agreement turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a shot being fired

  • March 15, 1939

    • German troops poured into Czechoslovakia

  • August 23, 1939

    -Germany and Russia agreed to never attack eachother

  • September 1, 1939

    -German air force roared over Poland
    -Dropped bombs on all their military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities

  • September 3, 1939

    -Britain and France declared was on germany

  • April 9, 1940

    -Surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway

  • June 22, 1940

    -Hitler handed french officers his terms of surrender
    -William Shirer and the rest of the world saw

  • Summer of 1940

    -Germany began to assemble an invasion fleet along the french coast

  • August 15, 1940

    -2,000 German planes flew over Britain
    -2 solid months they flew
    -Bombers pounded London

  • September 15, 1940

    -The RAF shot down 185 German Planes
    -They lost 26 aircrafts