-
Hitler Talks to Military Advisors
Hitler told his military advisors that they needed to take their neighbors land. He wanted to take over Austria and Czech into the third Reich -
Austrian March
Germans March into Austria. -
Munich Agreement Signed
The French Premier Edoward Daladier and British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement, where Sudetenland turned over to Germans -
Invasion on Czech
As dawn broke on March 15, 1939, German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia. -
Changing Poland
In the spring of 1939, Hitler began his familiar routine, charging that Germans in Poland were mistreated by the Poles and needed his protection. -
Peace
Once bitter enemies, on August 23, 1939 fas-cist Germany and communist Russia now committed never to attack each other. -
German Attack
As day broke on September 1, 1939, the German Luftwaffe, or German air force, roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities. -
The Soviets
Late in 1939, Stalin sent his Soviet army into Finland. After three months of fighting, the outnumbered Finns surrendered. -
Surprise Attack
Suddenly, on April 9, 1940, Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order “to protect [those countries’] freedom and independence -
The French Coast
In the summer of 1940, the Germans began to assemble an invasion fleet along the French coast. Because its naval power could not compete with that of Britain, Germany also launched an air war at the same time.
