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Hitler calls for a secret meeting with his advisers to tell them that Germany needs more Lebensraum (living space) and his plans to acquire Czechoslovakia and Austria.
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The term Anschluss meaning connection was used for Germany's campaign to take Austria. 2/3 of Austria's population spoke German and had no problem with Germany taking over. A day later Austria was a part of Germany.
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Edouard Daladier, Neville Chamberlain and Hitler sign the Munich Pact. The Munich Pact gave portions of Czechoslovakia to Germany that became Sudetenland. Winston Churchill saw this as an act of appeasement from the towering
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Germany had already took Sudetenland through the Munich Agreement all that was left was the rest of Czechoslovakia. After threatening the president of Czechoslovakia with a bombing raid of Prague he got his wish of getting Czechoslovakia.
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Tensions were rising between Germany and Russia over Poland. In turn Joseph Stalin signed the German Soviet Non Aggression Pact. This made sure that Germany and Russia wouldn't attack each other for ten years. However it was broken in 1941 when Hitler invaded Russia. Hidden in the Pact was a plan on how they were going to divvy up Eastern Europe.
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The Luftwaffe begin the attack by blitzkrieg, lighting war. This event fires off the start of World War II.
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Poland's allies of France and Great Britain declare war on Nazi Germany.
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Germany to get more Lebensraum invaded France and the Low Countries of the Netherlands and Belgium
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France signed an armistice with Germany taking effect on June 25.
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Called the Blitz Germany begins an 8 month bombing campaign on Britain. Bombing London resulted in numerous deaths and multiple people being homeless.
