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Hitlare declared that to grow and prosper, Germany needed the land of it's neighbors. He planned to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich.(Third Reich - Hitlers administration that planned to rule the world) He wanted to use this new land for his own people to live on.
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Germany invaded Austria unopposed with no loss of blood on either side.
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Germany announced its Anschluss, or "union," with Austria was complete. The United Staes and the rest of the world did nothing.
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Signed the Munich Agreement, which turned the Sudentenland over to Germanywithout a single shot being fired.
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German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia.
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Said that the Germans in Poland needed his protection, but some people knew this could result in a two-front war.
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Fascist Germany and communist Russia committed to never attacking each other
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Germany attacked Poland by raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities. German tanks rushed along the Polish country side.
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Britain and France declare war on Germany.
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Germany invades Denmark and Norway
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Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender
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Germans begin to assemble an invasion
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"the Battle of Britain Day", RAF shot down over 185 Germans. They lost 26 aircrafts
