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Hitler called his top military advisors to a meeting. Here they discussed that to be a prosperous country, Germany must conquer Austria and Czechoslovakia.
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German troops marched into Austria unopposed.
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Germany announced that they had taken over Austria. This was accomplished the day after first invading the country.
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Hitler had called a meeting with Edouard Daladier(premier of France) and Neville Chamberlain(prime minister of Great Britian) to discuss their alliance with Czechoslovakia an persuade them not to defend them. He continued to lie about Czechoslovakians abusing Sudetan Germans, therefore making his invasion justified.
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The Munich Agreement turned Sudetan land over to Germany. Neville Chamberlain thought that this would mean peace.
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Germany had finally taken control of Czechoslovakia.
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Facist Germany and Russia had signed the Nonaggression Pact and were an alliance from then on.
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Also known as the lighting war, blitzkrieg was the invasio of Poland, in part by German air force. This war was the first test of new military strategies.
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Also known as the sitting war, there was VERY little aggression.
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Hitler launched an invasion on Denmark and Norway. Denmark was incredibly successful with helping their people.
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Hitler surrenders! All surrendering papers were signed this day.