German Expansion Timeline

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  • Hitler meeting

    Hitler met secretly with his top military advisers. He declared that to grow and prosper, Germany needed the land of its neighbors.

  • Germans invade Austria

    German troops marched into Austria unopposed.

  • Britain and France signed an agreement with Germany

    Britain and France signed the Munich Agreement. It turned Sudetenland over to Germany.

  • German attack Czéchoslovakia

    German troops poured into what remained of Czéchoslovakia.

  • Hitler and Stalin meet

    Stalin and Hitler signed a nonaggression pact. And they would split Poland.

  • Blitzkrieg in Poland

    German air forces bombed Poland. And at the same time German tanks attacked Poland as well. A blitzkrieg was a term for lighting war.

  • Britain and France declares war

    Britain and France declared war on Germany. But they were too late because they couldn’t help defend Poland fast enough.

  • Attack on Denmark and Norway

    Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway. He said that the reason why is that it is to protect Denmark and Norway freedom and independence. But the real reason was to build bases to strike at Great Britain.

  • France surrender

    France was forced to surrender to Germany. Germany would control the northern part of France and control the government.

  • RAF protects Britain

    RAF shot down over 185 Germany planes. The RAF is the Britain’s Royal Air Force. They used radar to plot the Germans flight path.