German Expansion

  • Hitler's Secret Meeting

    Hitler's Secret Meeting

    Hitler had a secret meeting to talk about absorbing Austria and Czechoslovakia.
  • Austria Taken

    Austria Taken

    German Troops marched unopposed. Hitler then announced a day later that it's union.
  • Germany Takes Over Czechoslovakia

    Germany Takes Over Czechoslovakia

    The Munich Agreement was signed between Germany and the Czechs, this agreement turned the Sudetenland (refers to the northern, southwest, and western areas of Czechoslovakia) over to Germany without a shot ever being fired.
  • Mistreated Germans

    Mistreated Germans

    Hitler began his familiar routine, charging that Germans in Poland were mistreated by the Poles and the Germans living there needed his protection.
  • Taking Czechoslovakia

    Taking Czechoslovakia

    German troops poured into the remaining lands of Czechoslovakia.
  • Best Friends

    Best Friends

    Germany and Russia committed to never attack each other.
  • WAR

    WAR

    War was declared on Germany by Poland, Britain, and France. Mainly because Germany started to test it's fast striking military strategy "Blitzkrieg."
  • Surprise!

    Surprise!

    Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway to "Protect freedom and independence of those countries."
  • Germany on the French Coast

    Germany on the French Coast

    Germans began to assemble an invasion fleet among the west coast.
  • The RAF

    The RAF

    The Royale Air Force shot down over 185 German planes and only lost 26 aircrafts, Hilter then called off the invasion of Britain indefinelty.