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Hitler ignored the Versailles Treaty and ordered Germany to re-arm, reintroducing military conscription.
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Adolf Hitler meets with his top military advisors to discuss plans of expanding the German Empire.
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Hitler puts his plans into motion with the invasion of Austria, facing no opposition. A day later, he claims union with the country.
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The Munich Agreement is signed between Hitler and Daladier and Chamberlain, two French powers. This agreement states that Nazi Germany would get Sudetenland without any opposition.
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Hitler and his troops march into the rest of Czechoslovakia and proceeds to take over the rest of the country.
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Just over a week after taking Czechoslovakia, Hitler begins to move into Memel, Lithuania. Lithuania was completely unable to prevent this invasion. Later that spring, Hitler begins to make demands for Poland.
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Germany invaded Poland under the false pretext that the Polish had carried out a series of sabotage operations against German targets. This was the first aggressive attack by the Nazis.
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Just two days after the attack on Poland, France and the United Kingdom, along with British controlled lands, declare war on Nazi Germany.
