German Expansion Timeline

Hitler meets secretly with his top military advisors

Nov 5, 1937

He wanted to grow nd prosper, taking over Austria and Czechoslovakia. One of his advisors said it could start war, he replied "The german question can be solved only by means of force, and this is never without risk."

German troops march into Austria unopposed

Mar 12, 1938

Germany announced that its union with Ausria was complete. The united states did nothing to stop this.

Signing of the munich agreement

Sep 30, 1938

This turned the sedetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired

German troops poured into what was left of Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

This then leaded the german dictator to turn to poland

Hitler begins his routine

May 10, 1939

stating that germans in poland were mistreated by the poles and needed his protection, people thought hitler was kidding.

Fascist germany and communist russia commited to never attack eachother

Aug 23, 1939

Germany and soviet union signed a second pact, agreeing to divide poland. Nonagression pact - stalint and hitler

German airforce roared over poland

Sep 1, 1939

Bombs on military, invasion was the first test of Germanys newest military strategy (Lightning war)

Declaring war

Sep 3, 1939

Britain and france declared war on germany after the lightning war in poland

Hitler launches invasion of denmark and norway

Apr 9, 1940

But really, he just wanted to build bases along the coasts to strike at Great Britain

Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender

Jun 22, 1940

Germans got the north part of france, when the nazi controlled the south part of france

Germans began to assemble on invasion fleet along the french coast

Jul 16, 1940

Germany also launched an air war at the same exact time

2,000 german planes ranged over britain

Aug 15, 1940

This lasted until fall, first in aimed at air fields, and it eventually led to cities.

RAF shot down 185 german planes

Sep 15, 1940

This lost 26 aircrafts