German Expansion Timeline

  • Unification

    Unification

    Hitler had a plan to unify Austria and Czechoslovakia because he needed more land to grow and prosper.
  • Munich

    Munich

    Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, signed the Munich agreement which turned the sudden land over German with no war intensions. This was Hitlers ¨last territorial demand.¨
  • Hitlers Not Finished

    Hitlers Not Finished

    German troops went into Czechoslovakia and destroyed it. Hitler then turned to Poland. He persuaded the people protection while risking ear with France and Britain.
  • Nonaggression Pact

    Nonaggression Pact

    Germany and Russia signed a pact to not attack each other. Germany and the Soviet Union split Poland to avoid further two-front wars
  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg was a new military strategy. In order to test it, the German Air Force bombed Poland´s military bases, railroads, and cities. This spread terror and confusion.
  • World War ll

    World War ll

    The attack on Poland declared war by Britain and France on Germany. By the end, Poland ceased to exist and World War ll had begun.
  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain

    Germans put together an invasion on French coast. Their naval power couldn´t compare with Britain´s so they launched air war.
  • Surprise Invasion

    Surprise Invasion

    Hitler enforced a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway in order to protect freedom and independence. His real plan was to build bases along coasts to strike at Great Britain.
  • Compiegne

    Compiegne

    Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender.
  • Britain´s Comeback

    Britain´s Comeback

    The Royal Air Force shut down over 185 German planes. Hitler called off the invasion.They also bombed some German cities.