-
Adolf Hitler meets with his top advisers
Hitler met with this group secretly. They discussed Hitler's strong ideas on growth and prosperity for Germany. Hitler said that in order to do so they needed the land from their neighbors. He planned to take over Austria and Czechoslovakia and turn them into the Third Reich. -
Anschluss
German troops marched into Austria on the 12th. A day after, Germany announced that their merge with Austria was complete. No one did anything about it. -
From want for Sudetenland to Ownership of Sudetenland
Sudetenland is the name for the mountainous regions in Czechoslovakia. In September, Hitler wanted to Annex Czechoslovakia for a couple of reasons. So, he made up stories of abuse against the Germans while he lined troops around the border. No one believed the stories. Britain and France still kept their protection on Czechoslovakia. -
Munich Agreement
French premier Édouard Daladier and British prime minister Neville Chamberlain are invited to go speak with Hitler. In this meeting Hitler told them this would be his "last territorial demand". To avoid war, they believed him and signed the Munich Agreement, which gave Germany the right to Sudetenland. Afterwards Chamberlain said, "My friends, there has come back from Germany peace with honor. I believe it is peace in our time.” -
The German Offensive Begins--- Hitler LIED he was NOT at his end
Troops were sent in to take up what was left of Czechoslovakia After, Hitler smugly said, “Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist.”. Then, still power and land obsessed, he started to fix his attention on Poland. -
Polish Spring
Hitler started to play his regular games. He made up stories of the Germans in Poland being mistreated and abused. However, people really did not believe him this time because Poland was so close with the Soviet Union. It would have to of caused a global war between the countries. -
Nonaggression Pact
Stalin and Hitler surprise the entire world signing a pact that they would not attack each other. They also signed a pact that would give them the opportunity to share Poland. -
Luftwaffe
The German air force drops bombs on Poland's major spots and roll in with tanks. -
Blitzkrieg
This was a new military strategy being tested that day by the Luftwaffe. The term means lightening war. It involves taking the fastest tanks and biggest aircraft. They BLITZ attack their enemies and destroy them. -
Britain and France declare war
Following the horrible acts in Poland. War has begun. -
Phony War Begins
Sitzkrieg, or sitting war, occurred. No bombs were dropped. No bombing took place, People were waiting to see what Germany was going to do -
Poland is gone.
Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov proclaims that the Polish government ceased to exist. -
Hitler's Surprise
Hitler attacks and invades Norway and Denmark to start making bases to attack Great Britain. -
Phony War Ends
The Phony War ended during Hitler's invasions of Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. -
Battle of Dunkirk
The Germans trap 400,000 British and French soldiers. Most of them fled to safety in a week time. -
Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg completely taken over
By the 27th month of May, Hitler had invaded Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. -
France Falls
Germany and Italy invaded France. Hitler then gave France his terms of surrender, which included the Germans taking the Northern parts of France and it would be a Nazi controlled Government in the south. -
Battle of Britain
The Germans naval power came crashing down on Britain. However, Britain was very strong. This was a long, continuous, and hard battle. -
the RAF
The RAF is the Britain’s Royal Air Force. The main goal from the Luftwaffe was to take this force down. However, they were incredibly strong and fought back hard. On this day, the RAF took down 185 German aircraft while only losing 26 of their own. This made Hitler, later on, actually call of that invasion.
