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Hitler, now the commander in chief of the Nazi Germany regime, decides to waltz into Austria. The Nazi Army is almost totally unopposed, because many Austrian citizens were German and actually favored unification with Germany. Terms: Unification, invasion, domination
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Hitler continued his campaign for world dominance. Knowing that there were about 3 million German speaking people in Czechoslovakia, Hitler knew Annexing the country would be beneficial for his plan to create more living space for Germans. Hitler achieved domination of the Czechs by declaring that they had been abusing the Sudeten Germans. Terms: Abuse of power, Annex, media propaganda
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Britain and France has previous agreements to protect Czechoslovakia if anything were to happen to them. Hitler invited the French Premier, Édouard Daladier, and British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain to a meeting. Hitler told the two that his invasion and annexing of Czechoslovakia was his last demand of territory. The P.M. and Premier eagelry signed the agreement to avoid war, but essentially turned over the Sudeten land over to Germany
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Hitler once again marches into what's left of Czechoslovakia, violating the Munich agreement. Hitler now had full control of Czechoslovakia and Austria.
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Hitler uses media propaganda to declare that Poland was mistreating German speaking citizens in the country. Tensions quickly rose in Poland.
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Stalin surprisingly signed the Nonaggression agreement with Hitler, whom was formerly a bitter enemy. Germany and Russia had now agreed to never fight each other, and secretly agreed to split Poland equally.
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The German air force roared across the skies, dumping bombs on military bases, buildings, cities, and airfields. At the same time, German tanks rolled through towns, causing destruction and terror, and killing civilians. This was also a test of Blitzkrieg warfare, a creation of the German military which included swift and powerful attacks that lasted short periods of time. After this attack, Poland ceased to exist, and the war had officially started. Terms: Blitzkrieg, Luftwaffe,
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Stalin began to annex the countries of eastern Europe, including Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Late in 1939, Stalin sent his Soviet army into Finland. After three months of fighting, the Fins surrendered.
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Hitler once again used propaganda to sway people in his favor. He told his people that Germany was launching the attack on Denmark and Norway in order to protect those countries freedom and independence. Hitler was actually planning on building bases along their coasts, so Germany could attack Britain. Terms: Invasion, Surprise, Coastal bases
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The German offensive trapped more than 400,000 British and French soldiers, causing them to flee to the coasts of Dunkirk and the English channel. The British and French soldiers retreated and escaped, as Italy invaded France from the south, as the Germans closed in on Paris from the North.
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Hitler knew that his navy could not possibly compete with that of Britain. Because of this, he decided to launch a fleet of Arial attacks on Britain's air force. Hitler began bombing runs over London, every night for two months. Due to the new technological advancements of radar in Britain, many German planes were shot down before they could deliver attacks. Hitler called off the invasion indefinitely due to strong British push back. Terms: German Bombers, Royal Air Force, RAF
