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Series of agreements whereby Germany, France, Belgium, Great Britain, and Italy mutually guaranteed peace in western Europe. Was signed on this day.
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On this day Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
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Military conscription was reintroduced on this day in open violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Hitler secretly meets with his advisors.
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Hitler made his next move: the Anschluss, with Austria. Germans were pouring into Austria, like hitting them with a storm
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Germany, France, Britain, and Italy had a confernce in Munich, Germany which they agreed to the German annexation of the Sudetenland in exchange for a pledge of peace from Hitler
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Hitler violated the Munich agreement and moved against the Czechoslovak state
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On this day German troops suddenly occupied Memel. Lithuania was unable to prevent this occupation. Hitler also raised territorial demands on Poland in the spring of 1939.
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On this day Hitler occupied Prague, and the entirety of Czechoslovakia was gone.
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On June 22, 1941, 4 million German troops poured over the Russian border. Within one month, 2.5 million Russians had been killed, wounded or captured. This was also called Operation Barbarbossa
