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Hitler met secretly with top military advisers, saying that in order to grow and prosper Germany needed the land of its neighbors. He would risk war for this.
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German troops marched onto Austrian soil without any opposition. A day later, Germany announced that its Anschluss, or in other words, its “union” with Austria was complete.
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The Munich Agreement was an agreement between France, England and Germany. When it was signed, it released Sudetenland over to Germany without any bloodshed.
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Germany invaded Czechoslovakia, taking over whatever and whoever remained that was not overturned during the Munich Agreement.
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The nonaggression pact was signed. It was an agreement between both Russia and Germany that neither country would attack each other.
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Germany attacked Poland using a new invasion strategy -- the blitzkrieg. The German aiir force dropped bombs over Polish soil while German tanks rolled across the countryside; this stirred both confusion and terror.
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Hitler launched surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway. This surprise invasion might've been because Hitler wished to get closer to Brittan and France during wartime.
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After a long battle and countless invasion, Hitler offers the French his terms of surrender. Ultimately, the French surrender and majority of their land is overturned.
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Because Germany cannot defeat Britain by sea alone, it simutanuously invades Britain by sea and air. This is a seemingly endless exchange between both countries.
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RAF (the Royal Air Force, Britain) shot down over 185 German planes. Six weeks later, Hitler called off the invasion of Britain.
