Matthew, Katelyn, Johnny By mzettlemoyer Mar 7, 1936 Hitler reoccupys the Rhineland Rhineland: A demiliterized zone boardering France Period: Mar 7, 1936 to May 10, 1940 World War II Mar 14, 1938 Hitler is welcomed into Austria Hitler is welcomed into Austria and gives a speech from Vienna Oct 10, 1938 Hitler claims the Sudatenland, the German speaking part of Czechoslovakia Mar 15, 1939 German army mves into the rest of Czechoslovakia Aug 23, 1939 Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression treaty Includes partitioning of Poland in the event of a war Sep 1, 1939 German forces invade Poland Sep 3, 1939 Danzig, the main Polish port city and major focus of Hitler's plan, is captured Sep 7, 1939 England and France, who had treaties with Poland, declare war on Germany Sep 28, 1939 Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is captured May 10, 1940 Chamberlin resigns as British Prime Minister