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Hitler reocuppies the Rhineland
Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by sending German military forces into the Rhineland. -
The Anschluss: Austria annexed to the Third Reich
Hitler crossed border into Austria as Germany usurped the country into its empire. -
Hitler meets with British Prime Minister
Adolf Hitler meets with British Prime Mmister Neville Chamberlain and states his demand that Czechoslovakia yield the Sudetenland, a refion of Czechoslovakia with a large German population. -
Germany and Soviet Union sign non-agression pact
Germany signed this treaty with the Societs because they realized how many allies the Soviets had. -
Nazi Germany invades Poland, starting WW2
Germany started the war on this day by invading Poland. -
German-Soviet Boundary and Friendship Treaty
The two parties came up with this treaty after the downfall of Poland so that peace and order could be re-established. -
Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain
As Germany invsdes Holland and Belgium, Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain. -
Hitler gains victory over France
Germany and France signed an armstice that gave Germany control of its allie France. -
Invasion of Soviet Union
Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in the largest German miliary operation of WW2. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese made a surprise attack on the American naval port of Pearl Harbor which warranted American intervention in the war
