Start of WW II

Hitler

Jan 1, 1935

Hitler began ignoring the T of V. He started to build up the military in Germany.

Anschluß

Mar 12, 1938

Germany annexes Austria

Munich Conference

Sep 29, 1938

Appeasement, Britian and France woud not help Czechoslovakia fight Germany

Danzig

Oct 21, 1938

90% german, Hitler wanted it, Poland said no.

Czechoslovakia

Mar 1, 1939

Germany sent troops in and split up Czechoslovakia, Germany took part of Czechoslovakia for itself.

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Aug 23, 1939

non-aggression between USSR and Germany, secret deal for poland to be split between them.

Poland, Britain, France

Sep 1, 1939

britain and france said they would help poland if germany invaded it, so poland didnt give germany what it wanted and germany invaded, britain and france declared war, WWII was started

Phony War

Sep 16, 1939

Britian and France waited behind the Maginot Line and Germany focused on Poland and defeated it

Blitzkrieg

Sep 27, 1939

lightning warfare, super fast attacks, Germany used it Poland at Warsaw, defeated them

Poland Fell

Oct 5, 1939

Poland defeted my Germany, split in half. Germany can now focus on other countries in the war

invasion of France

May 10, 1940

Britian defeated Poland then went around the Maginot line. invaded Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg first.

evacuation at dunkirk

Jun 4, 1940

german advance delayed for 3 days, 338,000 troops evacuated from dunkirk

french surrender

Jun 22, 1940

accepted in the same railway car the germans surrendered in form WW1

battle of britain

Jun 30, 1940

germans tried to invade britain with planes, british invented radar and stopped them