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Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.
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Germany announces 'Anschluss' with Austria.
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Nazis take over Czechoslovakia.
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Britin and France agreed to Hitlers demands for exchange for peace.
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The nonagresstion pack was signed by Germany and the USSR. The Nazi's lied.
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Germany invaded Poland and two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany.
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Germany took Poland, so France and Great Britain declared war on them and Germany invaded France. The French waited behind the Maginot Line and waited for Germans to approach.
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The Germans used a new type of warfare called Blitzkrieg, or "lighting war".
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The Polish army could not repel the attack
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The British called the war in Poland the "Boer War" and the American newspapers called it the "Phony War"
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Britain and France had to evacuat their troops by sea, but the Germans had captured all but one port, Dunkirk.
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Hitler accepted the French surrender.
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German air force began to attack British shipping on the English Channel. Later, the launched an all-out air battle to destroy the Royal Air Force.
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Soviet troops capture Danzig.
