"The Road to WW II"

The Road to WW II

Period: Jan 1, 1936 to Aug 30, 1939

The Invasion of The Rhineland

Mar 7, 1936

Hitler sent troops to the Rhineland to remilitarize the lands , knowing that they weren't ready for a war. If French troops resisted it they would easily smash the Germans troops but they didnt and Hitler took the control of the Rhineland

French and British emergency sessions

Mar 7, 1936

The day of the ocupation British and French minister decided not to fight

The 'Anschluss'

Feb 12, 1938

Austria was in crisis. Local nazis wanted to create chaos in Austria by killing the German embassador hoping that in the turmoil German goverment would take over Austria. So Chancellor Schuschnigg met Hitler for Crisis talks.As a result of this meeting a plebiscitee was announce k.

German army invade Austria

Mar 11, 1938

Schuschnigg announced that there would be a plebiscite in Austria to decide whether Austrian wanted their country to remain independent. The plebiscite couldn' t take place because Hitler invaded Austria on 11 March

Hitler went Home

Mar 12, 1938

Hitler himself crossed into Austria to his home town of Linz where he delivered a speech and was greeted by a crowd .

Czech crisis

Mar 28, 1938

Hitler gave Henlein instructions to create a crisis over Czechoslovakia

Chamberlain meet Hitler in Germany

Sep 15, 1938

They agreed that German take over would be peacefull and he would respect Czech snd Slovakia areas

Munich agreement

Sep 29, 1938

Italyan Franch and British representative meet Hitler at Munich and agreed a peaceful solution to the crisis over Czechoslovakia

Hitler´s Czech invation

Oct 1, 1938

Germans trops marched into the Sudetenland unopposed