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Treaty of Munich
Hitler, Chamerlian, Daladier of France, and Mussolini of Italy had a meeting in Munich and they all agreed that Hitler should have the Sudentland of Czech. No one representing the Czechs and then they realized no country would help them they were forced to surrender to Germany. Hitler signed a paper that proclaimed. "peace in our time". -
hitler invades czechoslovakia
despite what hitler said in the treaty of munich, he went on and invaded czechoslovakia and ocupied the whole country. This started orld war 2, because it was the first cuntry he invaded. -
britian and france declear war in germany
War was decleard on Germany by France in brittan. Neville Chamberlain announced on a brodcast that war started. Although in the folllowing months brittan souht no miltary action on Germany so this was called the "phoney war" -
Chamberlain resigns
After pressure from Labour members for a more active prosecution of the war and Winston Churchhill beccsme the new head of wartime coalition government Chamberlian resigned. Chamberlian gave Churchhill his unserved support Ernest Bevin was made minester of LAbour and recruited workers for the factories and stepped up coal production. Lord Beaverbrook minister of Aircraft Production increased production of fighter Aircrafts -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
German and Italian troops attacked Yugoslavia, Greece and the island of Crete. German field Marshall Erwin Rommel led the axis powers back to North Africa. -
Italy surrenders
Mussolini had been thrown out of office and the new government of Italy surrendered to the British and the USA. Germany and Italy agreed to join allies and the germans took control of the Italian army. The germans also freed Mussolini from imprisonment and set him up as head of a puppet government in Northern Italy. And that blocked allied advance through Italy. -
D-Day
In Normady, Western France Allies attacked Germany. Thousands of transports carried an invasion army under the supreme command of general Eisenhower to the Normandy beaches. The Germans who had been fed false information about a landing near Calais, rushed troops to the area but were unable to prevent the allies from forming a solid bridgehead. IT was essential for the allies to capture a first port. -
German forces surrender
In North west germany, Holand, and Denmark German forces surrender to Montgomery on Luneburg Heath Admiral Donitz, whom Hitler had nominated as his successor, tried to reach agreement to surrender to the Western allies but to continue to fight the Russians. His request was refused. -
Russia and Germany sign a pact
Hitler and Satlin signed a pact which includes secret clauses for the divisonn of poland. -
hitler invaded poland
Hitler invaded poland in septemeber 1st 1939. After the war the Soviet Union dividing and annexing the whole of Poland.
