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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany, though his control is not assured until a full year later when the German priesident would die.
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The annexation of Austria by the Germans.
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The Werhmacht immeadiately move in to Czechoslovakia following the Anschluss of Austra.
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In an attempt to appease Germany. France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Germany agreed that the invasion of ethnic German portions of Czechoslovakia was fair.
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Nazis and Soviets sign a non-aggression pact and divide land between them.
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Germany uses the status of Danzig as a free state as an excuse to invade Poland, which was considered to be the de jure leige to the city.
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World War II begins with the German invasion of Poland.
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A period in early WWII in which the western allies (France and Britain) refrained from launching any dedicated offenses.
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The September campaign ends after the last defending forces surrender following a four-day battle.
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The Invasion of France begins as Germany attacks through Belgium to outflank the Maginot line an otherwise grand defensive strategy.
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The allied France and British forces are beaten out of Belgium to the last holding along a beach. With German forces moving in they are rescued by navy and civilian fleets in the nick of time.
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France surrenders to German forces.
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The Battle of Britain begins and ends with British air superiority, the first major victory and the turning point for the war.
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This marks the period of time in which Britain was under constant air raids by the German Luftwaffe.