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The Ausytian Anschluss
In February 1938 Hitler threatened to invade German-speaking Austria unless Austrian Nazis were given important govt.posts.Hitler then sent in troops and announced the anschluss -
The Munich Crisis
at the Munich conference in,Britain and France agreed to Hitler's demands,they made concessions in exchange for peace.They felt that if they gave him what he wanted they would avoid war.but the appeasement failed and in 1939 Germany sent troops and divided the country -
Hitler demands danzing
Hitler demanded that the city of Danzig to be returned to German control.Hitler's new demands convinced Britain that the war was inevitable.On March 31 1939,Britain announced that if Poland went to war to defend its territory,they would aid them -
The Fall of France
while German troops parachuted into the Netherlands an army of tanks rolled into the Belgium and Luxembourg.The Germans easily smashed through the French lines hence the British and French armies were still stuck in Belgium -
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
Stalin believed the best way to protect the USSR was to turn a capitalist nations against each other.the treaty contained a secret deal to divide Poland between Germany and the Soviet Union.In -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland and 2 days later Britain and France declared war.The Polish army could not repel the attack as the Germans had better fighting tools.The Polish capital fell to the -
the evacuation at dunkirk
The only hope for Britain and France was to evacuate their surviving troops by sea but the Germans had captured them in Dunkirk.The British were able to save their troops and it was known as"miracle at dunkirk" -
The Battle of Britain
HItler expected Britain to negotiate peace after France surrendered but on June 4,1940 Churchill delivered speech vowing Britain would never give up.Hence Hitler declared invasion and they begun to attack Britain shipping in English channel in order to destroy royal air force.later Hitler cancelled the invasion after many loses
