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He described the alliance of Germany and Italy as an "Axis".
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An agreement that concluded first between Germany and Japan and then between Italy, Germany, and Japan, ostensibly directed against the Communist International (Comintern) but, by implication, specifically against the Soviet Union.
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Chamberlain of Britain and Daladier of France agree to German annexation of part of Czechoslovakia.
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Instituted on 18 October 1938, the medal commemorated the union of the Sudetenland to Germany.
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In this pact they both gave their own diametrically opposed ideologies.
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To Hitler, the conquest of Poland would bring Lebensraum, or “living space,” for the German people. According to his plan, the “racially superior” Germans would colonize the territory and the native Slavs would be enslaved.
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On this day in 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
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On this day in 1939, Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov declares that the Polish government has ceased to exist, as the U.S.S.R. exercises the “fine print” of the Hitler-Stalin Non-aggression pact—the invasion and occupation of eastern Poland.
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German warships enter major Norwegian ports, from Narvik to Oslo, deploying thousands of German troops and occupying Norway. At the same time, German forces occupy Copenhagen, among other Danish cities.
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With Paris fallen and the German conquest of France reaching its conclusion, Marshal Henri Petain replaces Paul Reynaud as prime minister and announces his intention to sign an armistice with the Nazis.