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They discussed taking over Austria and Czechoslovakia. When someone disagreed with the idea, Hitler said that the use of force is never without risk.
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Germans walked into Austria unopposed and later announced union with them.
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Hitler promised Sudetenland would be the "last territorial demand". The other two agreed to this arrangement because they were trying to avoid war. This became known as the Munich Agreement.
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Germans invaded what was left of Czechoslovakia, after they made the Munich Agreement.
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He claimed that Poland was mistreating the Germans that lived there.
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They signed what was called a nonaggression pact. This committed them to never being able to attack each other.
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This new strategy is called blitzkrieg, or lightening war. It takes advantage of all of the new technology advances in weapon machinery. He attacked Poland using this new strategy, which then caused Poland, Great Britain, and France to declare war on Germany.
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With Hitler invading other countries and countries declaring war on Germany, it was obvious that the war had begun.
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French and British troops waited on the Maginot Line, which is a system of fortifications built along France's border. While Germans waited on the Siegfried Line. They were both waiting for something to happen. This is known as the sitting war, or the phony war.
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Hitler invaded Denmark and Norway claiming to be protecting them. He was actually planning on building bases along the coast in an effort to attack Great Britain.
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Hitler turned against the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. The phony war had ended.
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France gives their terms of surrender to Hitler. This happened after Italy sided with Germany and aided them in the invasion.
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Germany begin to assemble an invasion fleet along the French coast.
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185 German planes were shot down and they were left with 26.
