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Hitler took control of Germany after getting government officials to both side for him and speak for him -
Nazi propagandists falsely claimed that Poland had been planning, with its allies Great Britain and France, to encircle and dismember Germany. -
They only invaded because they had there ¨blood brothers¨ stuck there so they invaded poland to get them out -
Warsaw surrenders to German troops, Poland holds out for 9 days before surrendering -
British cruisers defeat a German pocket battleship at the Battle of the River Plate, the first major naval engagement of World War II. -
Germany invades Norway, ending a 6-month period of limited land operations called the “Phony War.” -
Winston Churchill replaces Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister. The same day, Germany invades Belgium. (May 26-June 4) -
The trapped British army evacuates to England from Dunkirk, France, surviving to fight another day. -
Paris falls to German forces. France capitulates 11 days later. -
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, starting war with the US. Sensing weakness, Hitler declares war on America 4 days later.
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