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Hitler invasion the Rhineland
In 1935, Hitler's plans to strengthen Germany and undermine the Treaty of Versailles were given a boost when the German-speaking Saar region voted to reunite with Germany. The region, important for coal production, had previously been removed from German control as a term of Versailles to weaken Germany industrially.
When the leading European nations did not react to this violation of Versailles, Hitler was encouraged to see how far he could go in breaking other terms of Versailles. -
Hitler seizes all of Czechoslovakia
Hitler threatened a bombing raid against Prague, the Czech capital, unless he obtained from Hacha free passage for German troops into Czech borders. He got it. That same day, German troops poured into Bohemia and Moravia. The two provinces offered no resistance, and they were quickly made a protectorate of Germany. By evening, Hitler made a triumphant entry into Prague.The significant of this event is to have more land for Germany and getting more man to be solders with the Nazis . -
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression pact
Shortly before World War II (1939-45) broke out in Europe–enemies Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. With Europe on the brink of another major war, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) viewed the pact as a way to keep his nation on peaceful terms with Germany, while giving him time to build up the Soviet military. -
Miracle at Dunkirk
In 1939, after Nazi Germany invaded Poland, marking the beginning of the Second World War, the United Kingdom sent British troops – the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) – to aid in the defence of France, landing troops at Cherbourg, Nantes, and Saint-Nazaire. By May 1940 the force consisted of ten divisions in three corps under the command of General John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort. Working with the BEF were the Belgian Army and the French First, Seventh, and Ninth Armies. -
Operation Babarossa Begins
Operation Barbarossa was the code name for Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II, which was launched on Sunday 22 June 1941. The operation was driven by an ideological desire to conquer the Western Soviet Union so that it could be repopulated by Germans, to use Slavs as a slave labour force for the Axis war effort, to seize the oil reserves in the Caucasus and the agricultural resources throughout the Soviet territories. This happend to make the Nazis stronger. -
THE BATTLE OF ORSOGNA
The battles for Orsogna were among the most difficult of the Italian campaign.The New Zealand Div.,made up of two infantry and one armored brigade,was too weak in riflemen to overcome the German defences.A stalemate developed.The New Zealand official historian suggested that"the Germans were willing to sell ground, but only at a price the New Zealanders were not willing to pay."After losing1,200 men, including more than one-third of the division’s infantry'there was little choice.
