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WW2 Timeline

By smackdaddy

  • Hitlers secret meeting

    Hitlers secret meeting
    Hitler met with top military advisers his adviser said "with the capture of Czechoslovakia and Austria would lead to war"
    Hitlers response was "the German question can be solved only by means of force, and this is never without risk."

  • German's March into Austria

    German's March into Austria
    German's marched into Austria unopposed. A day later, Germany announced that it's union with Austria was complete. The rest of the world did nothing.

  • Signed the Munich Agreement

    Signed the Munich Agreement
    The Munich Agreement turned Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired.

  • German Troops Invade Czechoslovakia

    German Troops Invade Czechoslovakia
    German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia. Hitler gloated, "Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist."

  • Germany and Russia

    Germany and Russia
    Fascist Germany and Communist Russia are now committed to never attack each other. They also signed a secret second pact that divided Poland between them.

  • German Luftwaffe

    German Luftwaffe
    German Luftwaffe roared over Poland raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads and cities. At the same time German tanks raced across the Polish countryside, spreading terror and confusion this invasion was the first test of blitzkrieg / lightening war.

  • Surprise Attack on Denmark and Norway

    Surprise Attack on Denmark and Norway
    Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway in order "to protect those countries freedom and independence." But in truth Hitler planned to build bases along the coast to strike at Great Britain.

  • Hitler's Surrender

    Hitler's Surrender
    At Compiegne, as William Shirer and the rest of the world watched, Hitler handed French officers his terms of Surrender. Germans would occupy the Northern part of France, and a Nazi-controlled puppet government, headed by Marshal Phillipe Petain, would be set up at Vichy, in Southern France.

  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    2,000 German planes ranged over Britain every night for two solid months. Bombers pounded London, the battle raged on through the summer and the fall, night after night German planes pounded British targets.

  • RAF Takes Over

    RAF Takes Over
    The RAF (Russian Air Force) Shoots down over 185 German Planes and loses only 26 aircrafts.