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Hitler in 1935
Hitler has began to defy the Treaty of Versailles. He announced that Germany would rebuild a new air force and begin a military draft that would greatly extend its army - this was in direct violation of the treaty, -
Anschluss
This was the event in which Hitler sent troops into Austria in March and announced the unification of Austria and Germany.
This added to Germany's territory and was only the begining of Hitler's plan to gain control of Europe. -
Czechoslavakia
Hitler announced that Germany was taking claims of Sudetenland, an area of Czechoslovakia with a large German-speaking population. The Czechs strongly resisted Germany's demands. France threatened to fight Germany if they attacked Czechoslovakia.
This was the begining of WWII, Hitler was taking over other parts of Europe and not following promised treaties. -
Munich Conference
This confernece was held to decide Czechoslovakia's fate. Britain and France agreed to Hitler's demands, a policy that came to be know as an appeasement. They agreed to this to keep the peace.
They were wrong because this was only the start of Hitler's plan to rebel against the treaty and the Allied countries. -
Danzig
A month after the Munich Conference, Hitler demanded that the city of Dnazig be returned to German control. These new demands convinced France and Britain that war was possible. Later that year Hitler ordered the Germany army to prepare to invade Poland. He then ordered his foreign minister to begin nogotiations with the USSR.
This was a huge warning signal; Hitler was forming allies and taking over territory, war was on the way. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
Germany proposed a nonaggression treaty to the Soviets, and Stalin agreed. Both Hitler and Stalin had other intentions, other than a nonaggression acts, for signing the treaty.
Other countries saw that Hitler had done this so he could free himself for war against Britain and France.
This was the early begining of WWII. -
Poland, Britain & France
On September 1st, 1939 Germany invaded Poland and 2 days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany. This was the very begining of WWII. -
Poland's fall - Blitzkrieg
Germany unleashed Blitzkrieg, which was known as a lighting war because Germany used technology ti produce a highly mobile, fast-moving army that could coordinate multiple attacks, break through lines, and repaidly encircle enemy positions.
The Germans attacked Poland with great power. Poland tried to resist but their army was very outdated.
This was the start of Germany's rise in WWII, they easily took our even advanced countries with their new fighting plan. -
Bore/Phony War
Western Europe remained eerily quiet. This was called the "Bore War" or "Phony War"
The British sent troops to France and both countries remained on the defensive, waiting for Germany to attack.
This left the western countries scared and fearful, because they didn't know when or how the German's were going to attack. -
Fall of France
After WWI France had built a line of concrete bunkers and fortifications called the Maginot Line along the German border. Rather than risk their troops by attacking, the Frence preferred to wait behind the maginot Line for the German's to approach.
This was an extremly bad idea because it let Germany to concentrate on Poland first before turning to the west and because Hitler decided to go around the Maginot Line, which protected France's border with Germany but not's France's border with Belg. -
Evacuation at Dunkirk
After trapping the Allied forces in Belgium, the Germans began to drive them toward the English Channel. The only hope for Britain and France was to evacuate their surviving troops by sea. The Germans had captured all but one port, Dunkirk, in northern France neat the Belgain border. -
French Surrender
Germany took over northern France because they were not stong enough to fight against the Germans. They were only in the Northern part, but were in control of the whole country of France.
This was a bad sign; the Germans were defeating the Franch and British. The Allies needed help. -
Battle of Britain
This was the attack of Britain by the Germans. The Germans were bombing civilian citys, during the night when British armies weren't prepared. It was an extremly tragic air battle that had large casualities. The British responded by bombing Berlin the following day.
