WWII

Germany's Anschluss with Austria

Mar 13, 1938

-Majority of German speaking people living in Austria wanted to join the New German Republic
-Austria was renamed Ostmark

The Munich Pact

Sep 29, 1938

-Agreement permitting the Nazi's to take arms against Czechoslovakia
-Agreement was negotiated at a conference in Munich, Germany

Germany's Annexation of the Sudetenland

Oct 21, 1938

-Jews widely persecuted that lived in the Sudetenland
-Sudetenland consisted of three political districts: Eger, Aussig, and Troppau

Hitler's Annexation of Czechoslovakia

Mar 16, 1939

-Nazi's controled Sudetenland, (Northern/Western border regions) under terms of the Munich Agreement
-Munich Agreement: permitted the Nazi German annexation of Sudetenland

The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

Aug 19, 1939

-Also known as the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact
-Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland without worry Soviet-Union interaction

Germany's Invasion of Poland

Sep 1, 1939

-Destroyed Poland within weeks
-Attacked Poland with more than 2,000 tanks and 1,000 airplans

The Phony War

Sep 2, 1939

-Lack of military operations by the Western Allies
-British liner SS Athenia was torpedoed

The Fall of France

May 10, 1940

-Ended the Phoney War
-Battle Consisted of: Fall Gelb (Case Yellow) and Fall Rot (Case Red)

The Miracle at Dunkirk

May 26, 1940

-British code-named Operation Dynamo
-Winston Churchhill ordered that men be evacuated from the beaches and harbor of Dunkirk, France

The Battle of Britain

Jul 10, 1940

-First major compaign fought by mainly airforces
-Main Targets: Shipping Centres and Coastal shipping convoys