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Hitler declared that to grow and prosper Germany needed the land of neighboring countries. He planned to absorb Czechoslovakia into the "Third Reich".
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Hitlers troops marched int Austria and unopposed. The next day Germany announced that its "union with Austria was complete.
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Daladier and Chamberlain agreed with Hitlers appeasement which turned Sudetenland over to Germany.
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At nightfall Hitler gloated"Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist."
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Poland were mistreated by the Poles and needed his protection. Some people thought Hitler was bluffing. After all attacking Poland might cause conflict with the Soviet Union Poland's eastern neighbor.
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Germany and Russia agreed to never attack each other. Also Germany and the Soviet Union signed a second, secret pact, agreeing to divide Poland between each other.
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The German Luftwaffe roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities.
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Hitler launched surprise invasions on Denmark and Norway in order to protect freedom ans independence. But Hitler planned to build bases along the coast of great Britain.
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William Shirer and the world watched, Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender.
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RAF shot down 185+ airplanes , at the same time, they lost 26 aircraft. Six weeks later Hitler called off the invasion of Britain indefinitely.
