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The Austrain Auschluss
Hitler wanted all german speaking nations in Europe to be a part of germany. Anschluss mean union -
The Munich Conference
The MUnich Coference is a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portoin of Czechoslavakia along the countrys borders mainly inhabited by german speakers which a new territorial designation "sudeterland" was coined -
the nazi soviet
the nonaggression pact between germany and soviet union divided eastern europe into german and soviet spheres of influence. john stalin was the soviet leader. soviets keep negotiations with britain and france but stalin chose to reach an agreement with germany. and by doing so it help keep the peace between them. hitler wanted a nonaggression pact with the soviet union so he could invade poland. in ended by the non aggression which was signed by ribbentrop and molotov in the presence of stalin w -
the Invasion of Poland
hitler resented the fact that poland had former german provinces west prussia, poznan, and upper silesia under the treaty of versailles during WWI. the polish army was defeated with weeks of the invasion from east prussia and germany using over 1000 planes and over 2000 tanks. broke through polish defenses along the border. warsaw surrendered to the germans -
The Fall of France
The German offensive quickly overwhelmed Dutch forces, and the bombing of Rotterdam persuaded the Netherlands to surrender on 15 May. And although German forces in the north encountered strong French and Belgian resistance, the main German thrust through the Ardennes met with tremendous success. French second-rate divisions in the area were not prepared or equipped to deal with the major armoured thrust that developed (the forest and poor roads were thought to make this impossible), an -
-The Evacuation of Dunkirk
The success of the near-miraculous evacuation from Dunkirk was due in part to fighter cover provided by the Royal Air Force from the English coast, but it was also due to Hitler’s fatal order of May 24 to halt the German advance. That order had been made for several reasons, chiefly: Hermann Göring, head of the Luftwaffe, had mistakenly assured Hitler that his aircraft alone could destroy the Allied troops trapped on the beaches at Dunkirk; and Hitler himself seems to have believed that Great Br -
-The Battle of Britain
During the battle, the RAF enjoyed the advantage of defending against attacks launched from widely separated airfields, thus profiting from what strategists call ‘interior lines’. This advantage was optimised by Britain’s system of radar tracking and guidance. Furthermore, the added comfort of fighting over friendly territory meant that pilots who crash-landed or parachuted out of their aircrafts could return to battle. British fortunes were also helped by the fact that the Luftwaffe had never s
