WWII steps to war

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  • Hitler swiftly consolidated power,

    Hitler swiftly consolidated power, anointing himself Führer (supreme leader) in 1934.

  • After signing alliances with Italy and Japan

    After signing alliances with Italy and Japan against the Soviet Union, Hitler sent troops to occupy Austria in 1938 and the following year annexed Czechoslovakia

  • Hitler invades Poland.

    Hitler invades Poland. This drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, and World War II had begun.

  • Holocaust

    Among the estimated 45-60 million people killed were 6 million Jews murdered in Nazi concentration camps as part of Hitler’s diabolical “Final Solution,” now known as the Holocaust.

  • bombing britian

    German planes bombed Britain extensively throughout the summer of 1940