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Anschluss
Anschuluss was Hitlers first stradegy, he wanted to unite Germanu with people in Austria who spoke german.He threatened to invade austria if Nazi's werent givent important jobs.The Austrian chancelloe agreed, Hitler then announced Anschuluss and the Austrian people accepted. Hitlers aspiration- was to unite Austria and Germany to expand -
The munich Conference
Hitlers next goal was to get the german speaking people of czechoslovakia, they were in sudentenland Czechs resisted him but they had France and the Soviet Union to back them up. The British prime minister offered him Sudentenland if he promised not to take the rest of Czechoslvakia, Hitler later invaded it and broke it up anyway. -
Nazi Soviet Pact
Hitler wanted to invade Poland but wanted to keep the peace with the Soviet Union, Germany and the USSR signed the Nazi-Soviet pact. This pact kept the USSR out of with Germany if they went to war with France and Britain and in return Hitler got Poland Hitlers aspirations- trying to expand germany while keeping alliances -
The War Begins
On September 1st,1939 Germany invaded Poland through the Soviet Union from the east, two days later France and Britain declared war on Germany, this known as the Lightning War. Hitlers aspirations- He took what he wanted by force, and started a War. -
Danzig and the Polish Corridor
Hitler wanted Danzig which used to be a part of Germany before Poland separated it during WWI, he wants to build a highway and railroad in poland to connect it with Germany, Danzig, and East Prussia. Britain and France said they would help Poland if Hitler attacked them, they advised against them agreeing with Hitler Hitlers aspirations- Hitler wants to put all the parts of Germany back together
