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On the 7th of March, 1936, Hitler and 20,000 of his soldiers invaded the Rhineland. He did this to show France that Germany was serious.
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A timeline showing: The invasion of the Rhineland, The Anschluss with Austria, The Munich Confrence, The invasion of Poland, The Allied Decleration of War and also Australia's involvement in WW2
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On the 11th of March, 1938, Adolf Hitler announces an "Anschluss" (union) with Austria, which would unite the two nations, Germany and Austria. This iwould be one of the first steps of the The German Empire, starting to rise, once again.
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On the 30th of September, 1938, The Munich Conference was held. It was a settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy where all of Czechoslovakia was given to Germany.
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on the 1st of September, 1939, Germany began their invasion of Poland. The Polish army would then be defeatd within weeks of the invasion and Poland was added to Germany's growing empire.
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On the 3rd of September, 1939, in response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, The Allied Forces(Great Britain, France..) declared war on Germany.
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On 3 September 1939, Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies announced that Australia would to war with Germany, to support Great Britain.
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From the 3rd of Janurary til the 5th of Janurary, Australians fought their first major land battle in World War II where they engaged Italian forces at the town of Bardia on the coast of Libya. Over 40,000 Italian prisoners were taken.
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On the 19th of Feburary 1942, Darwin was bombed by Japan. They bombed the Darwin harbour, which was full of Allied ships.
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From the 31st of May till the 8th of June, 1942, the Sydney Harbour was attacked by Japan. The Haurbor was attacked by three Japanese Submaines.
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On the 21st of September, 1944, Australian allied ships were attacked by Kamikaze(Suicide) planes. As a result of this attack, 30 crew members were killed with 64 injured and it was the first Australian ship to be attacked by a Kamikze plane.
