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1938-1941 Events leading up to WWII
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Hitler moving in to power
On February 4th, 1938, Hitler was appointed Chief Commander of the German army. -
Invasion op Albania
On April 7th italy invaded Albania -
Peace Conference
In April 1939, President Roosevelt tired to keep the peace by planing the Peace Conference in which Hitler refused -
Failure of the Peace Conference
On August 29th, Roosevelt annaounced that their failure to try to conserve the peace encourage Germans invasion plans. On the same date Great Britainplaced its self on war alert -
Invasion begins
On september 1, Hitler Started his invasion plan by invading Poland -
Decleration of war
September 3rd , 1939, Great Britain, France and India declare war on Germany. Soon after other countries joined suit, with Australia and New Zealand to declare war against Germany. -
Phoney war
it was the period of time when declarations of war were sign but no country had made a specific attack it lasted until 1940 -
Assassination attempt
On November 8th 1939 an assasination attempt against Hitler to end the war Failed -
Norway surrenders
On the day of June 10th, 1940 Norway surrenders to Germany, later on Italy declared war on France and Greate Britain -
battle of Britain
this battle was the first major battle to take place in the air with warplanes it was the biggest arial battle in that time period