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Adolf Hitler
Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany -
Axis Power
Germany,Italy,and Japan form a pact known as the axis to have each others back -
annexing Austria
Hitler goes to Austria and makes a speech to get votes so Austria can be part of Germany -
the munich agreement
Germany,Italy,Great Britain,and France sign the munich appeasement -
breaking the Munich agreement
Hitler’s forces invade and occupy Czechoslovakia–a nation sacrificed on the altar of the Munich Pact, which was a vain attempt to prevent Germany’s imperial aims. -
Nazi Soviet Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air WWII just begun -
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
Hitlers invasion of Poland Britain and France both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany -
Phony War
France and Great Britain mobilize to the France and Germany border and didn't do any fighting for months -
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WWII
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Kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. In the aftermath of Kristallnacht, also called the “Night of Broken Glass,” some 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and sent to Nazi concentration camps -
Fall Of France
Germany advances through the Ardennes heavily wooden forest squeezed through the Maginot line (french boarder of defense ) and france surrenders on June 22, 1940 -
Operation of Sea Lion
was Nazis Germany code name for provisionally proposed invasion of the United Kingdom during the battle of Britan -
Battle of Britain begins
the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain -
Operation Sea Lion called off/End of Battle of Britain
he Luftwaffe lost 56 planes and the RAF 28 during the 12 week battle 1,733 German aircraft had been destroyed compared with 915 British fighters. On 17 September Hitler recognised the growing futility of the campaign and postponed indefinitely the invasion of Britain -
Wannsee Conference - When the “Final Solution” was decided
The Wannsee Conference held on January 20th, 1942, is seen as the meeting where the so-called 'Final Solution' was decided on
