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The Munich Conference
Britain and France agreed to Hitler's demands , A policy that came to be known as an appeasement . Made concessions in exchange for peace . -
The Austrian Anschluss
Hitler threatened to invade German-speaking Austria unless Austrian Nazis were given important government post . Austria's chancellor gave in to this demand a appeasement -
Hitler demands Danzig
A month after the Munich conference Hitler demanded that the city of Danzig to be returned to German control . On March 31st , 1939 Britain announced that if Poland went to war to defend it's territory , Britain would come to it's aid -
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
German officials proposed a nonaggression treaty to the soviets , Stalin agreed . The non aggression pact , signed by the Germans and The USSR shocked the world -
The Fall of France
The Germans rendered the french line obsolete . Through the skirt of the Ardennes forest . Because of its terrain the Germans thought it would be impassable . -
The evacuation of Dunkirk
It was code named : Operation Dynamo and also known as the miracle of Dunkirk . It was the evacuation of allied solders from the beaches and Dunkirk harbors -
The Battle of Britain
The Royal air forces defended the United Kingdom against a large scale attack
