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Hitler meets with military advisers.
Hitler met with his military advisers declaring that to grow and prosper Germany needed territory from neighboring countries. -
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German Expansion Timeline
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Hitler Plans Ahead
Hitler and his generals were drawing up a plan for the occupation of Czechoslovakia. -
German troops marched to Austria
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Allies declared war
Allies declared war on Germany on 3rd September 1939. Hitler had Poland within 4 weeks, Hitler divided it up with Russia. -
Hitler issues German to prepare
On the 24th November 1938, Hitler issued all German armed forces to prepare to take the free state of Danzig. -
Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement handing over Sudetenland to Germany
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Pact of Steel
Hitler signed the pact of steel in May 1939, with Italy claiming that they would come to each others side immediately in the event of war. -
Nazi-Soviet Non-agression pact
called the Nazi-Soviet Non-agression pact, signed in August 1939, The British had now lost Russia as an Ally. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler invades the rest of Czechoslovakia on the 15th March 1939. What Hitler gained from doing this was
-45 divisions
-1582 aircraft
-469 tanks
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Non Aggression Pact
agreement in which two nations promised not to go to war with each other -
German forces roared over Poland
German Air Forces roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases. -
WW2 Begins
Two days following the terror in Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany--WW2 begins!! -
Fled to Dunkirk
The german offensive trapped almost 400,000 British and French Soldiers as they fled to the beaches of Dunkirk on the French side of the English Channel. In less than a week, a makeshift fleet of fishing trawlers, tugboats, river barges ferried about 330,000 British, French, and Belgian troops to safety across the channel. -
Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender.
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RAF Defense
The RAF shot down over 128 German planes, six weeks later Hitler called off the invasion of Britain indefinitely.
