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On November 5th, 1937 Hitler met secretly with his top military adviser.
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German troops marched into Austria unopposed.
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Germany announced that their union with Austria was over and no other country did anything about it.
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On September 30th, 1938, they signed the Munich Agreement, which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired.
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German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia
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Fascist Germany and communist Russia signed a pact to never attack each other. Also signed a pact to divide Poland between them two.
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The German air force rained bombs on Poland’s bases, airfields, railroads, and cities. German tanks raced across the countryside, spreading terror and confusion.
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On September 3rd, 1939, France and Britain declared war on Germany.
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Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway so he could build bases along the coast to strike Great Britain.
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On June 22nd, 1940, Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender.
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The RAF shot down over 185 German planes; at the same time, they lost only 26 aircraft.
