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Hitlers Secret Meeting
Hitler met secretly with his top military advisors and discussed that if Germany wanted to grow they needed land from their neighbors. -
German Troops Marched into Austria
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Germany's Anschluss
Germany announces that it's union with Austria is finished -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was an agreement concluded at Munich on September 30th 1938, by Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. -
Germany invades Czechoslavakia
Nazi Germany invaded and occupied the Czech provinces of Bohemia and Moravia in the rump Czecho-Slovak state -
Invasion of Poland
Germany invaded Poland to regain lost territory and ultimately rule their neighbor to the east.
Sep 1, 1939 – Oct 6, 1939 -
Britain and France declared war on Germany
In response to Hitler's invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of Poland, declare war on Germany. -
German invasion of Denmark
Hitler launched a surprise attack on Denmark and Norway
because he feared that Great Britain and France planned to occupy Norway. -
The Armistice of June 22nd 1940
The success of the German invasion led to Frances surrender of WWII -
RAF launched vigorous counterattack
Reported 185 German planes downed. The defeat was serious enough to convince Nazi leader Adolf Hitler to abandon his plans for an invasion of Britain.