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Austria and Czechoslovakia Fall
Hilter met with his top military advisors. He declared that Germany needed the land of it's neighbors to grow and prosper. -
Union with Austria
German marchced in to Austria unopposed. Germany announced that its union with Austria was complete a day later. -
Bargining for the Sudetenland
Hilter, the French premier Edouard Daladier, and British prime minister Neville Chamberlain met and signed the Munich Agreement which turned over the Sudetenland over to Germany without causing a war. -
The German Offensive Begins
German troops invaded the reminants of Czechoslovakia. -
Hilter's Routine
Hilter began his usual routine, charging that Germans in Poland were mistreated by the Poles and needed his protection. Some people believed that Hilter was bluffing. -
Poland Declares Neutrality
Germany and Comunist Russia now commited never to attack each other. Germany and the Soviet Union also signed a second, secret pact agreeing to divide Poland between them. -
Blitzkrieg in Poland
The German air force flew over Poland dropping bombs on their military bases, air fields, railroads, and cities. During this time, Geramn tanks raced acrossed the Polish countryside. This invasion was the first test of Germany's newest military strategey know as the blitzkrieg also known as lightening war. -
Declaring War
Two days falling the terror in Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
Phony War Ended
Hilter launched a suprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order "to protect those countries freedom and independence". In realality, Hilter wanted to build bases along the coasts to strike at Great Britain. He then turned against the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxenmbourg. By the end of May these countries had been overrun and the phony war ended. -
The Fall of France
Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender. Germans would occupy the northern part of France, and a Nazi-controlled government, headed by Marshall Philippe Petain in southern France.
