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Secret Meeting
Hitler met in secret with his top military advisers to talk about the growth and prosperity of Germany -
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Unopposed March
German troops marched into Austria unopposed. A day later it was announced that the German union ("Anschluss") with Austria was complete -
Munich Agreement
Daladier (a French premier) and Chamberlain (the British prime minister) signed the Munich Agreement, which turned Sudetenland over to Germany without shots being fired. -
Czechoslovakia
German troops enter the remains of Czechoslovakia -
Pacts
Fascist Germany and communist Russia now committed never to attack each other. Also Germany and the Soviet Union signed a second pact agreeing to divide Poland between them. -
Luftwaffe
German air forces (Luftwaffe) flew over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, and cities. -
Declaring War
Britain and France declared war on Germany -
Summer Invasion
Germans assemble invasion fleet along French coast and launched air war at the same time -
Surprise Invasion
Hitler launches a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order to "protect [those countries] freedom and independence. -
Surrender
Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender -
RAF
RAF shot down over 185 German planes at the same time, RAF only lost 26 air crafts