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German Expansion
German expansion -
New Land From Hitler
November 5, 1937 Hitler demanded new land from his neighbors. -
Germany marches into Austria
German troops marched into germany. -
Germany takes over Austria
Germany takes over Austria. -
Sudentenland was taken over
Sudentenland was taken over by Germany -
Germany looks to take over
German troops takes over the remaineder of Czechoslovakia. Winston Curchill did not want to give germany more land cause hhe thought it was appeasment. Hitler then looked to take over poland. -
Hitler took over Germany
Hitler was not finished expanding the Third reich then the dwan broke -
Spring of 1939
Hitler began his familer routine, charging the Gernans in Poland were mistreated by the Poles and neeed his protection -
Aug 23, 1939 Germany and Russia commited to never attack each other
On Aug 23 1939 fasict Germany and communist Russia now commited never to attack each other -
Sept 1, 1939 Germany roared over Poland
Greman Luftwaffe, or the German air force, roared over Poland. this invasion was the first test of Germanys newest mititary stradgyt, the blitzkrig. -
Britian and France drclared war on Germany
France and Germany declared war on Germany -
Stalin sent his army into Finland
Late in 1939 Stalin sent his Soviet army into Finland -
Battle of Dunkirk
Germans to bypassed Frace's Maginot Line, a line of defences on the French border to stall the Germans. Germans trapped 400,000 troops on beaches of Dunkirk. A makeshift fleet of 800 vesssles saved 330,000 soldiers. french general, Charles de Gaulle, fled to england and set up government-in-exile. -
France Surrenders
Italy joined germany in the war. Italy invaded France from the south, Germany invaded France from the north. France surrendered and germany could occupy the northern part of France. -
Hitler lauched a surprise invasion of Denmark
Hitler laucned a surprise invasion od Denmark and Norway. -
Battle of Britain
Germans assembled an invasion on french coast and an air war. Luftwaffe, The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the German Wehrmacht, began making bombing runs over Britain to destroy Britain's Royal Air Force. British tracked German flight paths with new technology, the radar. The Royal Air Force shot down over 185 German planes and they only lost 26 aircraft.
