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Criminal pride
succumbed the criminal pride of the German empire vanquished by the free peoples which it tried to enslave. -
Hitlers secret
Hitler met secretly with his top military adviser -
Marching
German troops marched into Austria unopposed. -
signing
the sighed the Munich agreement which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired -
German offensive began
Germans troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia at nightfall Hitler gloated 'Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist -
protection
Hitler began his familiar routine charging that Germans in Poland were mistreated by the poles and needed protection -
Together
fascist Germany and communist Russia now committed never to attack each other -
Attacking
The German Luftwaffe or German air force roared over Poland raining bombs on military bases -
declaring war
Two days following the terror in Poland ,Britain and France declared war on Germany -
surprise invasion
Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order "to protect those countries" freedom and Independence
