German Expansion

Hitler meets secretly with his top military advisorss

Nov 5, 1937

Hitlare declared that to grow and prosper, Germany needed the land of it's neighbors. He planned to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich.(Third Reich - Hitlers administration that planned to rule the world) He wanted to use this new land for his own people to live on.

March on Austria

Mar 12, 1938

Germany invaded Austria unopposed with no loss of blood on either side.

German Union

Mar 13, 1938

Germany announced its Anschluss, or "union," with Austria was complete. The United Staes and the rest of the world did nothing.

Munich Agreement

Sep 30, 1938

Signed the Munich Agreement, which turned the Sudentenland over to Germanywithout a single shot being fired.

Germany invades Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia.

Claimed that Germans were mistreated in Poland

Apr 15, 1939

Said that the Germans in Poland needed his protection, but some people knew this could result in a two-front war.

Germany and Russia sign a nonaggression pact

Aug 23, 1939

Fascist Germany and communist Russia committed to never attacking each other

German air force attacked

Sep 1, 1939

Germany attacked Poland by raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities. German tanks rushed along the Polish country side.

War Starts

Sep 3, 1939

Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Germany invades

Apr 9, 1940

Germany invades Denmark and Norway

Surrender

Jun 22, 1940

Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender

Assembly of an invasion

Jul 15, 1940

Germans begin to assemble an invasion

RAF shot down over 185 Germans

Sep 15, 1940

"the Battle of Britain Day", RAF shot down over 185 Germans. They lost 26 aircrafts