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German Expansion

By sienam

  • First Steps to Holocaust

    First Steps to Holocaust
    All "non-Aryans" must be removed from government jobs.

  • Meeting to Prosper Germany

    Meeting to Prosper Germany
    Hitler had a secret meeting with his top advisers and told them his plan of taking Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich.

  • Germany "Unified" with Austria

    Germany "Unified" with Austria
    In a day German troops marched into Austria and took over.

  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement
    Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement turning Sudentenland over to Germany.
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    Kristallnacht

    Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues. (I was not allowed to add a picture to a timespan)

  • Takeover of Czechoslovakia

    Takeover of Czechoslovakia
    Germany took over the rest of Czechoslovakia, expanding their Third Reich.

  • Nonagression Pact

    Nonagression Pact
    Russia and Germany promised never to attack each other by signing this pact.

  • Blitzkrieg

    Blitzkrieg
    Germany bombed Poland and raced tanks across their countryside causing terror by invading them.

  • Declared War

    Declared War
    Poland, Britain, and France declared war on Germany.

  • Surprise Attack

    Surprise Attack
    Germany surprise attacked Norway and Denmark.

  • Surrender

    Surrender
    Hitler gave his terms of surrender to the French officers at Compiegne and they accepted.

  • Battle of Britain

    Battle of Britain
    The RAF effectively shot down 185 German planes making Hitler call off his invasion of Britain six weeks after.