german expansion

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  • anschluss

    anschluss
    was the Nazi propaganda term for the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938. German spelling, until the German orthography reform of 1996,

  • Neville Chamberlain

    Neville Chamberlain
    a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. Chamberlain is best known for his appeasement foreign policy, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany.

  • Édouard Daladier

    Édouard Daladier
    A government minister in various posts during the coalition governments between 1924 and 1928, he was instrumental in the Radical Party's break with the socialist SFIO in 1926, the first Cartel des gauches – "Left-wing Coalition"), and with the conservative Raymond Poincaré in November 1928.

  • stalin

    stalin
    Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the leader of the Soviet Union from the mid-1920s until his death in 1953.

  • hitler met secretly with top military leaders

    hitler met secretly with top military leaders
    Hitler called a secret conference and bluntly outlined his plans to acquire Lebensraum at the expense of other nations.

  • German troops marched into Austria.

    German troops marched into Austria.
    german troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich.

  • munich pact 1938

    munich pact 1938
    a settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers, for which a new territorial designation "Sudetenland" was coined. The agreement was signed in the early hours of 30 September 1938 (but dated 29 September)

  • Hitler invaded Poland

    Hitler invaded Poland
    German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun.

  • blitzkrieg

    blitzkrieg
    blitzkrieg is a military tactic designed to create disorganization among enemy forces through the use of mobile forces and locally concentrated firepower.

  • Britain and France declared war on Germany

    Britain and France declared war on Germany
    in response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.

  • Hitler launched a surprise attack on Denmark and Norway

    Hitler launched a surprise attack on Denmark and Norway
    Hitler had issued the order for the invasion of Norway on March 1st under the code word “Weserübung”. The order also included the invasion and occupation of Denmark.