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Austria and Czechoslovakia Fall
Hitler met with his top military advisers and told them that Germany needed to take over their neighbors to grow and prosper as a country. -
Union with Austria
German troops marched into Austria unopposed and unionized. -
Munich Agreement
Germany signed the Munich Agreement which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany. There were no shots fired. -
German Offensive Begins
German troops poured into what remained Czechoslovakia and took it over. Hitler then wanted Poland. -
Soviet Union Declares Neutrality
Hitler began his familiar routine, charging that Germans in Poland were being mistreated by the Poles and needed his protection -
Nonaggression Pact
Fascist Germany and communist Russia now committed never to attack each other. -
Blitzkrieg in Poland
German air force, roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields. railroads, and cities. -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
Two days following the terror in Poland, Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
The Phony War
Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order
"to protect [those countries'] freedom and independence." -
The Fall of France
William Shirer and the rest of the world watched, Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender.
