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Hitler announced that Germany would rebuild it's military in violation of the Treaty of Versailles.
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Hitler met secretly with his top military advisers. He declared that Germany needs land of its neighbors to grow and prosper.
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German troops marched into Austria unopposed. Later declaring that the union with Austria was complete.
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Agreement that turned the Sudetenland over to Germany.
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Hitler began charging that Germans in Poland were mistreated by the Poles and needed his protection.
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Stalin sent his Soviet army into Finland.
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German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia.
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Fascist Germany and communist Russia now committed never to attack each other.
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German Luftwaffe or German air force, roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities.
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Two days following the terror in Poland, Britain, and France declared war on Germany.
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Germans began to assemble an invasion fleet along the French coast.
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Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway trying "to protect freedom and independence.
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Hitler handed French officers is terms or surrender.
