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Austria and Czechoslovakia
Hitler declared to absorb the lands of Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich so Germany could grow and prosper. Annexing these countries could provoke war but Hitler stated "'The German Question' can be solved only by means of force, and this is never without risk. -
Appeasement
When Chamberlain and Daladier signed the agreement with Hitler they went against their own people, they had to choose between war or dishonor and they chose dishonor. The house of commons approved Chamberlains policy towards Germany and churchill responded with a warning -
Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was signed by the French premier Edouard Daladier and the British prime minister Neville Chamberlain. Hitler invited them to meet with him in Munich so he could explain how this was going to be his last territorial demmand. -
State Annexation
Stalin sent his Soviet army into Finland. They annexed the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania -
Invasion of Czechoslovakia
German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia. The land of Czechoslovakia ceased to exist after they invaded the land. -
Nonaggression act
while tensions were rolling between Poland and Russia, Stalin surprised everyone by signing the act. Stated that communist Russia and fascist Germany committed never to attack each other again. -
Blitzkrieg in Poland
The German air force roared over Poland, raining bombs on military bases, airfields,railroads, and cities. German tanks were also racing through polish towns. All these attacks were tests of Germany's new military strategy, the Blitzkrieg (lightning war) -
War with Germany
Just a few days after the surprise tacks on polish land, Britain and France declared was on Germany. This was going to be the start of World War two -
1940 Election
Roosevelt elected for 3rd term -
The Phony War
Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway in order to protect those countries freedom and independence. Hitler actually planned to build bases on the coasts in order to strike Great Britain -
Hitler surrenders
Hitler handed french officers his terms of surrender. Germans would occupy the northern part of France and a Nazi-controlled Puppet government would be set up in southern France -
WW2
United States enters World War Two
