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Austria and Czechoslovakia Fall
November 5, 1937, Hitler met secretly with his top military advisory. He declared that to grow and proper Germany needed the land of its neighbors. His plan was to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into third reich -
Union With Austria
Austria was Hitlers first target. On March 12, 1938, German troops marched into Austria unopposed. A day later , Germany announced that its union with Austria was complete. The US and the rest of the world did nothing -
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
Hitler wanted to annex Czechoslovakia in order to provide more living space for Germany as well to natural resources. September 30, 1938 , Neville and Dalider signed to Munich agreement , which turned Sudetenland over to Germany without a single shot being fired. -
German offensive begins
March 15, 1939 German troops poured into what remained of Czechoslovakia. After that Hitler turned his land Hungry gaze towards Germany eastern neighbor Poland -
The soviet union declares neutrality
Hitler began his familiar routine , charging that Germans in Poland were mistreated by the poles and needed his protection. -
Blitzkrieg In Poland
The German air force roared over to Poland raining bombs on military bases , airbases, railroads and cities . Also tanks raced across the polish country side spreading terror and confusion -
Declaring war
Two days following the terror in Poland Britannia and France declared war on Germany -
The phony war
Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway in order to protect freedom and Independence. Hitler planned to build bases along the coasts to strike at great britian -
The fall of France
William shier and the rest of the world watch , Hitler handed french officers his terms of surrender . Germans would occupy the northern part of France -
Summer of 40
Germans began to assemble an invasion fleet along the french coast. Its naval power could not compete with that of Britain. At the time they also launched an air war at the same time
