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Germany's Rearmament
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After revisions of the Treaty of Versailles, following World War I, Britain and France allowed the rearmament of the German military. -
Protection of Poland's Borders
Link Chamberlain issued a formal guarantee of Poland’s borders and said that he expected Hitler to moderate his demands. -
British and French Help
Link Britain and France pledged to defend Poland’s independence after Germany refused to abide by the Munich Agreement by invading and taking over Czechoslovakia. -
Hitler Prepares to Invade Poland
Link On April 3rd, Hitler ordered the Wehrmacht, the preparation of the invasion of Poland. -
Delay of the Invasion
Link Hitler delays his attack with Poland. He did this once he found out that Poland had signed a new treaty with Britain. This new treaty included military support if they were to be attacked -
Soviet Nonaggression Pact
Link The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact (German-Soviet Pact) with Germany which benefited them because after the invasion of Poland, the Soviet's Red Army marched into Poand andseized one third of the land. -
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British and French Support
Link Both Britain and France claimed they would support Poland against Nazi Germany. -
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Poland's Counterattack
Link Major Polish counterattack which led to the Battle of the Bzura, largest in Polands campaign. -
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Poland Falls
Link The Polish capital of Warsaw fell to Germans. They used their new type of warfare, blitzkrieg or lightning war. Blitzkrieg used tanks to break through and encircle their enemies and also used aircrafts that bombed the enemy and dropped paratroopers to cut off supply lines. -
Warsaw's Surrender
Link The Warsaw garrison surrened to Germany's siege. Following this, Germany and the USSR came to an agreement for the occupation of the outlining zones. -
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Hospital Secrets
Link All mentally ill patients were shot and executed, however, due to the penalty of death the hospital personnel were not allowed to talk about it. -
Germans exterminate the Jews
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Jewish killing squads accompany Germans as they invade the Soviet Union. The squids are assigned the job of exterminating any jews in the Soviet Union as well as those that have fled from Poland. They began by exterminating the adult males but eventually proceeded to kill both women and children. By spring of 1953, the killing squads had killed over a million jews. -
Concentration Camps
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Germans begin the Chelmno killing center operation as well as establishing five other camps: Belzec, Sobibor, Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau, and Majdanek. All the camps use some sort of gas chamber including the largest of the camps, Auschwitz, which had four large gas chambers. Auschwitz being the only camp to use Zyklon B (crystalline hydrogen cyanide) while most other camps used variations of carbon monoxide. -
The "Final Solution"
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SS officers and German government agencies meet in Berlin to discuss the “Final Solution”. They had estimated an involvement of over 11 million jewish people. By the end of 1944, millions of jews had been transported to killing centers in occupied Poland. -
Jews are Deported
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German began mass deportation of Polish jews in Warsaw to the Treblinka concentration camp. The deportation ended September 21, Yom Kippur, after thousands of jews had been deported by the Germans. -
The Police execute Jews
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S.S. move out of the city and leave the executions in the hands of the local gendarmes (Armed police). Police began to execute the jews in trenches as they dug. -
Jews
Link SS officers storm the cities looking for all jewish people. Approximately 900 jews were rounded up and all ordered to be shot. Between 400-500 were killed and an estimated 2,000 jews were still in hiding.
