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30 Enero 1933
Adolfo Hitler, leader of the National Socialist Party (NAZI), was appointed Chancellor by President Paul von Hindenburg. He annulled the opposition parties, formed his own police (SA, GESTAPO, SS, SD) and before the silence of Europe, Hitler began his policy of expansion. -
12 MARZO 1938
Germany invades Austria. -
29 Agosto 1938
The Munich Pact was an agreement proposed and signed by Germany, Italy, France and Great Britain, whereby France and England accepted Hitler's territorial demands, transferring the Sudeten at the cost of Czechoslovakia. With this policy of appeasement they sought to guarantee peace. -
15 Marzo 1939
Germany invaded Czechoslovakia. Bohemia and Moravia were under "the German protectorate" and Slovakia was under German rule -
31 Marzo 1939
England and France pledged to protect Poland. -
23 Agosto 1939
the Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact was signed between the German Foreign Ministers and the USSR, with the intention that the USSR would not ally itself with France and England and in which a plan to divide Eastern Europe was detailed. -
1 Septiembre 1939
Germany invades Poland, beginning World War II. -
3 Septiembre 1939
Britain and France declared war on Germany. -
17 Septiembre 1939
The USSR invades Poland from the East. -
2 Octubre 1939
In Paris, the Polish government in exile was formally constituted, composed of Wladyslaw Raczkiewicz as President; Wladyslaw Sikorski, Prime Minister. -
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8-12 OCTUBRE 1939
Through two decrees promulgated by Hitler, Poland was formally divided. -
1 Noviembre 1939
The Soviet government formally annexed the occupied territories of Poland to the socialist republics of Ukraine and Belarus.