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Gernany invades Czechoslovakia http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/higher/history/roadwar/munich/revision/1/
In 1938, Hitler turned his attention to the Sudeten area of Czechoslovakia.Hitler wanted to use the Sudeten Germans to create trouble in Czechoslovakia and, as he had in the Rhineland and Austria, use this as a pretence for invading and "restoring order".Not content with merely one piece of Czechoslovakia, Hitler planned to smash the country. The Czechs and Slovaks were of Slavic origin and, according to Hitler's racial proclamations that the German/Aryan people were superior to other races, -
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germany invades poland
http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005070On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. The Polish army was defeated within weeks of the invasion. From East Prussia and Germany in the north and Silesia and Slovakia in the south, German units, with more than 2,000 tanks and over 1,000 planes, broke through Polish defenses along the border and advanced on Warsaw in a massive encirclement attack. After heavy shelling and bombing, -
the phony war
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Canada enters the war
http://www.cbc.ca/history/EPISCONTENTSE1EP13CH4PA3LE.htmlOn September 10, 1939, Canada joined Britain and France in the war against Germany. At this point, Prime Minister Mackenzie King's plan was to ensure that Canada played only a limited role in the war. More than half of Canada's citizens had no ties to Britain and Canada was reassessing its colonial obligations. -
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/vocham.htmGerman troops swarmed across the Polish border and unleashed the first Blitzkrieg the world had seen.Britain and France had sworn to defend Poland. Honoring these obligations, the two countries sent ultimatums to Hitler demanding his withdrawal from Poland. Hitler declined to respond. it got to the airwaves to announce to the British people that a state of war existed between their country and Germany. World War II had begun. -
German invades both Denmark and Norway
Germany descended on an unprepared Norway on April 9th, 1940, taking the country with little resistance from the scattered resistance. A pro-Nazi former official in the government told troops loyal to him to let the Germans land without opposition, meaning they were easily able to start their ground invasion. Nearby Allied troops attempted to drive the Germans off, but were easily beat back. Within the 24 hours, the Germans had destroyed most of Norway's equipment, and the nation surrendered on -
fall of france
http://www.history.co.uk/explore-history/ww2/fall-of-france.htmlBy May 1940, Europe had been at war for nine months. Yet Britain and France, despite having declared war on Germany in September 1939 following Hitler’s attack on Poland, had seen little real fighting. This tense period of anticipation – which came to be known as the ‘Phoney War’ – met an abrupt end on 10 May 1940, when Germany launched an invasion of France and the Low Countries. -
pearl harbor
[http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/12/1207japan-bombs-pearl-harbor/](http:http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/12/1207japan-bombs-pearl-harbor/) Air raid, Pearl Harbor. The Japanese, concluding that war with the United States is inevitable, attempt to knock out the U.S. Pacific fleet based in the Hawaiian Islands at Pearl Harbor.
