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Control Austria
Austria had been a small country with 6 million Germans that wanted to unit with Germany. Hitler wanted to control Austria because it was an easy target. -
Control Czechoslovakia
Hitler wanted to capture Czechoslovakia to make more living space for Germany and be able to have access to the resources there. He said that the Czechs were abusing the Sudeten people and to avoid war, he made an agreement with the French and Britain to give away Sudeten to Germany. -
WWII Begins
France built a defense on the boarder of France facing Germany. Stalin had begun to move into Finland. -
Churchill's Warning
Winston Churchill had warned that Hitler wasn't going to stop there. Germany poured into Czechoslovakia and the next day it seized to exist. After this, he aimed for Poland. -
Hitler's Lies Continue
Hitler had accused the Poles were mistreating the Germans that lived in Poland and they needed protection. Because the Soviet Union was right next to Poland, Hitler had to make an agreement with Stalin to not fight each other. Then, they agreed to split Poland between them. -
Reign on Poland
Hitler reigned fire over Poland's military bases and infantry. As the planes shot from above, tanks spread across the land and in 3 weeks, they took Poland. France and Britain had no time to defend its' allie in this quick attack. At the end of September, Poland had been total taken. -
Denmark and Norway
Hitler had launched a surprise attack on Denmark and Norway in order to setup an attack into Great Britain. A month later he took the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. -
Invasion of France and Britain
Hiking through the "unpassable" Ardennes wooded ravines area in France. France had assumed no one could get through this area and Hitler used this to his advantage to get into the country and proceed to Paris. He trapped hundreds of thousands of French and British soldiers at the beaches of Dunkirk. The majority of the French, British, and Belgian troops had gotten to safety from a makeshift fleet of boats. -
Fall of France
After the big invasion, Italy became allied with Germany. Italy attacked France from the south as Germany attacked through Paris from the north. France had surrendered and the Germans would control the northern part of France. A French general had fled to England to release a statement that France has not lost the war. -
Invasion of Britain
Hitler could not compete with Britain's Navel army and therefore had to order an air fleet as well as a navel attack. With 2,000 planes, Hitler attacked London for 2 months straight. As the months went on, the British caught onto the attack paths and learned to fight back. Germany stopped heavy attacks but still did damage to Britain's productions. and British Cities.