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Germany's Anschluss with Austria
Hitler's first country he wanted to unite with Germany was Austria. He wanted to untie them becuase Austira was his home country, and there were many German people in Austria. When Germany came to take Austria over they did not oppose the German troops. The Anschluss was the union of German and Austria and it happened a day after the German soldiers marched into Austria. -
Germany's Annexation of the Sudetenland
Many German speaking people lived in the Sudetenland which was the western border of Czechoslovakia. After the Munich Agreement the Germans got control of the Sudetenlands without fighitng. Czechoslovakia was not happy with this. -
The Munich Pact
Hitler invited the French premier and the British prime minister to meet him at Munich. He then told them that after he annxed Sudetenland he would be finished; and Britain and France believed him so they signed the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement gave sudetenland to Germany without fighting any battles. -
Hitler's Annexation of Czechoslovakia
Hitler wanted to unite all German speaking countries.He wanted to annex Czechoslovakia to increase the German borders, and he also wanted to control the natural resources in Czechoslovakia. -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and Russia agreed to not attack eachother. Then they signed a secret pact that said they would split Poland, this way Germanys two front war was not going to happen. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
Hitler started his attacks by saying that the Germans in Poland were being mistreated by the Polish so he needed to protect them. Germany made a pact with the Soviet Union and they said that they wouldnt attack eachother and they would divide Polland. This invasion was used to test the new military strategy of Germany called blizkrieg; where they used fast tanks and powerful aircrafts to supprise the enemy and make the battle go faster they supprised the Polish and had much more advanced weaons. -
The Phony War
The time between Sep. 1939 and April 1940 when basically nothing happened in the war, no battles were fought. After the invasion of Polland the French and British were waiting for the somehting to happen. Newspapers started calling it the Phony War. -
The Miracle of Dunkirk
It was between May 26 and June 4 1940. It was nick named operation dynamo by the English. This was an evacuation of allied soldiers off the island of Dunkirk. French, Canadian and English troops were rescued when they had been blockaded there by the Germans. -
The Fall of France
Starting on May 10 1940 Hitler started attacking France. On June 22 1940 Hitler gave the French his terms of surrender to the French. After France fell charles de Gaulle fled to England to set up a government in exile. -
The Battle of Britain
Germany needed to control the English canall so that the English Navy could not get to its barges. In order to control the canal they would first have to control the ari. This battle is one of the most famous of World War Two.
