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Rhineland Invasion
Germany invades the Rhineland; reoccupies it and remilitarized it. Britain and Italy, who pledged aid to France in the 1925 Locarno Pact, did nothing. (Allied Powers Weaken) -
Assimilation Plan
Anschluss bonds Germany and Austria in a forced assimilation. The Nazis were met with cheering and flowers; most Austrians were in favor of the Assimilation. (Axis Powers Strengthened) -
Meeting with Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler meets with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain; he demands Sudeterland, a region of Czechoslovakia with a large German Population. (Axis Powers Strengthened) -
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German WWII Invasions
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Molotov Ribbentrop Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression pact, stunning the world, given their diametrically opposed ideologies. The pact was called the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. It stated that there was a guarantee of non-belligerence by either party towards the other, and a commitment that neither party would ally with or aid an enemy of the other party. -
German Invasion
The German invasion began on 1 September 1939, one week after the signing of the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact. Germany invades Poland, which begins WWII. More than 900,000 troops in Poland stood to resist the Germans 2 million, but efforts weren't enough as Germany was able to seize and take over the country. -
German-Soviet Treaty
The German–Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Demarcation was a treaty signed by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union on September 28, 1939 after their joint invasion and occupation of Poland. The articles allowed for the exchange of Soviet and German nationals between the two occupied zones of Poland, redrew parts of the central European spheres of interest dictated by the Molotov Ribbentrop Pact, stating that neither party would direct "Polish agitation" directed at the other party. -
Wilston Churchill's Ascension
German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg, after military opposition from the British, to which the Germans respond by raiding their convoys as well as an introduction of military airfields. Furthermore, Germany resumes to conquer Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. On the other hand, Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the UK, and initiates the invasion of Iceland. -
Second Compiegne Armstice
In June, France is forced to sign the Second Compiègne armistice with Germany. This was depicted after the decisive victory encompassed from the Battle of France within the previous two months. It established a German occupation zone in Northern and Western France that encompassed all English Channel and Atlantic Ocean ports and left the remainder "free" to be governed by the French. -
Operation Barbarossa
On this date, Germany invades the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. The ambitious operation was driven by Adolf Hitler's persistent desire to conquer the Soviet territories, being derived as a code name for the Soviet invasion from Russia. Also, on either side of Europe, the June Uprising in Lithuania begins, which was fueled by an opposition to the Soviet regime, and they declared renewed independence, forming the short-lived Provisional Government. -
Borneo Invasion
Japanese forces, as established from the Imperial Japanese Army (the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945), started to acquire southern Asian islands, I eventual anticipation of Australian invasion. On this date however, they specifically targeted northern Borneo (the third-largest island in the world and the largest island of Asia)m landing there on this day.
