Start of WWII

1935 Hitler

Mar 16, 1935

Hitler violates the Treaty of Versailles by introducing military conscription.

Anschluss

Mar 12, 1938

Germany announces 'Anschluss' with Austria.

Czechoslvakia

Sep 15, 1938

Nazis take over Czechoslovakia.

Munich Conference

Sep 29, 1938

Britin and France agreed to Hitlers demands for exchange for peace.

Nazi-Soviet Pact

Aug 23, 1939

The nonagresstion pack was signed by Germany and the USSR. The Nazi's lied.

Poland, Britain, France

Sep 1, 1939

Germany invaded Poland and two days later, Britain and France declared war on Germany.

Invasion of France

Sep 1, 1939

Germany took Poland, so France and Great Britain declared war on them and Germany invaded France. The French waited behind the Maginot Line and waited for Germans to approach.

Blitzkrieg

Sep 15, 1939

The Germans used a new type of warfare called Blitzkrieg, or "lighting war".

Poland fell

Sep 27, 1939

The Polish army could not repel the attack

Phony War or Bore War

Oct 6, 1939

The British called the war in Poland the "Boer War" and the American newspapers called it the "Phony War"

Evacuation at Dunkirk

Jun 3, 1940

Britain and France had to evacuat their troops by sea, but the Germans had captured all but one port, Dunkirk.

French surrender

Jun 22, 1940

Hitler accepted the French surrender.

Battle of Britain

Oct 18, 1940

German air force began to attack British shipping on the English Channel. Later, the launched an all-out air battle to destroy the Royal Air Force.

Danzig

Mar 30, 1945

Soviet troops capture Danzig.