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Early Events of WWII

  • The Austrian Anschluss

    The Austrian Anschluss
    Hitler announces an Anshuluss Austria. Hitler wanted all German speaking countries to be a part of Germany. So he wanted his homeland (Austria) to be a part of one big country. The Austrian Chancellor refused, so Hitler told the Nazi party to overthrow the government in Austria.
  • Hitler Demands Danzig

    Hitler Demands Danzig
    This conflict between Germany and Poland was about Germany wanting "Danzig" which was a part of Poland and Germany but Poland refused Germany to take it all to it self. Hitler attacks Danzig on August 1939.
  • The Munich Conference

    The Munich Conference
    This was a conference between Italy, France, Germany, and United Kingdom. This was an agreement between the following countries permitting Germany's annexation of small parts of Czechoslovakia if Hitler wouldn't invade anywhere else.
  • The Nazi-Soviet Act

    The Nazi-Soviet Act
    Hitler made the Nazi-Soviet Act with Stalin that if Germany would go to war with Poland that he would help him and split Poland up between both of them
  • Invasion of Poland

    Invasion of Poland
    After attacking Danzig, Hitler decided that he would attack apart of Poland itself. Hitler claims it was a defensive act but no one believed him. On September 3, 1939, Britain and France declare war on Germany which begun World War II.
  • The Fall of France

    The Fall of France
    The fall of France was a invasion by the Germans during May of 1940. The Germans defeated the Allied forces and overcome France.
  • The Evacuation of Dunkirk

    The Evacuation of Dunkirk
    The evacuation of Dunkirk was the the evacuation of Allied soldiers during World War II from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk in France.
  • The Battle of Britain

    The Battle of Britain
    Summer of 1940, German and British air forces collated in the sky about Great Britain. The battle of Britain ended with Germany failed to gain air support