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The Austrian Anschluss
Hitler wanted all German-speaking nations in Europe to be a part of Germany. To this end, he had designs on re-uniting Germany with his native homeland, Austria. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, however, Germany and Austria were forbidden to be unified. -
The Munich Conference
rep of britian , france, italy , & germany agreed to meet munich to decidecczechoslovakia's .they two countries that agreed to hitlers demands were britian & france. they made concesssions in exchange for peace. -
Hitler Demands Danzig
britian announced that if poland went to war to defend its terriotery, britian & france would come to its aid. this made poland to refuse Hitler's demands. -
The Nazi-Soviet Pact
The nonaggression pact , signed by germany and the USSR made the people all shocked. because communism & nazism were suppose to be against each other. -
The Invasion of Poland
At 4:45 a.m., some 1.5 million German troops invade Poland. the German Luftwaffe bombed Polish airfields, and German warships and U-boats attacked Polish naval forces in the Baltic Sea. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler claimed the massive invasion was a defensive action, but Britain and France were not convinced. On September 3, they declared war on Germany, initiating World War II. -
The Fall of France
The british sent troops to frace & both countries remained on the defensive, waiting for the germans to attack. After WW I, the french built a maginot line along the german border. which was a line of concerte bunkers & fortifications. -
The Evacuation of Dunkirk
After the allied forces in begium were trapped the germans began to escape toward the English channel. Britian and france was to excaute their surviving troops by sea. but by then it was too late , the germans captured all but one port, dunkirk in the northen france near the belgian border. -
The Battle of Britain
hitler expected britian to negotiate peace after france surrender. but then churchill delieved a defiant speech in parliment, vowing that britian would never surrender. German air force called the "luftwaffe" began to attack british shipping in the english channel.
