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Germany invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler's next ambition was annexation of Czechoslovakia. His pretext was alleged privations suffered by ethnic German populations living in Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland. Their incorporation into Nazi Germany would leave the rest of Czechoslovakia powerless to resist subsequent occupation. -
The Soviet Nazi Pact
Signed in 1939 by Germany and the Soviet Union that enabled a one front war when Germany started World War II. -
The Invasion of Poland
Germany attacked very quickly, Hitler wanted more land and Polan happened to be beside Germany. Many Polish people were forced into slave for the Nazi. -
Canada Enters the War
Canada entered World War II on September 10, 1939 when it declared war on Germany though initially its efforts were limited to the supply of raw materials and essential supplies to the European countries especially Britain. -
The Invasion of Norway, Denmark, Holland and Belgium
Hitler had issued the order for the invasion of Norway on March 1st under the code word “Weserübung”. The order also included the invasion of Denmark. -
Phony War (sitzkrieg)
A phase early in World War II. In the months following Britain's declaration of war on Germany (shortly after the German invasion of Poland) in September 1939 and preceding the Battle of France in May 1940, was marked by a lack of major military operations in Continental Europe. -
The Fall of France
Was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, executed on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War. -
The Miracle in Dunkirk
French and British had been badly defeated by Germany in the Battle of France. Something over 350,000 men, including the entire British army and elements of the French and Belgian armies, were trapped in the port of Dunkirk in France. The British decided to try to evacuate them by sea. -
The Invasion of France
Italy declared war on France and Britain. The French government was already fleeing to Bordeaux and Paris was an open city. Feeling that the war would soon be over, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini said to Pietro Badoglio, the Chief of Staff of the Italian Royal Army -
The Battle of Britain
It was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces, and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date. -
Operation Barbarossa
It was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union -
The attack on Pearl Harbor
a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
