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The Anschluss
Aodlf Hitler annouced a anschluss union between Germany and Austria. The union was a dream of Austrian Social Democrats since 1919. Despite the fact that Hitler did not have the full approval of Austrian Social Democrats, the rise of a pro-Nazi right-wing party within Austria in the mid-1930s paved the way for his move.While Austrian chancellor feared Hitler because of his powers. On March 12, 1938, German troops marched into Austria. and Hitler announced his Anschluss. -
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The Munich Conference
Hitler claimed that Sudetenland was part of Czechslovakia and they were mistreating the Czechslovakian Govenrment. Then they came up with the idea of "The Munich Conference". Hitler met with people from France, United Kingdom, and Italy. After all the meeting, they all came up with an agreement that Hitler would annex Sudetenland and in return. Hitler proimsed he would not invade any other areas. Everybody knew Hitler wanted to make his country the one of the most powerful, power was key. -
The Nazi Soviet Pact
representatives from Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union met and signed the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact, which guaranteed that the two countries would not attack each other. By signing this pact, Germany had protected itself from having to fight a two-front war in the soon-to-begin World War II. -
The War Begins
On September 1, 1939, the beginning of the German attack, Great Britain and France sent Adolf Hitler an ultimatum either withdraw German forces from Poland or Great Britain and France would go to war against Germany. -
Danzig and the Polish Corridor
Danzig was a port city predominately German in population. In land from Danzig the Germans were a minority and Poles were the majority.The settlement at Paris separated Danzig from Germany and created a corridor that gave the newly independent Poland access to the Baltic Sea. The Poles constructed a port on Polish territory just west of Danzig, Gdynia, and Danzig and Poland were joined into a customs union. . On September 1, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, arrived to support the German
