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The Austrian Anschluss
Hitler wanted all German-speaking nations in Europe to be a part of Germany. he had designs on re-uniting Germany with his native homeland Austria. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles Germany and Austria were forbidden to be unified -
The Munich Conference
settlement permitting Nazi Germany's annexation of portions of Czechoslovakia along the country's borders mainly inhabited by German speakers -
The Nazi -Soviet Pact
neutrality pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed in Moscow on 23 August 1939 -
The invasion of Poland
The action by Germany that began World War II in 1939. Germany invaded Poland only days after signing the Nazi-Soviet Pact -
Hitler's Demands Danzig
Hitler demanded that the Danzig region of Poland be ceded to Germany