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Attack on Austria
On March 13, 1938, Germany took over Austria -
Deals with the Devil
At the Munich Conference on September 28-29, 1938, the French and the British handed Germany a large portion of Czechoslovakia. Hitler then took the rest of Czechoslovakia by March 1939 -
Staged Attack
On the night of August 31, 1939, Nazis took an unknown prisoner from one of their concentration camps, dressed him in a Polish uniform, took him to the town of Gleiwitz, and then shot him. the staged scene with the dead prisoner dressed in a Polish uniform was supposed to appear as a Polish attack against a German radio station. -
War Breaks Out
Non one wanted war. Yet, Germany attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 other European countries felt they had to act. The result was six long years of World War 2 -
Attack on Poland
At 4:45 on the morning of September 1, 1939, German troops enter Poland. The sudden, immense attack by the Germans was called a Blitzkrieg