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Germany's Anschluss with Austria
The German Republic Austria was annexed into the German Third Reich on 12 March 1938. There had been several years of pressure by supporters from both Austria and Germany -
Hitler's Annexation of Czechoslovakia
began with the Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia's northern and western border regions, known collectively as the Sudetenland, under terms outlined by the Munich Agreement. Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's pretext for this effort was the alleged privations suffered by ethnic German populations living in those regions. -
The Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
In 1939, Adolf Hitler was preparing for war. Though he was hoping to acquire Poland without force, Hitler was planning against the possibility of a two front war. -
Germany's Invasion of Poland
The Invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign or 1939 Defensive War in Poland and the Poland Campaign in Germany, was an invasion of Poland by Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small Slovak contingent that marked the start of World War II in Europe -
The Phony War
The Phoney War was a phase early in World War II—in the months following Britain and France's declaration of war on Germany (shortly after the German invasion of Poland) in September 1939 and preceding the Battle of France in May -
The Fall Of France
06/15/1940 the fall of france In the Second World War, the Battle of France was the German invasion of France and the Low Countries, beginning on 10 May 1940, which ended the Phoney War -
The Battle OF Britian
07/18/1940 The Battle of Britain The Battle of Britain was the first major campaign to be fought entirely by air forces,[27] and was also the largest and most sustained aerial bombing campaign to that date -
The Munich Pact
The Munich Pact was an agreement permitting the Nazi German annexation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. The Sudetenland were areas along Czech borders, mainly inhabited by ethnic Germans. The agreement was negotiated at a conference held in Munich, Germany, among the major powers of Europe without the presence of Czechoslovakia -
Germany's Annexation Of the Sudetenland
Sudetenland (Czech and Slovak: Sudety, Polish: Kraj Sudetów) is the German name used in English in the first half of the 20th century for the northern, southwest and western regions of Czechoslovakia inhabited mostly by Germans, specifically the border areas of Bohemia. -
The Miracle at Dunkirk
On the first day, only 7,011 men were evacuated, but by the ninth day, a total of 338,226 soldiers (198,229 British and 139,997 French) had been rescued by 850 boats.