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1935 Hitler
During 1935, Adolf Hitler the newly elected prime minister of Germany began to defy the Treaty of Versailles. He declared that he would begin to expand his military again, in clear violation of the Treaty. -
Anschluss
Hitler sent troops into the neighboring country of Austria to unify or "Anschluss" with German. -
Czechislovakia
Hitler claimed that Germany was to take control of the Sudetenland, a Czechislovakian province near Germany's border. He did so at the Munich Conference with Great Britain and France -
Munich Conference
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Danzig
Created on November 15, 1920, this city-state was not protected by the Treaty of Versailles and was an often debated topic which was a focal point of Germany. Germany wanted the city to become apart of Germany so it could be used as a strategic point of war. -
Nazi- Soviet Pact
Hitler meets with Stalin and forms a non-agression pact between the Nazis and the Soviets -
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg was a German war tactic in which they tried to demolish an entire city, country, or objective in one raid. -
Poland Fell
Germany final destroys Poland and their government falls. -
Phony War or Bore War
Western European countries remained quiet about Germany and stayed out of the war. Britain called it a "Bore War" while Americans called it a "Phony War." -
Invasion of France
Germany launched an invasion of Belgium and Luxembourg. They did so to easily move around France's Maginot Line. This line of defense was composed of concrete bunkers that ran along all of France's border with Germany. Once German forces were through Belgium and Luxembourg, they marched into France. -
Evacuation at Dunkirk
The Allied Powers staged a huge rescue of nearly 340,000 troops that were traped by the invading German forces in a port in northern France known as Dunkirk. -
French Surrender
Hitler accepts the French surrender in the same railway car that Germany had to surrender in during WWI. -
Battle of Britain
Germany's elite Air Force, the Luftwaffe, launches an all out attack on the British Royal Air Force that lasted into the fall of 1940.
