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German Anschluss with Austria
Hitler annexes Austria in an effort to unify German speaking people. -
Treaty of Munich
Several leaders agree Hitler should have the Sudetenland. -
Hitler invades Czechoslovakia
Hitler invades and occupies Czechoslovakia. -
Britain rearms and reassures Poland
Britain begins to rearm and installed a secret radar system on the coast. -
Russia and Germany sign pact?
Germany and Russia sign a non-aggression pact with secret clauses for the invasion of Poland. -
Hitler invades Poland
Hitler invades Poland -
Britain and France declared war on Germany
Britain and France enter the war -
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler invades Denmark and Norway to protect supply routes of Swedish ore -
Blitzkrieg
Hitler launches his Blitzkrieg on Holland and Belgium -
Italy enter war on side of Axis powers
Italy joins the Axis powers -
Hitler attacks Russia – Operation Barbarossa
Hitler sends 3 million troops into Russia, ignoring the treaty he had with Russia -
France signs armistice with Germany
After being devastated by Germany France signs an armistice -
Italy and Germany attack Yugoslavia
German and Italian soldiers attack Yugoslavia, Greece, and Crete -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacks a US fleet in Hawaii -
Britain and US declare war on Japan
Britain and US declare war on Japan after Pearl Harbor
