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Hitler's Saturday Surprise
Hitler announces that Germany will be rebuilding its airforce that was crippled from the Treaty or Versailles. HItler announces this on saturday because most British leaders are away for the weekend. -
Hitler's 2nd Saturday Surprise
Hitler's ground forces arrive in Rhineland, a strip of land set asside to ensure the execution of the Treaty of Versailles. -
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Hitler allies with Italy
HItler creates a friendship with Mussolini so he could open the way for a union of Austria and Germany -
Hitler enters Austria
Hitler enters austria even though the people of Austria voted against the union of the nations. -
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Secret attempt at Czechoslovakia
HItler gives money to the 3 million German speaking Czechs in Westers Czechoslovakia in order to take over the naiton. Czechoslovakia's allies promised to protect its independance. -
HItler publically denounces other nations
He states that he was ridiculed by the European Jews for saying that he will wipe them out. He also says that Europe cannot stop until Jews are wiped out. -
Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia is taken over by Germany, but its allies do not react to this event until later. -
Hitler enters Poland
Hitler takes prisoners from Gleiwitz, dressed them in Polish army uniforms and lilled them. The next day Germany enered Poland , claiming they were rataliating to the Polish attack on Gleiwitz. -
Hitler declares war on Poland
Hitler formally declares war on Poland -
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Fall of Poland
HItler conquers part of western Poland and renames it Warthegau. -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill is named prime minister of Britian. -
Restrictions on Polish education
Heinrich Himmler placed restrictions that didnt let polish childern have education beyond 4th grade. -
HItler conquers much of Western Europe
Hitle conquers Norway, Luxembourg, the netherlands, Belgium, and France. -
Hitler invades Russia
Hitler orders the invaision of Russia to destroy the Jewish-Bolshevik manace. -
United States enters the war
The United States declares war on Japan after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, and since Germany is alied with Japan, Hitler too declares war on the United States, thus uniting Britian, the U.S. , and Russia to fight against Germany.
