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Germany's Anschluss with Austria
-Austria was made up of mainly Germans who wanted to be with Germany.
-Germans marched into Austria without being stopped and Hitler announced their union. -
Annexation of Sudetenland
-This weakened Czechoslovakia greatly.
-Many people of this area were Germans wanting to rejoin Germany. -
Munich Pact
-This turned over the Sudentenland to Germany without starting a war.
-Chamberlain whoi was the prime minister was welcomed back as a hero, this was short lived. -
Annexation of Czechoslovakia
-At dawn Germans stormed Czechoslovakia to take over.
-This took only one day to accomplish. -
Nazi-Soviet Pact
-Germany wanted to go after Poland, but this would start a war with the Soviet Union, however, this Soviet Union signed this pact which made them neutral.
-Another secret pact to divide Poland was also signed. -
Invasion of Poland
-Germany's air force bombed poland.
-Blitzkrieg, or lightning war, was the strategy they used which was a very quick and powerful blow to a nation to stop opposing forces. -
Phony War
-France and Germany stared at each other for months across their trenches.
-This was called the sitzkrieg or "sitting war" by Germans. -
Miracle At Dunkirk
-400,000 Allied soldiers fled towards Dunkirk but were trapped by the enemy.
-Makeshift rafts and other water traveling devices helped 330,000 troops across the water. -
France Falls
-Italy and Germany enter from north and south to take France.
-Germany would rule the northern part of France, while Italy controlled the southern. -
Battle of Britain
-Hitler wanted to destroy the Royal Air Force to take over the air power.
-He bombed Britain for two months straight, however radar was used and stopped the Germans. Hitler called off the invasion.
