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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
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Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as Axis powers.
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Germany annexes Austria. German troops march into Austria to annex the German speaking nation for the Third Reich.
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Germany, Italy Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement.( Appeasement)
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Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands.
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Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
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Germany invades Poland. On 1939, German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland.
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Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany. In 1939 Britain and France signed a series of military agreements with Poland that contained very specific promises.
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The Phony war was first used ,allegedly, by an American senator called Borah.
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Kristallnacht owes its name to the shards of shattered glass that lined German streets in the wake of the pogrom.
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The German plan to attack, Code named case yellow entailed an armored offensive through the Ardennes forest which bypassed the strong French frontier defenses of the Maginot Line
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Operation Sea lion was the name given by Hitler for the planned invasion of Great Britain in 1940.
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On 1940 the German begin the first in a long series of bombing against Great Britain, Which will last three and a half months, begins.
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Since first light on August 15th until the last squadron of fighter command landed on September 15th, the intensity of the air combat was at its peak.
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On January 20, 1942 fifteen high ranking Nazi party and German government leaders gathered for an important meeting