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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
the conservative German National People’s Party convinced Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor. -
Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as Axis Power.
These three countries recognized German domination over most of continental Europe; Italian domination over the Mediterranean Sea; and Japanese domination over East Asia and the Pacific. -
Germany annexes Austria.
German troops march into Austria to annex the German-speaking nation for the Third Reich. -
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich Agreement
The settlement reached by Germany, Great Britain, France, and Italy that permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia. -
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Germany breaks the Munich Agreement
the Germans break the Munich Agreement and took over the rest of Czechs land. -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
the Germans and people from the Soviet Union Signed a pact agreeing to not invade each other which was called the Nazi-Soviet Pact. -
Germany invades Poland.
Germany started invading Poland and attacking the country. -
Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
Great Britain and France declared war on Germany for invading Poland. -
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Phony War
Britain and France declare war on Germany and mobilized their armies along the Maginot Line. -
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht is also referred to the Night of Broken Glass. -
Fall of France
It was the German invasion of France and the low countries in 1940. -
Operation Sea Lion
This was a Nazi code name for an invasion of the UK. -
Battle of Britain Begins
The Royal Air force defended the United Kingdom against Germany attacking them. -
Operation Sea Lion called off/End of Battle of Britain.
Operation Sea Lion was called off for Operation Barbarossa. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan surprise attacks the United States destroying the Navy, Army and Air Force. -
Wannsee Conference- when the "Final Solution" was decided.
It was a meeting of senior government officials of Nazi Germany and SS leaders
