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Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany
German businessmen and the conservative German National People’s Party convinced Hindenburg to appoint Hitler as chancellor. -
Germany, Italy, Japan form pact known as Axis Powers
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. (Appeasement)
The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest. -
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Germany breaks the Munich Agreement and occupies the rest of Czech lands.
Adolf Hitler privately complained to members of his SS bodyguard, "That fellow Chamberlain spoiled my entrance into Prague." so he decided to go against the agreement. -
Germany and the Soviet Union sign the Nazi-Soviet Pact, dividing Eastern Europe into spheres of influence.
the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10 years. -
Germany invades Poland
German forces bombard Poland on land and from the air, as Adolf Hitler seeks to regain lost territory and ultimately rule Poland. World War II had begun. -
Honoring their support of Poland, Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
The French promised the Poles that in the event of German aggression against Poland, France would launch an offensive against the Germans "no later than fifteen days after mobilization". This promise was sealed in a solemn treaty signed between Poland and France. -
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Phony War
Britain and France declare war on Germany and mobilized their armies along the Maginot Line. -
Kristallnacht
Nazis in Germany torched synagogues, vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses and killed close to 100 Jews. -
Fall of France
The Fall of France was a battle that took place during the Second World War in May of 1940. German forces invaded areas of France pushing the British Forces and French forces back to the sea in Operation Dynamo. -
Operation Sea Lion
Operation Sealion was the name given by Hitler for the planned invasion of Great Britain in 1940. -
Battle of Britain Begins
the Germans begin the first in a long series of bombing raids against Great Britain, as the Battle of Britain. It lasts three and a half months -
Operation Sea Lion called off/End of Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain ended when Germany’s Luftwaffe failed to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force -
Pearl Harbor
Japan surprise attacks the UNited States destroying the Navy, Army and Air Force. -
Wannsee Conference
Nazi Party and German government officials gathered at a villa in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee to discuss and coordinate the implementation of what they called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question."
