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Germany Takes Austria
Austria's population was primarily German who wanted unification, so when Germany invaded, the population was okay with it, and announced a union a day later -
Germany Takes the Sudetenland
After claiming that Czechoslovakia was mistreating the people of Sudetenland, the League of Nations decided to appease him and annex it, giving it to Hitler who claimed that it would be his last territorial grab -
Germany Takes the Rest of Czechoslovakia
German troops flooded the rest of Czechoslovakia -
Germany Takes Poland
In Spring of 1939 Hitler claimed that Poland was mistreating the German Population in Poland, and offered protection. People believed he was bluffing, but around the end of that summer the Germans bombed Poland and used their Blitzkrieg strategy to capture Poland -
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Phony War
French and British Troops lined the Maginot line in order to watch Germany, and Germany did the same. It was a brutal stalemate. -
Germany Takes the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
After taking Denmark and Norway, Germany turned to these countries for their strategic positions, and expanding living space for the Aryan Race -
Germany Invades Denmark and Norway
Germany invades Denmark and Norway in order to "protect" the countries from Soviet invasion, but actually used them for strategic locations for bases -
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Germany Bombards Britain
Over the summer Germany used over 2000 planes to constantly bomb Britain in hopes that they surrender as well, as well as taking out Britain's Royal Air Force, seeing as the Royal Navy was better than Hitler's Navy -
Germany and Italy Capture France
While Germany had bypassed the Maginot line through the Ardennes, a wooded ravine, Italy attacked France from the South, and helped Germany capture it. The French surrendered later -
Britain Fights Back
Britain, with their new Radar technology, was able to calculate Germany's flight path, and shot down 185 German planes to Britain's 26. After six weeks Germany called off the attacks.
