German Expansion from 1937-1940

  • Hitler secretly met with his top advisors to speak of Germany and how in order for Germany to grow and prosper they will need the land of its' neighbors.

  • German troops marched into Austria.

    German troops marched into Austria.
  • Germany announced that its Anschluss or "union" with Austria was completed.

  • Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement

    Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement
  • German troops invaded Czechoslavakia

    German troops invaded Czechoslavakia
  • Hitler invaded Poland

  • Stalin signed nonaggression pact to declare communist Russia and Germany

    Stalin signed nonaggression pact to declare communist Russia and Germany
  • German air force bombed all military bases in Poland

    German air force bombed all military bases in Poland
  • Britain and France declared war on Germany

  • Hitler launched a surprise attack on Denmark and Norway

  • Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender

    Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender
  • RAF shot down 185 German planes