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Hitler meets with Military Advisers
Hitler secretly met with his top military advisers. He explained how in order for Germany to grow they needed to expand into the neighbors land. -
Union with Austria
German troops marched into Austria unstopped. They were marching because they favored unification with Germany. A day later Germany announced that its union with Austria was complete. -
Bargaining for the Sudetenland
Daladier and Chamberlain signed an agreement, which turned the Sudetenland over to Germany with out a single shot being fired. -
Hitler Plots an Attack on Poland
There was a decent amount of Germans living in Poland. Hitler began to convince them the Poles were treating them wrong and that they needed his protection. He did this to manipulate the crowd and gain a following to further his expansion. If Hitler began a war with Poland he would invoke Britain and France causing an all out war. -
Hitler Takes over Czechoslovakia
Hitler and his troop pour into what remains of Czechoslovakia. By nightfall it had been taken over. This continued to feed Hitlers need for expansion. -
Nonagression Pact
Stalin and Hitler signed an agreement together. This agreement eliminated the danger of a two front war. -
Blitzkrieg in Poland
Blitzkrieg or the lightening war, was the first test of Germany newest military strategy. It helped advance military technology for Germans. -
Britain and France Declare War on Germany
Britain and France had both promised military aid to Poland. After Hitler had bombed Poland and terrorized their citizens with tanks a war began. -
The Phony War
Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway in order to protect freedom and independence. -
The Fall of France
William Shirer and the rest of the world watched Hitler hand French officers his terms of surrender. -
The Battle of Britian
The RAF shut down over 185 German planes. At the same time they only lost 26 aircraft.
