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Austria and Czechoslovakia Fall
Hitler met with his military advisers and he declared that to grow Germany needed to absorb Austria and Czechoslovakia into the Third Reich -
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Germany Expansion
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Union With Austria
German troops marched into Austria and announced that they were unified. -
Munich Agreement
An agreement between France, Britain, and Germany that handed the Sudetenland over to Germany without firing a shot. -
Germany Takes Czechoslovakia
German troops invaded Czechoslovakia and took the land from them. -
Germany and Russia Pact
On this date, Stalin signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler so Germany and Russia agreed to keep peace between them. -
The Blitzkrieg
The German air force flew over Poland and bombed everything. Tanks also drover through the country and helped destroy it -
Declaration of War
Two days after the blitzkrieg, Poland, Britain, and France declared war on Germany. -
Phony War
This was a period of eight months right after the fall of Poland where Germany waited for the other countries to make the first move in war. The Germans called this the sitzkrieg. -
Hitler Invades Denmark and Norway
Hitler launched surprise invasions of Denmark and Norway in order to build bases and attack Britain -
Hitler Attacks Again
Hitler took over the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg right after he invaded Denmark and Norway. -
Hitler Wins Against France
Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender and Germany took control of much of French country -
Battle of Britain
The Germans began to assemble fleets at the border of France and eventually started an air war with Britain and ultimately lost. -
RAF Fights Back
British pilots in the RAF shot down over 185 German planes and caused Germany to call off the British invasion.
