German Expansion Timeline

  • Treaty of Versailles is Signed

    Treaty of Versailles is Signed
    The document was a signed to signify the end of WWI. The text left the Germans angered and resentful towards the supporting countries. Leaving all blame on the German with a dept to follow.
  • Adolf Hitler joins the National Socialist German Workers' Party

    Adolf Hitler joins the National Socialist German Workers' Party
    Hitler, being an unemployed solider, wandering around Germany looked for a cause. He finds the struggling Nazi party. He benefited the party with his leadership skills and talent at public speaking. These talents lead to him becoming the leader of the party. As the "fuhrer" of the party he promised to save Germany from chaos.
  • German Economy Falls

    German Economy Falls
    The German economy hit its all time low. Five Million marks was worth less then a penny.
  • Mein Kampf

    Mein Kampf
    Hitler publishes he book named "Mein Kampt". Which set forth his beliefs of Nazism, and his plan for the Nazi Party. One of his core beliefs is extreme nationalism.
  • Rise of the Nazi Party

    Rise of the Nazi Party
    In 1932 the Nazi became the strongest political party in German.
  • Adolf Hitler is now Chancellor of Germany

    Adolf Hitler is now Chancellor of Germany
    Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany. Once in power Hitler quickly dismantled Weimar Republic. In its placed he established the third Reich aka the Third German Empire. According to Hitler " this new era would last a thousand years"
  • Hitler meets top military advisers

    He proposed that Germany need to expand into neighboring countries. The plan was to add Austria an Czechoslovakia into the third riecht by forceful methods.
  • German Troops March on Austria

    German Troops March on Austria
    German Troops invade Austria unopposed. A day later Germany announced that the union of Austria was complete. The US and League of nations did nothing.
  • Munich Agreement

    Munich Agreement
    On this date the French and British Prime Ministers sign the Munich agreement. Which gave the Sudetland to Germany without a shoot being fired.
  • Germany invades the rest of Czechs

    Germany invades the rest of Czechs
    Hitler takes over the whole country. Thus on a hype of countering a land moves on to Poland.
  • Nonaggression pact

    Nonaggression pact
    Russia and Germany secret pact that they will not attack each . They signed a second agreement to divide Poland between them.
  • German try Blitzkrieg on Poland

    The German air force fly over Poland. Then takes and men raid the ground. People were overwhelm on many military points.
  • France & England Declare war

    After the German attack to Poland, They declare war.
  • Surprise Invasion

    Surprise Invasion
    Germany invades on Denmark and Norway. He did this to protect "there countries freedom and independence" ,but it was really to ass bases to strike Britain. It also lead to Hitler turning against Netherlander, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
  • The Fall of France

    The Fall of France
    Italy entered the war supporting Germany and invaded France from the south. While the Germans invaded from the north and closed in on Paris. On this day, the French surrendered. France started becoming a Nazi controlled puppet-government.
  • Germans assemble invasion fleet

    Germans assemble invasion fleet
    The Germans began to assemble an invasion fleet on the coast of France. This is because Germans could not compete with Britain's naval power and they also launched an air war on Britain. About 2,000 German planes ranged over Britain every night for two months bombing London.