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The Austrian Anschluss
Adolf Hitler announces “Anschluss” between Germany and Austria. Hitler wanted all German-speaking nations in Europe to be a part of Germany. He had a plan on re-uniting Germany with Austria. -
The Munich crisis
Representatives of britain,france,italy,and germany agreed to meet in munich,to decide Czechoslovakias fate.Britain and France agreed to hitlers demands,a policy that came know as appeasement.The people believe if they gave Hitler what he wanted,they could avoid war.In march 1939 germany sent troops into Czech and vidided the countr. Slovakia became independent. -
Hitler Demands Danzig
Hitler demanded the city of Danzig to be rerturned to german control.Hitler requested a highway and railroad across the polish Corridor.In May,Hitler ordered the german army to prepare to inavde poland. -
The Nazi Soviet Pact
Germany invaded poland,Two days later,Britain and FRance delcared war on Germany.World War II had begun.Germans used a new type of warfare called ¨Blitzkrieg¨. This new fighting type used large numbers of massed tanks to break through.Polish couldnt repel the attack.Warsaw, fell to the Germans on September 27th, the Germans had defeated the polish military -
The Invasion of Poland
1.5 million German troops invade Poland with its 1,750 mile border with German controlled territory. Hitler gave orders for the Poland invasion to begin on August 26, but on August 25 he delayed the attack when he learned that Britain had signed a new treaty with Poland, promising military support should it be attacked.At the end a communist government was established. -
The Fall of France
German invasion of France and the Low Countries during WWII. The Germans advanced and marched into Paris.
"If the tanks succeed, then victory follows."
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The Evacuation of Dunkirk
the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches of Dunkirk between May27th and June 4th,1940, during World War II.By May 24th, Walther von Brauchitsch, the German army commander in chief was determined to take Dunkirk.On June 6th, 1944, liberation of Western europe finally began with the successful Allied landing at Normandy. -
-The Battle of Britain
On June 17, 1940, the defeated French signed an armistice and quit World War II.The Battle of Britain was a struggle between the German Luftwaffeand,the British Royal Air force which raged over Britain between July and October 1940.British fighters were in large numbers and shot down many of the Germans. As a result, Hitler permanently postponed a landing on the British Isles and suspended the Battle of Britain
