German Expansion

  • Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement

    Daladier and Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement
    British and French prime ministers Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier sign the Munich Pact with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The agreement averted the outbreak of war but gave Czechoslovakia away to German conquest.
  • German air force bombed all military bases in Poland

    German air force bombed all military bases in Poland
    During the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939, 70% of planes and aircraft were destroyed.
  • September campaign

    September campaign
    Germany attacks Poland full on,
    The Soviet Union also attacks Poland from the east, they took a part of their land.
    In the end, Poland could no longer be found.
    This can be determined as the start of World War II.
  • Britain and France declared war on Germany

    Britain and France declared war on Germany
    In response to Hitler’s invasion of Poland, Britain and France, both allies of the overrun nation declare war on Germany.
  • Invasion of poland

    Invasion of poland
    In September 1939, Germany invaded Poland.Within weeks the Poles surrendered. The Germans annexed the former free city of Danzig and all of western Poland, including the provinces of West Prussia, Poznan, Upper Silesia, and Lodz.
  • Conquering Denmark and Norway

    The Germans permitted the Danish government to remain in place and govern, though elections were banned.
  • Luxembourg Surrender

    German forces invaded western Europe. Luxembourg surrendered that day and was ultimately annexed to Germany.
  • Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender

    Hitler handed French officers his terms of surrender
    Following the decisive German victory in the Battle of France this armistice established a German occupation zone in Northern and Western France that encompassed all English Channel and Atlantic Ocean ports and left the remainder "free" to be governed by the French.
  • Mussolini enters war

    Mussolini enters war
    Mussolini thinks the French war is because of a big disagreement of religious and governmental refused so he joins war against France.
  • Invasion of yugoslavia and greece

    Invasion of yugoslavia and greece
    In March 1941, in an effort to aid its Axis ally Italy, Nazi Germany invaded Yugoslavia and Greece.Yugoslavia disintegrated within two weeks. With their Italian allies, the Germans partitioned Slovenia and annexed the northeastern part of the country, sponsored a dependent Croat state under the leadership of the fascist Ustasa movement, and put Serbia under military occupation.
  • Invasion of the soviet union

    Invasion of the soviet union
    In June 1941, Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union.
  • The turn of the war

    When the tide of war turned against Germany between November 1942 and July 1943, German troops nevertheless continued to extend direct German rule. After the Italians surrendered to the Allies in September 1943,