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Hitler secretly meets withv top military advisers
Hitler planned to make Austria and Czechoslovakia a part of the Third Reich. -
German troops marched into Austria
Germany was unchallenged in this battle and annonced their union with Austria a day later. -
Edouard Daladier and Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich Agreement
Hitler invited Chamberlain, British prime minister, and Daladier, French premier, to meet with him and told them that Sudentenland would be his "last territorial demand." The two This agreement turned Sudentenland over to Germany withoutone single shot needing to be fired. the two were eager to avoid war, so they chose to believe them. -
German troops poured into what was left of Czechoslovakia
Hiter wasn't done expanding the Third Reich.At nightfall this night, he gloated, "Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist." After this, Hitler turned his gaze toward Germany's eastern neighnor: Poland. -
Stalin signed Nonaggression Pact with Hitler
This pact was the commitment that the two countires of Germany and the Soviet Union would never attack each other.Stalin also signed a second secret pact agreeing to divide Poland between them. -
German airforce roared over Poland
They rained bombs on military bases, airfields, railroads, and cities. They laso had tanks race across Polish countrysides, causng terror and confusion. This was also the first test of Germany's newes,ilitary strategy, blitzkrieg, or lighting war. -
Britain and France declare war on Germany
Both of these countries are allies of Poland and this is how they respond to Hitler's invasion on them. -
Hitler launched a surprise invasion on Denmark and Norway
Hitler siad that the reason for this invasion was "to protect (those countries') freedom and independence." The real reason, however, was becuase he had planned to build bases along the coasts to strike at Great Britain. Hitler turned againt the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. ThIs was the end of the phony war. -
France surrenders to Germany
The French government signed an armistice with Germany surrendering. The treaty provided that hostilities between the two nations would end.
