Hitler's Acts of Agression

Hitler Meets with Military Advisers

Nov 5, 1937

Hitler meets with his top military advisers in secrecy and declared that to grow and prosper, Germany needed the land of its neighbors.

Propoganda

Period: Mar 2, 1938 to Sep 30, 1938

German propoganda states that German Slavs are being abused.

Germany Invades Austria

Mar 12, 1938

German troops marched into Austria unopposed. The following day Germany anounced that its union with Austria was complete.

Germany Gains Control of Sudetenlend

Sep 30, 1938

The French premier Edouard Daladier and the British prime minister signed the Munich Agreement, which turned Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia over to Germany

Germany Invades Czechoslovakia

Mar 15, 1939

German troops pour into what was left of the endCzechoslovakia. By nightfall, hitler had gloated, "Czechoslovakia has ceased to exist."

Russia and Germany Reach an Agreement

Aug 23, 1939

After signing the Non-Agression Act, fascist Germany and communist Russia sign a secret agreement to divide Poland between them.

Blitzkrieg in Poland

Sep 1, 1939

The German air-force rained bombs over military bases, air fields, and camps in Poland. With faster tanks and more powerfull aircrafts, Germany's forces quickly spread across Poland in what the Germans called a Blitzkrieg.

France Declares War

Sep 3, 1939

Two days after the Blitzkrieg in Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany.

Finland Surrenders

Dec 31, 1939

Stalin sent his army into Finland. After three months, The outnumbered Finish poeple surrendered.

Surpise Attack

Apr 9, 1940

Hitler launched a surprise invasion of Denmark and Norway.