war in europe · denmark and norway by the end of may overruns netherlands, belgium and luxembourg...
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Hitler gains power in 1933
Occupies Rhineland in 1935
Hitler seeks further expansion
Austria’s German speaking majority favors unification
March 12th 1938 German troops march into Austria unopposed
March 13th Union announced
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3 million German speaking people in Czechoslovakia (Sudetenland)
Hitler charges Czechs with abuse of Germans
German and France pledge protection
Chamberlain goes to Munich
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Hitler claims Sudetenland last claim
Munich agreementGermans given Sudetenland
Appeasement
March 15th Hitler occupies rest of Czechoslovakia
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Soviets and German sign non aggression treaty
Germans claim Poles mistreatment of Germans
Most thought bluff, Soviet response
August 1939 sign treatySecond treaty to divide Poland
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September 1, 1939
Hitler’s Air Force, followed by troops invade Poland
Blitzkrieg
September 3, 1939
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
Within 3 weeks Poland falls and ceases to exist
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Phony War
September 3, 1939
France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
Not enough time to aide Poland
Defenses build along Maginot Line
Sitzkreig for several months
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April 9th Hitler invades Denmark and Norway
By the end of May overruns Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg
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Expecting invasion through Belgium, Nazis surprise by invading through French Ardennes Forest
Allied soldiers trapped near Dunkirk evacuated
Italy enters war and attacks France from the South
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Hitler offers French terms of Surrender that they had to accept – June 1940
Germans occupied northPuppet Vichy government in South
DeGaulle sets up government in exile
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Battle of Britain beginsNaval force assembled but air attack begins
Germans bomb Britain nightly for two months
British secret weapon – radar
Invasion called off
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