Adolf Hitler

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• Timeline
  • October 25-November 1, 1936
Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy sign a treaty of cooperation.
  • November 25, 1936
Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, directed against the Soviet Union.
  • July 7, 1937
Japan invades China
  • March 11-13, 1938
Germany incorporates Austria in the Anschluss.
  • September 29, 1938
Germany, Italy, Great Britain, and France sign the Munich agreement forcing Czechoslovakia to give up the Sudetenland.
    • Reactions
      • Britain
        • Neville Chamberlain
          • Thrilled ... "peace in our time" speech
        • Winston Churchill
          • Angry ... defeat without war
      • Italy
        • Benito Mussolini
      • France
        • Edouard Daladier
          • Reluctant
      • Czechoslovakia
        • Angry ... but gives in
      • Soviet Union
        • Josef Stalin
          • Angry ... not included
      • Germany
        • Adolf Hitler
          • Furious ... wanted war
        • Military & diplomates
          • Relieved ... aware of Germany's weaknesses
  • March 14-15, 1939
The Germans occupy the rump Czech lands in violation of the Munich agreement.
  • March 31, 1939
France and Great Britain guarantee the integrity of the borders of the Polish state.
  • April 7-15, 1939
Fascist Italy invades and annexes Albania.
  • August 23, 1939
Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sign a nonaggression agreement.
  • September 1, 1939
Germany invades Poland
  • September 3, 1939
Great Britain and France declare war on Germany.
  • September 17, 1939
The Soviet Union invades Poland from the east.
  • May 10, 1940-June 22, 1940
Germany attacks western Europe
• Countries
  • Soviet Union
  • Italy
  • Germany
  • Poland
  • France
  • Britain
  • Czechoslovakia
    • Sudetenland

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