1. WWII Begins

2. 1938 Hitler conquers Austria- not a shot fired (March)
Munich Conference (Sept.)
Hitler promises that after Sudetenland he is done conquering
Chamberlain declares he has achieved “peace in our time”
Hitler conquers Sudetenland (Oct.)

3. 1939
Hitler conquers the rest of Czechoslovakia, breaking Munich Agreement (March)
Hitler and Stalin sign Non-Aggression Pact (Aug.)
Britain and Poland sign Mutual Assistance Treaty (Aug.)
Hitler invades W. Poland (Sep.)
Blitzkrieg (lightening war) - Bomb first, then send in troops and tanks
Britain, France, Australia, Canada and N.Z. declare war on Germany
Battle of Atlantic begins
Stalin invades E. Poland (Sep.)

5. 1940
Hitler invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Netherlands (April and May)
Allied evac. At Dunkirk
Battle of Britain begins (July)
German air force (Luftwaffe) bombs England for 11 months
British develop radar
Stalin invades Baltic States (July)

7. 1941 British sink German battleship “Bismarck” (May)
Turning point in Atlantic
Germany attacks Soviet Union (June)
Operation Barbarossa
Britain and Russia become allies (July)
Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7)
U.S. and Britain declare war on Japan
Germany declares war on U.S.