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- Invasion of Poland and the Outbreak of World War II (September 1, 1939)
- American Isolationism
- At the beginning of World War II, the United States did not want to get involved. This resulted in American isolationism where the US did not really help either side in the beginning. The US set up policies like the Neutrality Act of 1937 which allowed countries to purchase ammunition from the US only if they had cash and would transport it themselves.
- In 1937 Germany reoccupied the Rhineland. The Rhineland was an important industrial area for Germany and was taken away from the at the end of WWI to act as a border between Germany and France. The German people felt that they should take it back because they were dirt poor and the people who lived in the Rhineland were German.
- Reoccupation of the Rhineland (March 7, 1936)
- The Nonaggression Pact/Nazi-Soviet Pact (August 1939)
- Hitler wanted to invade Poland but did not want to fight a war on two fronts. He came to an agreement with Stalin and told Stalin that he would get a piece of Poland if the Soviet Union stayed neutral. This was only a temporary agreement because Hitler had plans of Invading the Soviet Union later
- Stalin Hitler
- On September 1st 1939, Hitler launched a surprise attack on Poland's capital, Warsaw. Britain and France declared war on Germany but Poland had already fallen before they could make a response. This was the first use of the German blitzkrieg strategy or lighting war.
- After the fall of France Germany began relentlessly bombing British cities. The British people remained strong and eventually the British got a way to counter attack the Germans. Eventually Hitler gave up on bombing the British mainland.
- The Battle of Britain (Summer of 1940-May 1941)
- explosion
- Hitler invaded the Soviet Union and took over Leningrad due to the Soviet's military being unprepared. The Germans held the city and 1 million citizens died of starvation and other causes. Hitler ordered his men to not retreat even in the cold winter which resulted in the deaths of 500,000 German soldiers.
- Hitler Invades the Soviet Union (June 22, 1941)
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