German expansion 1939: Development towards WWII
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Updated: 26 Mar 2021
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Created bySilja Suursalmi
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Britain offered Polan help in case of German attackGermans proposed Danzig
should be returned to Germany
but the polish prime minister refusedHitler asked Lithuania to hand over MemelOperation White:
Hitler declared the Anglo-German
Naval agreement invalid
and ended Non-Aggression Pact with PolandSigning of The Pact of Steel between German and ItalyThe Nazi-Soviet Pact:
The two nations would remain neutral
if a third party were to attack either one of themGerman troops invade Poland
and Warsaw is bombedA Polish attack on a German wireless station
near the Polish border
staged by Germany to use as an excuse
for war
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