https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5 World War 2 timeline en-us 2018-02-12 18:19:36 UTC 2018-02-13 18:22:59 UTC hello@padlet.com krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230749786 Hitler went ahead with his plans to unify all German-speaking people. He annexed Austria then demanded the liberation of German people in the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Neville Chamberlain flew to Germany to attempt a settlement before war broke out.]]> 2018-02-12 18:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230749786 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230750197 Hitler, Chamberlain, Daladier of France and Mussolini of Italy met in Munich and agreed that Hitler should have the Sudetanland of Czechoslovakia. The Czechs were not represented at the meeting and realising that no country would come to their aid were forced to surrender the Sudetenland to Germany. Hitler assured those at the meeting that this was the extent of his ambitions for expansion. Chamberlain returned to England with a piece of paper signed by Hitler, proclaiming ‘peace in our time.’?]]> 2018-02-12 18:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230750197 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230750710 Despite the assurances given by Hitler in the Treaty of Munich (Sept 1938), he marched into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country.]]> 2018-02-12 18:28:54 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230750710 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230751047 Britain had begun re-arming and a highly secret radar early warning system was installed along the east coast. Conscription was introduced and assurances were given to Poland, who was being threatened by the Fuhrer.]]> 2018-02-12 18:29:32 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230751047 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230751716 Hitler and Stalin signed a non-aggression pact which included secret clauses for the division of Poland.]]> 2018-02-12 18:30:44 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230751716 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230752357 Adolf Hitler invaded Poland.]]> 2018-02-12 18:31:52 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230752357 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230752797 Britain and France declared war on Germany. Neville Chamberlain broadcast the announcement that the country was at war.]]> 2018-02-12 18:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230752797 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230753128 The months following Britain’s declaration of war are referred to as the ‘phoney war’ because Britain saw no military action.]]> 2018-02-12 18:33:10 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230753128 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230753505 Hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway to safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore and also to establish a Norwegian base from which to break the British naval blockade on Germany.]]> 2018-02-12 18:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230753505 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230753825 Hitler invaded and occupied Denmark and Norway to safeguard supply routes of Swedish ore and also to establish a Norwegian base from which to break the British naval blockade on Germany.]]> 2018-02-12 18:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230753825 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230754150 Neville Chamberlain resigned after pressure from Labour members for a more active prosecution of the war and Winston Churchill became the new head of the wartime coalition government. Chamberlain gave Churchill his unreserved support. Ernest Bevin was made minister of labour and recruited workers for the factories and stepped up coal production. Lord Beaverbrook, minister of Aircraft Production increased production of fighter aircraft.]]> 2018-02-12 18:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230754150 krranki1 https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230755478 The British commander-in-chief, General Gort, had been forced to retreat to the coast at Dunkirk. The troops waited, under merciless fire, to be taken off the beaches. A call went out to all owners of sea-worthy vessels to travel to Dunkirk to take the troops off the beaches of Dunkirk. More than 338,000 men were rescued, among them some 140,000 French who would form the nucleus of the Free French army under a little known general, Charles de Gaulle.]]> 2018-02-12 18:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/krranki1/u8juxg14enu5/wish/230755478