CHRONOLOGY

• – Hitler annexes Austria.

• – German troops occupy Czechoslovakia.
• – Nazi-Soviet nonaggression pact.
• – Germany’s attack on Poland begins World War II.

• – Germany invades Denmark, Norway, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.
• – British and French troops evacuate from Dunkirk.
• – Battle of Britain.
• – Tripartite Pact.

• – Lend-Lease Act.
• – Germany invades Soviet Union.
• – Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
• – United States enters World War II.