7th March 1936 German

troops enter the Rhineland.

15th March 1938 Germany

invades Austria.

29th Sept 1938 Germany

takes control of

Sudentenland

region of Czechoslovakia.

16th March 1939 Germany

takes control of the whole

of Czechoslovakia.

1st September 1939

Germany begins

the invasion of Poland.

The evacuation of

children.

3rd September 1939 Britain and France declare war against Germany

17th September 1939 the

USSR invades Poland from

the west.

27th September 1939 capital of Poland warsaw falls to German control.