Steps to WWII

In 1935 the inhabitants voted for the Saar land to be a part of Hitler's Nazi Germany. Later this lead to the wanting of the Rhine land. So in 1935 Adolf Hitler started building up his army and calling up men. On March 7th 1936 Germany marched into the Rhine land with only 22,000 men and invaded. In 1938 Hitler claimed that Austrian Nazis wanted unity with Germany. Hitler invaded Austria on March 11th 1938. Next, Hitler also wanted to unite all of the Germans in the Sudetenland which was part of Czechoslovakia. In 1938 Hitler took over. The Munich Pact stated that Great Britain and France will give Hitler the Sudetenland. On March 15th 1939, Hitler's troops marched into Czechoslovakia and invaded. Hitler now wanted Poland. Britain claimed to protect Poland form Germany and they knew the only way to stop Germany was through war. On August 1939 Hitler signed an agreement with Russia to help Germany if Great Britain intervened with the invasion of Poland. On September 1st 1939 Hitler invaded Poland, two days later Great Britain declared war on Germany. Before Germany invaded Poland and Great Britain declared war on Germany, Germany had broken the Treaty of Versailles and from this Great Britain or France did nothing about it. They just watched them do whatever they wanted. Only because they didn't want war with Germany. Even though they did end up going to war.