World War II Timeline ... 1938 to 1939

World War Two Timeline
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*** 1938 ***
Date	Event	Web Site
September 29, 1938	Munich Pact - Hitler is allowed to take over Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia.	From The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
Summer 1938	Anti-Jewish signs are filmed by American Tourist visiting Wien, Germany	As far back as November 14, 1935, Hitler issued the "First Decree to the Reich Citizenship Law: "A Jew cannot be a Reich citizen. He is not entitled to the right to vote on political matters; he cannot hold public office." More about Nazi Anti-Jewish Laws at the Anti-Defamation League web site.

*** 1939 ***
Date	Event	Web Site
March 18, 1939	Axis Formed - Germany and Italy form alliance.	---
August 23, 1939	Germany and Russia sign Treaty of Nonaggression	From The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
September 1, 1939	Video of German invasion of Poland Germany invades Poland on September 1, 1939. German troops parade through Warsaw, Poland.	From The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School.
September 2, 1939	France responds to Germany's invasion of Poland	---
September 3, 1939	Neville Chamberlain addresses the world after the invasion of Poland.	---
September 3, 1939	Munich Pact signed	---
October 1939	Hitler signs an order authorizing involuntary euthanasia.	H-German Homepage