1939 - 1949 (Hitler's Anxiety)

August

 * 28: Hitler suffers a panic attack and is rushed to a nearby hospital.


 * 29: Hitler postpones the invasion of Poland until November 1.

September

 * 6: Hitler's psychiatrist prescribes him anti-anxiety medicine.
 * 7: Hitler's psychiatrist recommends that Hitler resume painting to relieve stress.
 * 17: Russia, surprised that Hitler hasn't been seen recently or invaded Poland yet, invades eastern Poland.

October

 * 8: The Battle of Warsaw takes place, and the city falls to the Russians. Stalin requests an audience with Hitler and receives no response.
 * 19: In his first public appearance in weeks, Hitler announces the permanent cancellation of the invasion of Poland. Stalin is shocked, as he has been abandoned by his potential ally is now facing the French and British alone.
 * 21: Hitler sends Stalin a message saying he is willing to intervene if the Allied forces pose a real threat to Russia. This never occurs, however, because the allies do not honor their commitment to Poland.
 * 25: The Russian occupation of Poland is completed and a puppet government is set up in Warsaw.
 * 30: Hitler orders that the Wehrmacht rearmament continue as planned, but despite what he has said to Stalin, makes it clear that no military conflicts are to begin until 1942 when the Wehrmacht is fully equipped, despite the Treaty of Versailles.

November

 * 5: Russian annexation of Poland

December

 * 25: Hitler's Reich puts on a spectacular light show in Berlin in honor of Christmas.

January

 * 1: Stalin orders the Red Army to plan a swift invasion of the Baltics that will be completed by February 15.
 * 8: Stalin's generals submit their plans for the invasion.
 * 17: The Red Army invades Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia.
 * 22: Lithuania is defeated.
 * 23: Estonia is defeated.
 * 28: Latvia is defeated and Lithuania and Estonia are annexed.
 * 31: Latvia is annexed.

February

 * 3: Adolf Hitler gives a speech, in which he announces all male, able-bodied Jews must join the army under threat of imprisonment or execution.
 * 5: Germany's economy becomes the world's largest economy.
 * 9: Hitler orders the construction of 4 massive steel warships that would terrorize even the proud Royal Navy of Britain.
 * 27: Britain and France order Hitler to stop expanding the military or face war. Hitler disregards this threat as empty, just as all others up until this point had been.

March

 * 1: Hitler's art museum opens in Berlin.
 * 4: Hitler invites all ethnic Germans in Czechoslovakia to migrate to the reich.
 * 10: Western Czechoslovakia chooses, by a narrow margin, to become part of the German Reich.
 * 12: Hitler declares March 10 a national Holiday, known as Tag der Einheit, or Unity Day.

September

 * 6: Construction on the 4 warships Hitler ordered is completed, amidst much celebration in Germany.
 * 18: A joint ultimatum from Britain and France tells Hitler to stop rearmament or begin 1941 with a war.

November

 * 5: The Greeks invade Italian held Albania. This is a disaster for Hitler, who now must get involved 2 years ahead of schedule.
 * 8: The Luftwaffe provides light air support to the Italians in Albania, who are steadily pushed back.
 * 29: The Italians are expelled from Albania, and Hitler rebukes Mussolini, calling him a coward and inept leader. Hitler hopes that doing this will isolate him from the disaster that is Mussolini's Italy, although he doesn't truly feel this way.  The Pact of Steel begins to be tested.

December

 * 3: With time running out, Hitler and his generals decide that the best decision at this point would be a large scale invasion of France as soon as possible and as quickly as possible. Hitler is prepared for a long battle to wear the Wehrmacht down.
 * 5: Hitler puts Rommel in charge of this invasion.
 * 15: At 3:35 A.M., Germany invades Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
 * 16: Luxembourg falls.
 * 17: Belgium and Holland fall. France declares war on Germany.  Italy declares war on France.
 * 18: Britain declares war on Germany and Italy. World War II is now underway.
 * 19: The Wehrmacht launches a genius offensive into Alsace-Lorraine and northeastern France.