Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany in 1933. Soon he had made himself dictator.
Hitler said the country needed more land or "living space". First Hitler took over the country of Austria. Next, he took part of Czechoslovakia.
The other European countries didn't want war, so they didn't do anything. Finally, when Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the other countries knew he would not stop. France and Great Britain declared war on Germany and World War II had begun.

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So Austria fell and they still kidded themselves , then Czechoslovakia fell and they still kidded themselves.

Once bitten , twice shy.