Which of these countries did Adolf Hitler invade first?

All of the answers saying Poland are incorrect. Before he invaded Poland, in 1939, Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia to reclaim the Sudetenland.

At the Munich Conference, the other powers in Europe decided to support the invasion, agreeing the territory was rightfully Germany’s. Hitler took the Sudetenland and then all of Czechoslovakia, installing a fascist government to rule newly independent Slovakia.

On 15 March 1939, German troops marched into Czechoslovakia. They took over Bohemia, and established a protectorate over Slovakia. Hitler's invasion of Czechoslovakia was the end of appeasement:

It proved that Hitler had been lying at Munich.

It showed that Hitler was not just interested in a 'Greater Germany' (the Czechs were not Germans).

On 17th March, Chamberlain gave a speech saying that he could not trust Hitler not to invade other countries.

On 31st March, Chamberlain guaranteed to defend Poland if Germany invaded.

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chris j rillo

Hitler didn't invade Czechoslovakia. He negotiated a territorial concession of the Sudatland and then annexed the remainder. It was a political annexation not a military invasion.

vinnie

Historians generally agree Germany's first move into Czechoslovakia was considered an annexation with European approval! Poland WAS the first country that Germany invaded

Mark G. Feeney

I have to agree with Henry. There was no resistance in Czechoslovakia. He was invited in.

buhlemann

some would say Austria

Tom Seigo

I totally agree with the comments that Czechoslovakia was not an invasion, but a "concession"! Poland was indeed the first "invasion" by Hitler and the beginning of the end for Germany!

Henry Lambert

Czech take over was no more an invasion than the Rhineland.

ninakamwene

I said Poland

Kathy Partlow

I’ve struck out today!

Val Wilkinson

That was very honourable of your father filmnut,

Shane Oney

Tim Parrish, according to history the Czechs welcomed him with open arms.

Ed Taber

Had the frogs and limeys not taken German territory after WW I none of it would have been necessary?

Janice Marler

I said Poland but this question sure did stir up a controversy. Good question!

Jan Carr

Poland was the first country to be invaded. Czechoslovakia was the first to be occupied. Question was which was invaded first, so it is Poland.

Joseph A. Robitaille

Oops for me too, yeek. . Wrong answer and I knew better.. I said Poland .

Marty Collins

Czechoslovakia was occupied first but Poland was INVADED first

Bob Walton

Austrian andchluss was first.

Barbara Midura

Why ask a question without a definitive answer?

Glen Wharram

Disagree regarding which country was invaded first. Everyone in history k owe it was Poland.

David Smith

Czechoslovakia was not an invasion.

gbluemoon

What came first the chicken or the egg.Invasion of Poland started the war.What came before seems a matter of opinion. Questions like this should be more definitive.