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In addition, others have theorized that the talismanic power behind the famed [[Spear of Longinus]] (the sacred spear which pierced the side of Christ) was the inspiration of Hitler’s life and that the Führer’s acquisition of the relic in 1938 was key to his rise to power. Hitler invaded Austria March 11, 1938. At Munich, September 30, 1938, France and Britain pressured Czechoslovakia to cede the Sudetenland. March 16, 1939, Nazi armies occupied Bohemia and Moravia. World War II began with Hitler’s ''blitzkrieg'' (lightning war) invasion of Poland September 1, 1939; Norway and Denmark April 9, 1940; Belgium, France, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands May 10, 1940; the Soviet Union November 11, 1941.