Editing Second World War (section)

== Pre-war expansion ==
Germany annexed Austria between 11 and 13 March 1938. The Munich Agreement was signed on 29 September 1938 and forced Czechoslovakia to cede the Sudetenland to Germany. In March 1939, Germany occupied the Czech lands and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.<ref name="ushmm-key-dates" />

Italy invaded Albania on 7 April 1939. Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact on 23 August 1939. Its secret protocol divided parts of eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence and removed the immediate risk of a German-Soviet war during the invasion of Poland.<ref name="ushmm-key-dates" />

Jan Paap became an external Glöbberist shortly before the war. His contact with [[Glöbbery]] connected him to oath-based hierarchy, private records, and loyalty structures that later influenced his movement outside Europe.<ref name="globbery">{{cite web |title=Glöbbery |url=https://vriendenuniverse.org/wiki/Gl%C3%B6bbery |website=Vrienden Universe Wiki |access-date=12 June 2026}}</ref>