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German army of 100,000 Men
The German army was this size because the treaty of Versailles did not allow them to have a biger army.- My Own Words
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Germany Withdraws from the League of Nations
Because the Disarmament Conference was a failure and Hitler needed to rearm Germany
----- Hitler used the meeting with the League of Nations about disarmament because he knew that France would refuse... He was munipulative and stormed out making it seem like he wanted peace but France was the problem. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_germany_withdraw_from_the_league_of_nations#ixzz1LtptVqq4 -
Italy Invades Ethiopia
Mussolini invaded Ethiopia, because, first of all, he had grandiose ideas of building a "new Roman Empire," and being the new Julius Caesar. Thus, Mussolini invaded Ethiopia after giving a speech saying, "Ahora basta!" This meant "now it stops!" (referring to the raids of Eritrea and Somalia). Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_mussolini_invade_ethiopia#ixzz1Ltw4DWwI -
Hitler Declares parts of the Treaty of Versailles "Null and Void"
I think Hitler's acts where not justified because he knew exactly what he was doing. He declared clauses and parts of the treaty as "null and void" so people could nto stop him from continuing expanding and creating wars. -
Rome-Berlin Axis
The Axis of powers , also known as the Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries, or just the Axis, was an alignment of great powers during the mid-20th century that fought World War II against the Allies. It began in 1936 with treaties of friendship between Germany and Italy and between Germany and Japan. The "Rome-Berlin Axis" became a full military alliance in 1939 under the Pact of Steel. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers -
Hitler Occupies the Rhineland
Many people felt Hitler was justified because of the 3.5 million Germans that lived there, thus to some people it was as though Hitler was simply regaining German territory therefore being "justified". -My own words -
Britain Adopts a Policy of Appeasement
Appease Definition:
1) verb; To pacify or placate (someone) by accending to their demands.
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Hitler Occupies Austria
The only member of his cabinet not to resign was Seyss-Inquart. As the sole member of the Austrian government, he invited German troops into Austria in March 1938. On March 15th 1938, Hitler entered Vienna in triumph. The pleasure of the huge crowds was difficult to disguise. It is said that even Hitler was surprised by the size of the crowds and by the cheering. Austria became part of the German Greater Reich; Schuschnigg was arrested and imprisoned and almost immediately the Austrian Jews lost -
Parts of the Sudetenland ceded to Germany
*The Munich Agreement
*The Sudetenland contained 3.5 million Germans who had been cut off from the rest of Germany after the creation of Czechoslovakia by the Treaty of Versaille. Hitler felt he had a ligitimate cliam upon the area because he saw it as German land. Also, Sudeten Germans claimed they were victimised by the Czech government and wanted home rule or union with Germany. Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_Hitler_want_to_take_over_Sudetenland#ixzz1LtpQbQWr -
Hitler Occupies the Rest of Czechoslovakia
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Hitler uses Danzig City as a Pretext for confronting Poland
In addition to Soviet territory, the National-Socialists were also interested in establishing a new border with Poland because the German exclave of East Prussia was separated from the rest of the Reich by the "Polish Corridor". The Soviet Union was even interested in forming an alliance with Germany agaisnt Poland. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Z0wkbScFvqAJ:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland+what+other+country+other+than+germany+was+interested+in+polish+territory& -
Nazi/Soviet Pact signed
Basically Germany were offering Stalin the best offer in that: Russia would gain half of Poland when it was invaded, it would gain influence, It meant Russia would not be fighting Germany on two fronts, It would strike fear into capitalists countries,it would bind time of Russia to recover from the purges and build economically and militarily to be ready to fight Germany because war with Germany was inevitable.Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_did_stalin_agree_to_the_nazi_soviet_pact#ix -
Hitler Invades Poland
The invasion of Poland led to Britain and France to declare war on Germany on 3 September. However, they did little to affect the outcome of the September Campaign. This lack of direct help led many Poles to believe that they had been betrayed by their Western allies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Poland