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Saar
In January 13 1935, the saar held a plebiscite, courtesy of the League of Nations. It was to determine whether the state of Saar was to join Germany or France. The anti-Nazi urged the population to stay with France and vice versa. But the majority of the population was German, despite George Clemenceau claiming there were over 150,000 Frenchmen, put along side with some anti French groups. This led the poles to have a vote to reunite with Germany being 90%, 9% being League mandated and 0.5% bein -
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Hitler's Forgien Policy
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Anglo German Naval pact
Anglo-German Naval Agreement, (1935) bilateral concord between Britain and Germany countenancing a German navy but limiting it to 35 percent of the size of the British navy. Part of the process of appeasement before World War II, the pact allowed Germany to violate restrictions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles, prompting international criticism and driving a wedge between the French and the British. -
Remilitarization of the Rhineland
This was a very sought after piece of land. Not only was it a key industrial city for Germany during WW1 but it had lots of natural resources such as iron coal and steel. This is also a key piece of defensive land at least to Hitler's eyes as it was their border to France. But in accordance to the treaty of Versailles Hitler was not to have any military presence within 50km of the Rhineland. But Hitler invaded anyway, sending 22,000 troops to invade the Rhineland, the first time since WW1. -
Spanich Civil war
During this time period Spain was ruled by left wing socialists and republicans. Hitler and Mussolini sent in troops to help bolster the nationalist agenda, in accordance to helping their own agenda. If Spain became a communist, it would be a powerful ally for the Germans and Italians to have. It also proved a valiant testing ground for new technologies for the Germans. -
Anti-comintern Pact
Signed by Nazi Germany and Japan in November 25th 1936, Italy then joined in November 6th 1937. The pact was directed against the Soviets, as it was against communism. But the treaty just ended up being an alliance between Japan, Italy and Germany. -
Anschluss with Austria
Hitler encouraged Austrian Nazi’s to demand a union with Germany. Germany invaded Austria when Austrian chancellor announced a vote to see what the Austrians wanted. 99% of Austrian voted “ja” or yes. Britain and France were left helpless. This union was specifically forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles. In the Munich conference Germany received a large portion of Czechoslovakia and by March received the entirety. -
Czechoslovakia and Poland
Pact was nicknamed Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. It guaranteed an alliance with the two countries (or the guarantee neither would attack each other). He wanted to gain Poland without using force, similarly to Austria. In April 1939 Russia Britain and France made an alliance against Poland. By the 23rd of August Russia switched sides. Hitler and Stalin eventually invaded Poland and split it between them. The pact was supposed to last 10 years but only lasted 2 years.
