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hitler promised to make Germany great again, to solve the problems of unemployment and 'right the wrongs of TOV'
his foreign policy was designed to help him achieve this -
hitler walked out saying that France wasn't serious
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lon represented the hated tov
after a plebiscite on the question 95.1% germans agreed to. leave -
germany and poland
10 years
poland won't interfere if germany moved against austria or czechoslovakia -
assasination of Austrian chancellor
engelbert dollfuss - created a dictatorship, violence and chaos as a result
due to chaos --> hitler planned to launch an invasion to achieve Anschluss hitlers plans were thwarted by Mussolini (who threatened war) -
Germany continued to trade w Italy despite sanctions by LON
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90% people of the region wanted to join germany
coal mining saar region on the border of f&g could hold a plebiscite aft 15 years Lon rule on who should control the region -
and intention to build up an army of 36 divisions
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coalition between Britain, France, and Italy to oppose hitlers foreign policy
in response to 'freedom to rearm rally' -
Britain and germany
set the size of the Germany's navy (kriegsmarine) at 35% that of the Royal Navy -
work against communism
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demilitarised under tov
19 battalions of German soldiers marched publicly into Rhineland
gambled
britain --> thought right
france --> financial crisis
both --> Abyssinian crisis
historians --> last chance to stop -
Britain and France led a non-intervention committee that banned countries from formally becoming involved in the Spanish civil war.
fascist powers ignored so did ussr -
may 1938 - threatened to seize Sudetenland
june 1939 - czech govt accepted demands made by Sudeten germans 9 sep 1938 - czech govt plebiscite 12 sep 1938 - speech by hitler - riots 15 Sep 1938 - bavaria, chamberlain agreed areas of Sudetenland w majority German pop should be given to germany if the rest agreed 22 sep 1938 - rhineland, chamberlain gained approval but hitler demanded the whole of Sudetenland international conference suggested at Munich by Mussolini and chamberlain -
hitler met w Austrian chancellor
hitler persuades schuschnigg to give a leading nazi: minister of the interior
schuschnigg organised a plebscite: 9th March
on finding this hitler demanded that he resign and that seyss- inquart become chancellor: 10th march
German troops entered: 12th march
plebiscite held: 10 April, 99.25% of vote in favour -
britain, france, germany, italy
czech and ussr not invited
sudetenland to be transferred over a 10 day period -
german army invaded Czechoslovakia's remaining territories
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britain and france offered a guarantee to poland, promising protection if it was attacked
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germany and italy
Japan joined in 1940 -
non-aggression pact between soviet russia and nazi gerrmany
- not to go to war
- partition polish territory -
german troops invaded poland at 4:45 am accusing poles of launching an attack across german borders
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