Germany's warpath 4.5

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Planning of today

4.5 Germany’s warpath, 1933-1939

4.5 Germany’s warpath, 1933 - 1939

Foreign politics of Germany

1. Undo the treaty of Versailles

- race theory: 2. Heim ins Reich  3. Lebensraum

2. Bringing together all the German speaking people in 1 state

3. Germany needs more raw materials to be strong. They need countries in Eastern Europe to get it. 

4.5 Germany’s warpath, 1933 - 1939

Expanding German territory

1935 - Reintroduction of conscription (army grows again)

           - Opening weapons factories

1936 - Soldiers take the Rhineland

Violation of the Treaty of Versailles and Locarno!

But France and England do not intervene.

4.5 Germany’s warpath, 1933 - 1939

Expanding German territory

1938 - The Anschluss of Austria to Germany

Many German-speaking people lived here who felt more connected to Germany than to Austria. 

4.5 Germany’s warpath, 1933 - 1939

Expanding German territory

Hitler also wanted to take the Sudetenland (Czechoslovakia). France, England and Russia were now worried.

4.5 Germany’s warpath, 1933 - 1939

The war is near

Poland was the next country on Hitler's wish list.

Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with Russian leader Joseph Stalin. A week later, on September 1, 1939, the German army invaded Poland.

England and France declared war on Germany.

What to do now?

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