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Date_____ Page_____ Title: Hitler’s Aggression and Expansion. Hitler Defies Versailles. Hitler’s rise to power was based primarily off the fact that he pledged to undo the Treaty of Versailles March 1935-Hitler begins to rebuild Germany’s military
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Date_____ Page_____ Title: Hitler’s Aggression and Expansion
Hitler Defies Versailles • Hitler’s rise to power was based primarily off the fact that he pledged to undo the Treaty of Versailles • March 1935-Hitler begins to rebuild Germany’s military • Inspired by the “slap on the wrist” from the League of Nations, Hitler begins to take greater risks • March 7, 1936-Germany troops enter the Rhineland (violation of the Treaty)
Hitler Defies Versailles(Continued) • Britain and France appease Hitler hoping to maintain European peace • By occupying the Rhineland Hitler gains greater power and prestige inside Germany • October 1936-Rome-Berlin Axis (Alliance between Mussolini and Hitler) is formed • November 1936-Japan joins the alliance. The three nations officially call themselves the Axis Powers.
Munich Conference • September 29, 1938-Conference called by Mussolini • Members included Germany, France, Britain, & Italy • France & Britain agreed that Hitler could take the Sudetenland in exchange Hitler agreed to respect Czechoslovakia’s borders • Six months later Hitler took Czechoslovakia and Mussolini took Albania • Hitler felt confident that France and Britain would not risk war • Hitler and Stalin sign a non-aggression pact on August 23, 1939…Stalin hoped to buy time to rebuild his army
