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Hitler’s Path to War:. Breaking the Treaty of Versailles. Hitler’s Goals. Undo the Treaty of Versailles by: Uniting all German speaking people Rebuild army and conscript men into armed forces. Rhineland (1936). takes Rhineland back from France. Appeasement. Allies do….
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Hitler’s Path to War: Breaking the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler’s Goals • Undo the Treaty of Versailles by: • Uniting all German speaking people • Rebuild army and conscript men into armed forces.
Rhineland (1936) • takes Rhineland back from France
Appeasement • Allies do…
Austria (March 1938) • Leader of the Austrian Nazi Party invites the German army to occupy Austria and proclaim a union with Germany. • Met by ecstatic crowds!
Appeasement • Allies do…
Munich Agreement (September 1938) • Hitler requests Sudetenland (3.5 million Germans living in Czechoslovakia) • Conference held in Munich between Germany & Allied powers
Appeasement • Allies give them… • ….as long as Hitler promises to stop territorial advances
Munich Agreement • British Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain comes home a hero stating: “We have secured Peace for our time!”
Czechoslovakia (March 1939) • Hitler takes all of Czechoslovakia
Appeasement • Allies do…
Nazi-Soviet Pact (1939) • Peace treaty between Russia & Germany • Plan to divide Hitler’s next target … Poland