Nazi Aggression Leads to World War Two

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Nazi Aggression Leads to World War Two
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The Weimar Republic ruled Germany from the end of
WWI until Hitler rose to power
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Nazis begin to rise to power in the early 1920s
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In prison he writes about his political and
social philosophies
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1933- Nazis Gain Power

• One of Hitlers first acts was to withdraw
  Germany from the League of Nations

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1935

• Hitler openly declares that Germany will rebuild
  its military- in clear violation of the
  Versailles Treaty
• French and British take no action

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Germany Economy Rises
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March 1936 The Rhineland

• in Germany, on border with France
• Versailles Treaty had required it to be
  demilitarized to protect France
• Hitler announced it would be re-militarized.
• British and French took no action

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October 1936 Rome-Berlin Axis

• Germany Italy form a military alliance known as
  the Axis (Hitler said the world would revolve on
  an axis from Rome to Berlin)
• Japan joined the Axis soon after

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March 1938 Union with Austria

• Nazi forced march into Austria to claim it as
  part of the German Third Reich
• Austrian government does not resist

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September 1938 The Sudetenland

• Sudetenland territory in Czechoslovakia
• valuable territory mining, good farmland, huge
  arms factories, heavily fortified to defend
  against possible German attack
• 3 million residents there were German-speaking
• Hitler demanded it be given to Germany

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September 1938 Munich Conference

• British and French leaders meet with Hitler over
  Sudetenland
• follow policy of appeasement giving into demands
  in order to avoid war
• allow Hitler to take the Sudetenland if he
  promises not to take any more land

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March 1939

• Nazis threaten the rest of Czechoslovakia and
  establish indirect control

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August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact

• Hitler Stalin make secret agreement
• if either goes to war, the other will not attack
• when war happens will divide Poland between
  themselves
• Other countries shocked, start to prepare for
  war, but take no action

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August 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
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September 1, 1939

• Nazis invade Poland
• Blitzkrieg- lightning war- very swift, heavy
  invasion- planes, tanks, artillery, etc.
• Sept 3rd -Britain and France declare war on
  Germany
• World War Two has begun!

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