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Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
Hitler took his first risk by moving into the Rhineland area of Germany.
the demilitarisation of the Rhineland was one of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles.hitler was takking a huge gamble. He knew the risks but he had chosen the time and place well -
the Spanish Civil War
In 1936 a civil war broke out in Spain between Communists, who were supporters of the Republican govrment, and Right wing rebels under general Franco.Hitler saw this as an opportunity to fight against Communism and at the same time try out his new armed forces. -
the Anti- Comintern Pact, 1936-7
the Italian leader Mussolini was also involved in the Spanish Civil War. In 1936 Germany,Italy and Japan signed and Anti Communist pact. the aim of the pact was to limit Communist influence around the world -
The Sudetenland
After teh Austrian Anschluss, Hitler was beginning to fell that he could not put a foot wrong. but his growing confidence was putting the peace of Europe in increasing danger. -
The end of Appeasement (Czechoslovakia)
British people welcomed the Munich Agreement, they did not trust Hitler. They said they did not believe him when he said he had no more territorial ambitions in Europe. on 15 March, with Czechoslovakia in chaos ,German troops took over the rest of the country. -
The Nazi Soviet Pact
As Hitler was gradually retaking ladn lost of Versailles, his next target was the trip of former German land in Poland known as the Polish Corridor. He had convinced himself that Britain and France would not risk war over this, but he was less sure sbout Stalin and the USSR.
