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Hitler became chancellor.
Hitler asked to revise the unfair provisions of the treaty by peaceful means. -
Hitler announced the creation of the new air force
A week later he began a military draft that would expand Germa nys army from 100,000 to 550,000 troops. This was in direct violation of the Treaty of Versailles. -
Hitler sends troops to Rhineland
Rhineland was a part of Germany but according to the treaty it was a demilitarized area. Germany was not allowed to have weapons or fortifications there. -
Germany and Italy
In 1936 Germany and italy sent trops to spain to help General Francisco Franco in the Spanish Civil War. In October 1936, Mussolini and Hitler made an agrement reconizing there common political and econimic interest. A moth later Missolini spoke of the new allience between Italy and Germany called the Rome-Berlin Axis
