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Hitler Becomes chancellor of germany
January 1993: Hitler becomes chancellor of Germany, this marks the rise to power of the extremist nazi regime whose policy’s sparked the start of ww2. Hitler was voted into office -
Germany leaves the league of nations
October 14 1993: Hitler pulls Germany out of the league of nations as he was angry that other countries where not disarming, this is a clear defiance of the treaty of Versailles. -
Is poland safe ?
Hitler signs a ten year peace pact with Poland Germany seemed to be showing some rwish to achieve peace. there is hope amongst the international community especially for britain and france -
Anglo german naval treaty
Britain signs the anglo german naval treaty and compromises its security at the cost of avoiding german naval expansion. TBritains allies are angered at this treaty -
Germany militarizes the rhineland
Germany remilitarizes the Rhineland: march 1936 this was without any negotiation and a clear violation of Versailles and it signed the beginning of French and british appeasement as they allowed hitler to militarize the Rhineland. -
Rome -berlin axis
1936 The Rome berlin axis: Hitler signs an alliance with Mussolini killing British ambitions to have Mussolini as an alliance and adding the Italians to the force of Germany. -
anschluss
March 1938: Germany occupies and annexes Austria, This was yet another clear breach of Versailles met with appeasement by Britain and France also provided a perfect position to attack Czechoslovakia from the north and from the south. -
Czechoslovakia is next
Hitler demands concessions for germans in the sudentenland in czechoslovakia it seems war is unevitable and the appeasers once more surrender to demands and give hitler czechoslovakia -
Europe enters an arms race
-1939 Europe is engaged in an armed race / Rest of Czech. is taken and Slovakia becomes a right-wing puppet state German rearmament was now accelerated. Hitler and germany begin to expand -
the war begins
Germany occupies Memel in Lithuania and demands of the Polish Corridor arise Germany invades Poland No real possibility of a Munich-type settlement Britain declared war and France followed
