Paper 1 - Move to Global War

Withdrawal from Disarmament Conference (Oct 1933)

Germany walked out since they felt there was unequal, bias treatment

this ended international arms oversight

Non-aggression Pact with Poland (Jan 1934)

10 year alliance system b/w Germany and Poland

strengthened germany’s eastern boarders

frances alliances weakened

Saar Plebiscite (Jan 1935)

90% of the Germans in the saar region voted to return to Germany under LoN supervision

hitler victory in rallying german nationalism

overwhelming sweep in the voting proved that nazi Germany was very nationalistic already

Rearmament (mar 1935)

Hitler revealed the Luftwaffe (ariforce)

drafted and began militarizing/mobilization

openly violating Treaty of Versailles

Remilitarization of the Rhineland (Mar 1936)

high-risk military move by Germany

violated versailles and Locarno Pact (Locarno meant no militarizing in Rhinland)

lack of Anglo-French response embolded Hitler

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)

Hitler tested his military strength

strengthend ties with mussolini who was also involved in fighting in this war

Four-Year Plan (Aug-Oct 1939)

prepare german economy and military for war within 4 years

• auturky - self sufficientcy

  • max remarmaemnt - military optomization

Hossbach Memorandum (Nov 1937)

hitlers plans to expand into austria and chechoslovakia

Anschluss (Mar 1938)

annexation of austria into germany

pressured austrian chancellor achuschnigg

• if he didnt appoint nazi’s to governemtn offices

• schuschnigg stepped down to prevent war after he called an emergancy vote that enraged Hitler

  • nazi’s marched into Austria

Sudenten Crisis & Munich Conference (Sep 1938)

Chamberlain (B), Daladier (F). Mussolini, and Hitler granted germany the Sudetenland without consulting Czechoslovakia (peak appeasement)

hitler wanted industrial forces and utilized czech nazi leader to stir conflict against czech govn’t

Liquidation of Czechoslovakia (Mar 1939)

german troops occupied czehc lands

hitlers golas went beyond unifying germans

• lebensraum

• grossdeutschland