German Expansion - Events/Challenges

Oct 1933

Hitler Withdraws from the league

Jan 1934

Non Agression pact with poland

Jan 1935

Saar Plebiscite - a vote in germany for a land referendum to join germany and this leads to the announcement of rearmament 

June 1935

Anglo German Naval Agreement - Destroys military aims of treaty of versailles

Mar 1936

Remilitarization of Rhineland - Remilitarization not an invasion

July 1936

Intervention in Spanish Civil War

Oct 1936

Rome Berlin Axis

Nov 1936

Anti Cominterm Pact

1936

Four Year Plan “Autarky” - Faster rearmament; Bring economy under Nazi control

Nov 1937

Hossbach Memorandum, Hitler outlined foreign policy goals, Prep for war in 1940 (short war of conquest), Der Tag for general war 1942

March 1938

Anschluss

Sept 1938

Sudetenland Crisis - If Hitler doesn’t get an agreement, there will be war, it just isn’t sure what kind of war it will be. Soviets have air agreements with czechs

Sept 1938

Munich Conference - Soviets want access to support czech through poland but they say no 

Events in 1939

• Nazi-Soviet Pact August 1939

• HItler Invades poland Sept 1st 1939 

• Britain declares war on germany 3rd Sept 1939