Hitler's steps to war - AQA History Paper 1 international relations
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- Hitler's steps to war (CRAMCUP)
- 1) Conscription and rearmament
- Hitler reintroduced conscription in Germany in 1935 - defying the treaty of versailles
- But Britain and France let him get away with it.
- Hitler reintroduced conscription in Germany in 1935 - defying the treaty of versailles
- 2) Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
- 7th March '36, Hitler invades the Rhineland
- It was a bluff, and the army had orders to retreat if met with resistance, but Britain and France did nothing.
- It was allowed as it was seen as Hitler 'marching into his own backyard'
- This also went against the Treaty of Versailles
- 7th March '36, Hitler invades the Rhineland
- 3) Anschluss (union of Germany and Austria)
- this was forbidden by the T of V but Hitler got away with it as Britain and France did nothing
- He encouraged the Austrian Nazis to demand union with Germany, and then invaded in 1938.
- 4) Munich - here in 1938, Hitler was given the Sudetenland
- He saw this area of land as part of Germany as it contained thousands of German speaking people
- Because of this, Hitler was appeased yet again and allowed to get away with it.
- In Munich in 1938, Neville Chamberlin gave Hitler the Sudetenland
- 5) Czechoslovakia
- Hitler had the Sudetenland, and then in 1939, he invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.
- This was the point at which most people realised Hitler was not going to stop.
- 6) USSR/Nazi Pact
- Initially a union was to be formed between Britain and Russia, but they feared the USSR's communism so kept delaying.
- Stalin got irritated waiting for Britain to sign and so instead formed a pact with Hitler and the germans
- By uniting with Hitler, Stalin knew he would get half of Poland when they decided to invade
- 7) Poland
- In 1939 Hitler invaded Poland.
- Britain had a 'Polish Guarantee' saying that they promised to defend Poland if they were invaded.
- And so Britain declared war on Germany on 3rd September 1939
- 1) Conscription and rearmament
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